Overview and Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
The new Serious Violence Duty
Members agreed to note the new Serious Violence Duty and what it means for the council and the partnerships it sits on. They also agreed that rising drugs and County Lines activity, where drug dealing moves between areas, should be closely monitored.
Overview and Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Serious violence needs assessment and strategy
The committee agreed to note the findings of the Needs Assessment and the Serious Violence Strategy. It was agreed that officers would return with details of the areas to be prioritised once plans are in place.
Items are linked when their titles share most of their words and they fall within 18 months of each other. Councils don't number reports across meetings, so a few links may be wrong, and a step may be missing if its title changed a lot. Each step links to the meeting, where the council's own papers are.