Issue - meetings

1.    That the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership Annual Report 2016-2017 be endorsed and identified areas be supported for development.

2.    That further dialogue be sought with partners regarding how to respond to issues of concern and areas for further collaboration in light of potential regional changes to safer partnership arrangements.

Councillor Andrew Johnson presented the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership Annual Report 2016-17 on behalf of Councillor Paul Sweet. Councillor Johnson thanked the Head of Community Safety for the work undertaken. The report provided a summary of Safer Wolverhampton Partnership progress during 2016-17 and sought support for identified areas of future development. Councillor Johnson proposed an amendment to the recommendations, which was agreed as detailed in recommendation 2, as a result of the successful collaborative work that had been accomplished in other areas, such as child sex exploitation.

Resolved:

1.    That the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership Annual Report 2016-2017 be endorsed and identified areas be supported for development.

2.    That further dialogue be sought with partners regarding how to respond to issues of concern and areas for further collaboration in light of potential regional changes to safer partnership arrangements.