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SAFER BASSENDEAN

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION PLAN 2007 - 2010

Continuing to ensure even safer Town of Bassendean Neighbourhoods

Key

Priority Outcome Areas for a Safer Bassendean
	Creating Safer Places and Suburbs
	Targeting Priority Offences (e.g. burglary, assault, graffiti, road offences)
	Promoting Safer Communities
	Prevention and Early Intervention targeting young people, families and those at risk
	Reducing alcohol and drug misuse and community and family violence
	Successful Implementation through Partnerships, Collaboration and links

Glossary & Terminology

CCTV Closed Circuit Television CDST Community Drug Services Team COS City of Swan CSCPP Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan CPTED Crime Prevention through Environmental Design DAO Drug and Alcohol Office DCP Department of Child Protection DEC Department of the Environment and Conservation DET Department of Education and Training DIA Department of Indigenous Affairs DCS Department of Corrective Services DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet DotAG Department of the Attorney General DOHW Department of Housing and Works DV Domestic Violence EMRC Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council FADV Family and Domestic Violence FaCS Department of Family and Community Services (Commonwealth Department) HACC Home and Community Care program JPET Job Placement Employment and Training LGA Local Government Authority MLC Midland Leadership Council MOU Memorandum of Understanding OCP Office of Crime Prevention OSI Office of Senior Interests TOB Town of Bassendean WALGA WA Local Government Association WAPOL WA Police Service WASUA WA Substance Users Association YFEW Youth and Family Engagement Worker Program (DCD program in the metropolitan area and one country office to engage at-risk young people and their families) Terminology Community Safety A safe community is defined as one where people are able to pursue and obtain the fullest life possibilities without fear or hindrance from crime and disorder. This includes people’s feelings of safety, as well as the actual level of safety, as indicated by objective measures of crime and victimisation (Office of Crime Prevention 2005). Crime Prevention Crime prevention focuses on reducing opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour by tackling the causes (Office of Crime Prevention 2005).

Priority Outcome: Creating Safer Places and Suburbs

Project	Strategy/Action	Partners	Timeframe	Resources	Measure
2007/08
People in Places	Community Run Events Support the community to offer events that engage the community for recreation and entertainment.	Community groups, residents, schools, funding bodies and sponsors	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of community facilitated events delivered annually.
People in Places	Town of Bassendean Events The Town to directly facilitate community events; e.g. Australia Day Fireworks, Photographic Exhibition, Multicultural Food Festival, Bassendean Festival and NAIDOC Week event.	TOB, community groups, schools, residents, general public	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of Town of Bassendean facilitated events delivered annually.
Eyes on the Street	Ranger Patrols Rangers carry out business and general community patrols in conjunction with OCP’s Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of daily dedicated ranger patrol carried out. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street. Number of abandoned vehicles stickered for removal.
Eyes on the Street	Disused Vehicles and Material Cleanup Campaign Reduce the number of households that visibly violate CPTED principle of maintaining a tidy Town.	TOB, residents	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of DUV reported and removed. Number of DUM cases reported and resolved.
Eyes on the Street	Holiday Watch Program Program to be promoted to the residents of Bassendean.	TOB	ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of requests to patrol homes whilst resident is on holidays.
Eyes on the Street	Traffic Management and Road Safety Introduce a Road Safety Reference Group to develop a program to manage the speed trailer and road safety in the community.	TOB, Roadwise, Road Safety Council	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street	Local responses to local problems Town staff to be responsible for identifying local problems and brokering solutions to those with the relevant authorities – WAPOL, DoHW, DCP.	WAPOL, DoHW, DCP, TOB			Number of jobs resolved by involving other agencies.
Designing out Crime	CPTED Principles Adopt a policy on CPTED principles.	TOB, OCP	ongoing	Town, OCP, business, developers	CPTED Principle policy adopted. Records kept of upgraded or new buildings outlining how CPTED principles were adhered to.
Designing out Crime	CPTED Principles Public toilets accessed using CPTED Principles.	TOB	ongoing	Town, OCP, business, developers	Number of public toilets accessed.
Designing out Crime	Arboretum Safety Improvement Project Apply the CPTED principles to create greater surveillance in the arboretum.		Ongoing	Existing resources	Pathways of clear lines of sight created.
Capacity Building (Public Education)	Empower the community to report suspicious events to the relevant authorities in a timely manner.	TOB	ongoing	Existing resources	Number of reports received from the public in regard to suspicious activity Number of police reports of suspicious activity
2008/09
Eyes on the Street	Ranger Patrols Rangers carry out business and general community patrols in conjunction with OCP’s Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of daily dedicated ranger patrol carried out. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street. Number of abandoned vehicles stickered for removal.
Eyes on the Street	Disused Vehicles and Material Cleanup Campaign Reduce the number of households that visibly violate CPTED principle of maintaining a tidy Town.	TOB, residents	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of DUV reported and removed. Number of DUM cases reported and resolved.
Eyes on the Street	Holiday Watch Program Program to be promoted to the residents of Bassendean.	TOB	ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of requests to patrol homes whilst resident is on holidays.
Eyes on the Street	Traffic Management and Road Safety Introduce a Road Safety Reference Group to develop a program to manage the speed trailer and road safety in the community.	TOB, Roadwise, Road Safety Council	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street	Local responses to local problems Town staff to be responsible for identifying local problems and brokering solutions to those with the relevant authorities – WAPOL, DoHW, DCP.	WAPOL, DoHW, DCP, TOB			Number of jobs resolved by involving other agencies.
Eyes on the Street	Target Beat Activity at public spaces Explore coordinated strategy in conjunction with AIDS Council and local police to address the antisocial behaviour occurring.	TOB, OCP, WAAC, WAPOL	Ongoing	Existing resources	Strategy developed, implemented and reviewed.
Eyes on the Street	Know Your Neighbour’ Develop a ‘Know Your Neighbour’ program which incorporates a cultural awareness raising element aimed at increasing understanding and acceptance within the community.	TOB, Community Groups, Community,	2008	Existing resources	‘Know Your Neighbour” program developed.
Designing out Crime	Town Centre Area Strategy implemented based on CPTED principles.	TOB	ongoing	Existing resources	Town Centre Area Strategy adopted by Council is consistent with CPTED principles.
Designing out Crime	Apply CPTED to revamped public toilets.	TOB	ongoing	Existing resources	Public Toilets accessed using CPTED principles.
Designing out Crime	Design TPS10 guidelines consistent with CPTED principles.	TOB	ongoing	Existing resources	TPS10 guidelines include CPTED principles.
Designing out Crime	Arboretum Safety Improvement Project Continue to apply the CPTED principles to create greater surveillance in the arboretum.		Ongoing	Existing resources	Pathways of clear lines of sight created.
Designing out Crime	CPTED Principles (into all town planning and urban design Incorporate CPTED principles into all council planning and design. Seek advice from the Community Policing Unit or OCP on application of CPTED. Encourage private owners and developers to adopt CPTED principles in all developments.	TOB, WAPOL, OCP, Business	2008	CoS, Community Policing, businesses, developers	Town Planning Policies reviewed by mid 2008
Designing out Crime	Ashfield Action Plan Urban renewal project to improve Ashfield in conjunction with Ashfield Stakeholders Group.	TOB, DPI, DoHW, DET, WAPOL, Transperth	Ongoing	Budget allocations by all agencies	Project Framework signed off. Strategies in Action Plan adopted and implemented.
Capacity Building (Public Education)	Community Reporting Empower the community to report suspicious events to the relevant authorities in a timely manner.	TOB	ongoing		Number of reports received from the public in regard to suspicious activity. Number of police reports of suspicious activity.

2009/10
People in Places	Transit Oriented Corridor Plan Major infrastructure development and improvement around Ashfield Train Station.	TOB, Transperth	Ongoing	WA Govt	Plan implemented.
Eyes on the Street	Business Crime Management forum/Business Beats program Establish a Business crime management forum, in conjunction with Police, to discuss problems and strategies, for example, a small scale Business watch/beats program funded by local businesses, business security patrols for businesses paid for by user pays contribution, seek funding and consider other strategies.	TOB, WAPOL, local business	ongoing	Existing resources and new resources sought through funding application	Business crime management forum developed in conjunction with Police. Business Watch Program funded by businesses introduced.
Eyes on the Street	Know Your Neighbour’ Campaign Promote the ‘Know Your Neighbour’ program.	TOB, Community Groups, Community,	2008	TOB	Successful implementation of ‘Know Your Neighbour”.
Eyes on the Street	Ranger Patrols Rangers carry out business and general community patrols in conjunction with OCP’s Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of daily dedicated ranger patrol carried out. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street. Number of abandoned vehicles stickered for removal.
Eyes on the Street	Disused Vehicles and Material Cleanup Campaign Reduce the number of households that visibly violate CPTED principle of maintaining a tidy Town.	TOB, residents	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of DUV reported and removed. Number of DUM cases reported and resolved.
Eyes on the Street	Holiday Watch Program Program to be promoted to the residents of Bassendean.	TOB	ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of requests to patrol homes whilst resident is on holidays.
Eyes on the Street	Traffic Management and Road Safety Introduce a Road Safety Reference Group to develop a program to manage the speed trailer and road safety in the community.	TOB, Roadwise, Road Safety Council	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street	Local responses to local problems Town staff to be responsible for identifying local problems and brokering solutions to those with the relevant authorities – WAPOL, DoHW, DCP.	WAPOL, DoHW, DCP, TOB			Number of jobs resolved by involving other agencies.
Designing out Crime	Arboretum Safety Improvement Project Apply the CPTED principles to create greater surveillance in the arboretum.		Ongoing	Existing resources	Pathways of clear lines of sight maintained.
Designing out Crime	Ashfield Action Plan Urban renewal project to improve Ashfield in conjunction with Ashfield Stakeholders Group.	TOB, DPI, DoHW, DET, WAPOL, Transperth	Ongoing	Budget allocations by all agencies	Number of strategies in Action Plan implemented.
Designing out Crime	CPTED Principles (into all town planning and urban design Incorporate CPTED principles into all council planning and design. Seek advice from the Community Policing Unit or OCP on application of CPTED. Encourage private owners and developers to adopt CPTED principles in all developments.	TOB, WAPOL, OCP, Business	2008	CoS, Community Policing, businesses, developers	% increase number of plans approved that adopt CPTED principles.
Capacity Building (Public Education)	Empower the community to report suspicious events to the relevant authorities in a timely manner.	TOB	ongoing	Existing resources	Number of reports received from the public in regard to suspicious activity Number of police reports of suspicious activity

Priority Outcome: Targeting Priority Offences (e.g. burglary, assault, graffiti, road offences)

Project	Strategy/Action	Partners		Timeframe		Resources		Measures
2007/08
Eyes on the Street (Burglary)	Community Policing Support, promote and expand police strategies to address burglary, in conjunction with OCP, Eyes on the Street.	WAPOL, OCP, TOB		Ongoing		Annual Council budget allocation		Strategies and programs developed and implemented. Reduction and changes in burglary rates.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Minimising anti-social behavior Information sharing and collaborative action to address anti-social behavior in local areas e.g. Homes west tenancies, public places. Develop and support a place based response by bringing agencies and residents together and coordinating meetings.	ToB, WAPOL, DoHW, NGO’s, residents, DCP		Ongoing		DHW, Town, Police		Number of meetings held by Ashfield Advisory Committee. Reduced % of callouts to Rangers.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Services and programs for offenders Implement priorities and strategies identified in the Midland Local Justice Plan 2007-2010.	DotAG, State Govt Agencies, Midland Local Justice Forum		Ongoing			Resources associated with implementation of Plan		Agreement developed and strategies implemented.
Eyes on the Street (burglary)	Engraving Program Provide equipment for the community to engage in the engraving program.	TOB Library Services		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of times engraver has been booked out for use.
Eyes on the Street (assault)	Ranger Patrols Carry out business and general community patrols by Rangers in conjunction with OCP Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Daily dedicated patrol carried out by Rangers. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Hot spots Investigate establishing a mechanism for regular liaison and information sharing between Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s to discuss problem areas and hotspots.	Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Mechanisms in place.
Eyes on the Street (Graffiti)	Graffiti removal Remove graffiti within a quick timeframe to reduce reoccurrence.	ToB, Police, residents, business, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Removal as per TOB Graffiti Policy. Reduction in annual graffiti management costs.
Eyes on the Street (Graffiti)	Regional Graffiti Strategy Develop a coordinated regional graffiti strategy Establish Council Working party to develop a proactive graffiti strategy	ToB, Police, other LGA’s, OCP		Beginning in 2008 and ongoing			ToB, OCP, State Graffiti Committee		Reduction in annual graffiti management costs on a regional level.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Promote strategies to reduce the incidence of ‘hoon’ behaviour in the Town, ie speed trailer, public education in Bass Briefings.	TOB, Police, Main Roads, OCP, Residents		2007			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of reports leading to successful prosecutions.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Establish a Road Safety Reference Group to ü Oversee use of Road Safety speed trailer ü Improve awareness of speed limits ü Educate community ü Organize events Educate the community and residents to take ownership of their streets. Display and distribute Office of Road Safety material through the Town’s facilities and community events. Road safety trailer to be used in conjunction with traffic calming measures. Use of trailer to be coordinated with local police enforcement activities.	TOB, WAPOL Road Safety Council, Roadwise, , local schools, WALGA, OCP		Beginning in 2007 and ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of meetings per annum of Reference Group. Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Reduced Speed on Roads Support the reduction of speed to 60km per hour on Guildford Road.	Main Roads, TOB		December 2007			Main Roads		Implementation of 60kph speed signs on Guildford Road.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Safe school parking Ranger Services to police parking around schools in the Town on a daily basis.	TOB, WAPOL, schools		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of reported accidents involving vehicles and students. No of infringements issued in school hours around schools.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Industrial Estate Good Neighbour campaign Update the business directory to include email mailing list of business owners.	Industrial Estate Businesses, TOB		July 2008					Updated business directory.
2008/09
Eyes on the Street (Burglary)	Community Policing Continue to support, promote and expand police strategies to address burglary, in conjunction with OCP, Eyes on the Street.	WAPOL, OCP, TOB		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Strategies and programs developed and implemented. Reduction and changes in burglary rates.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Minimising anti-social behavior Information sharing and collaborative action to address anti-social behavior in local areas e.g. Homes west tenancies, public places. Support a place based response by bringing agencies and residents together and coordinating meetings.	ToB, WAPOL, DoHW, NGO’s, residents, DCP		Ongoing			DHW, Town, Police		Number of meetings held by Ashfield Advisory Committee. Reduced % of callouts to Rangers.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Services and programs for offenders Implement priorities and strategies identified in the Midland Local Justice Plan 2007-2010.	DotAG, State Govt Agencies, Midland Local Justice Forum		Ongoing			Resources associated with implementation of Plan		Number of strategies implemented.
Eyes on the Street (burglary)	Engraving Program Provide equipment for the community to engage in the engraving program.	TOB Library Services		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of times engraver has been booked out for use.
Eyes on the Street (assault)	Ranger Patrols Carry out business and general community patrols by Rangers in conjunction with OCP Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Daily dedicated patrol carried out by Rangers. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Hot spots Regular liaison and information sharing between Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s to discuss problem areas and hotspots.	Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of meetings held.
Eyes on the Street (Graffiti)	Graffiti removal Remove graffiti within a quick timeframe to reduce reoccurrence.	ToB, Police, residents, business, OCP		ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Removal as per TOB Graffiti Policy. Reduction in annual graffiti management costs.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Promote strategies to reduce the incidence of ‘hoon’ behaviour in the Town, ie speed trailer, public education in Bass Briefings.	TOB, Police, Main Roads, OCP, Residents		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of reports leading to successful prosecutions.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Educate the community and residents to take ownership of their streets. Display and distribute Office of Road Safety material through the Town’s facilities and community events. Road safety trailer to be used in conjunction with traffic calming measures. Use of trailer to be coordinated with local police enforcement activities.	TOB, WAPOL Road Safety Council, Roadwise, , local schools, WALGA, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of meetings per annum of Reference Group. Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Safe school parking Ranger Services to police parking around schools in the Town on a daily basis.	TOB, WAPOL, schools		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of reported accidents involving vehicles and students. No of infringements issued in school hours around schools.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Industrial Estate Good Neighbour Campaign Update the business directory to include email mailing list of business owners.	Industrial Estate Businesses, TOB		June 2009					Updated business directory.
Proactive community policing	Investigate the feasibility of introducing a mechanism that will forward ‘community safety alerts’ to residents and business owners.	Residents, Business Owners, WAPOL, TOB		December 2008			TOB – OCP grant, WAPOL,		Mechanisms investigated.
Proactive community policing	Information and intelligence sharing Develop and sustain coordinated exchange of information and intelligence between Town rangers, staff and WAPOL.	TOB, Police		Beginning in 2008 and ongoing			Existing resources		System and processes in place to evaluate information exchange.
2009/10
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Industrial Estate Good Neighbour Campaign Lobby for engagement from Industrial Estate business owners to be included in email notification of burglary, assault, graffiti and road offences.	Industrial Estate Businesses, TOB		June 2010					Number of notifications forwarded to business owners in industrial estate.
Eyes on the Street (Burglary)	Community Policing Continue to support, promote and expand police strategies to address burglary, in conjunction with OCP, Eyes on the Street.	WAPOL, OCP, TOB		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Strategies and programs developed and implemented. Reduction and changes in burglary rates.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Minimising anti-social behavior Information sharing and collaborative action to address anti-social behavior in local areas e.g. Homes west tenancies, public places. Support a place based response by bringing agencies and residents together and coordinating meetings.	ToB, WAPOL, DoHW, NGO’s, residents, DCP		Ongoing			DHW, Town, Police		Number of meetings held by Ashfield Advisory Committee. Reduced % of callouts to Rangers.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Services and programs for offenders Implement priorities and strategies identified in the Midland Local Justice Plan 2007-2010.	DotAG, State Govt Agencies, Midland Local Justice Forum		Ongoing			Resources associated with implementation of Plan		Number of strategies implemented.
Eyes on the Street (burglary)	Engraving Program Provide equipment for the community to engage in the engraving program.	TOB Library Services		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of times engraver has been booked out for use.
Eyes on the Street (assault)	Ranger Patrols Carry out business and general community patrols by Rangers in conjunction with OCP Eyes on the Street program.	TOB, Police, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Daily dedicated patrol carried out by Rangers. Number of incidents reported by Rangers to OCP Eyes on the Street.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Hot spots Regular liaison and information sharing between Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s to discuss problem areas and hotspots.	Police, Town, government agencies and NGO’s		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of meetings held.
Eyes on the Street (Graffiti)	Graffiti removal Remove graffiti within a quick timeframe to reduce reoccurrence.	ToB, Police, residents, business, OCP		ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Removal as per TOB Graffiti Policy. Reduction in annual graffiti management costs.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Promote strategies to reduce the incidence of ‘hoon’ behaviour in the Town, ie speed trailer, public education in Bass Briefings.	TOB, Police, Main Roads, OCP, Residents		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of reports leading to successful prosecutions.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Targeting road safety to ensure safer TOB roads Educate the community and residents to take ownership of their streets. Display and distribute Office of Road Safety material through the Town’s facilities and community events. Road safety trailer to be used in conjunction with traffic calming measures. Use of trailer to be coordinated with local police enforcement activities.	TOB, WAPOL Road Safety Council, Roadwise, , local schools, WALGA, OCP		Ongoing			Annual Council budget allocation		Number of meetings per annum of Reference Group. Number of days speed trailer out on the street. Number of days speed trailer used in alignment with Road Safety Council campaigns.
Eyes on the Street (Road Offences)	Safe school parking Ranger Services to police parking around schools in the Town on a daily basis.	TOB, WAPOL, schools	Ongoing		Annual Council budget allocation				Number of reported accidents involving vehicles and students. No of infringements issued in school hours around schools.
Eyes on the Street (burglary, assault, graffti, road offences)	Industrial Estate Good Neighbour Campaign Update the business directory to include email mailing list of business owners.	Industrial Estate Businesses, TOB	July 2009						Updated business directory.
Proactive community policing	Information and intelligence sharing Support coordinated exchange of information and intelligence between Town rangers, staff and WAPOL.	TOB, Police	Ongoing		Existing resources				System and processes reviewed to evaluate information exchange.

Priority Outcome: Promoting Safer Communities

Project	Strategy/Action	Partners	Timeframe	Resources	Measures
2007/08
Community Capacity Building	Support local community initiatives Promote, publicize and support local community based activities, ie know your neighbour and sausage sizzles in the park.	TOB, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of functions. Number of residents attending functions.
Community Capacity Building	Public Relations Develop articles and stories about positive strategies, achievements and success stories.	TOB, OCP, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of articles in the local newspaper and Bassendean Briefings. Strategies developed and promotion of positive activities are undertaken, ie written media articles promoting safety ideas, Bass Briefing articles, Town Fair Display.
Community Capacity Building	Community awards Recognize and acknowledge key community advocates and leaders. (sporting awards, citizen of the year award, etc)	TOB, Community Groups, Rotary,	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of awards presented.
Community Capacity Building	Safety awareness and security appraisals for seniors Develop strategies to educate seniors about safety and crime prevention. Conduct security appraisals by Community Policing in conjunction with aged care providers.	Aged care providers, HACC, Community Policing, TOB	2007 and ongoing	HACC, DoH, ToB, Health and Ageing, OSI	Number of Seniors who have had their house audited. Audit Register developed.

2008/09
Community Capacity Building	Support local community initiatives Promote, publicize and support local community based activities, ie know your neighbour and sausage sizzles in the park.	TOB, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of functions. Number of residents attending functions.
Community Capacity Building	Public Relations Develop articles and stories about positive strategies, achievements and success stories.	TOB, OCP, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of articles in the local newspaper and Bassendean Briefings. Strategies developed and promotion of positive activities are undertaken, ie written media articles promoting safety ideas, Bass Briefing articles, Town Fair Display.
Community Capacity Building	Community awards Recognize and acknowledge key community advocates and leaders (sporting awards, citizen of the year award, etc).	TOB, Community Groups, Rotary,	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of awards presented.
Community Capacity Building	Safety awareness and security appraisals for seniors Conduct security appraisals by Community Policing in conjunction with aged care providers.	Aged care providers, HACC, Community Policing, TOB	2007 and ongoing	HACC, DoH, ToB, Health and Ageing, OSI	Number of Seniors who have had their house audited. Audit Register developed.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Seniors Safety Awareness Hold a Police Pipe Band Concert to promote seniors safety	TOB, Police	Every 2^nd year	Annual Council budget allocation	A successful Police Pipe band held every two years.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Seniors Safety Awareness Personal safety presentations to individuals or groups within the Town to reduce fear of crime.	TOB, Police, OCP	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of free information sessions held for seniors.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Safety awareness and security appraisals for residents Develop strategies to educate community about safety and crime prevention. Community Policing to conduct security appraisals.	Community Policing TOB	Ongoing	DoH, TOB,	Register with the number of security appraisals held throughout the Town.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Active Safer Bassendean Day Organise 1 event a year and promote through existing leisure programs.	OCP, TOB, Police, FESA, SES	2009 and ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of persons who participated. Extent of promotion of event.
2009/10
Community Capacity Building	Support local community initiatives Promote, publicize and support local community based activities, ie know your neighbour and sausage sizzles in the park.	TOB, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of functions. Number of residents attending functions.
Community Capacity Building	Public Relations Develop articles and stories about positive strategies, achievements and success stories.	TOB, OCP, Police	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of articles in the local newspaper and Bassendean Briefings. Strategies developed and promotion of positive activities are undertaken, ie written media articles promoting safety ideas, Bass Briefing articles, Town Fair Display.
Community Capacity Building	Community awards Recognize and acknowledge key community advocates and leaders (sporting awards, citizen of the year award, etc).	TOB, Community Groups, Rotary,	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of awards presented.

Community Capacity Building	Safety awareness and security appraisals for seniors Conduct security appraisals by Community Policing in conjunction with aged care providers.	Aged care providers, HACC, Community Policing, TOB	Ongoing	HACC, DoH, ToB, Health and Ageing, OSI	Number of Seniors who have had their house audited. Audit Register developed.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Seniors Safety Awareness Hold a Police Pipe Band Concert to promote seniors safety	TOB, Police	Every 2^nd year	Annual Council budget allocation	A successful Police Pipe band held every two years.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Seniors Safety Awareness Personal safety presentations to individuals or groups within the Town to reduce fear of crime.	TOB, Police, OCP	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of free information sessions held for seniors.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Safety awareness and security appraisals for residents Develop strategies to educate community about safety and crime prevention. Community Policing to conduct security appraisals.	Community Policing TOB	Ongoing	DoH, TOB,	Register with the number of security appraisals held throughout the Town.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Active Safer Bassendean Day Organise 1 event a year and promote through existing leisure programs.	OCP, TOB, Police, FESA, SES	2009 and ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of persons who participated. Extent of promotion of event.
Reducing the Fear of Crime	Perception of Crime Develop and implement strategies to address perceptions of crime through Burglar Beware.	OCP, police, other councils, TOB	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Community survey to gauge perception of crime.

Priority Outcome: Prevention and Early Intervention targeting young people, families and those at risk

Project	Strategy/Action		Partners	Timeframe	Resources		Measures
2007/08
Seniors in Focus	Establish a community led fitness group for people over 55 years of age.		Town, Prime Movers	Ongoing	Community facility (TOB), Instructors (Prime Movers)		Fitness program is established.
People with Disabilities	Investigate the provision of a physical activity program to achieve better fitness outcomes for people with disabilities.		Town, Disability Services Commission, Lotterywest	Ongoing	Community facility (TOB), Client Referrals (Disability Services Commission), Equipment (Lotterywest)		Physical activity program is established.
Early Intervention	Develop a prioritised and funded implementation plan for the Town’s play spaces.		Town, Lotterywest	Ongoing	Local/Neighbourhood level play equipment (TOB), District level play equipment (Lotterywest)		Play Spaces Master Plan is developed.
Early Intervention	Better Beginnings –universal early intervention family literacy program Implement Better Beginnings program by distributing Parent Toolkits to every family with a new born baby, talking to parents about value of sharing books with babies and encouraging library membership.		TOB; State Library of WA; Community Child Health Nurses	2007/2008 and ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation		Number of parent toolkits distributed to parents of new born baby. Number of interactions library staff have had with parents to discuss the value of sharing books with babies. % of increased library membership.
Early Intervention		Safety House Program The Town gives ongoing support to the initiatives of the Safety House Association.	Schools	2008	Existing	Number of schools participating.

Youth in Focus

Bassendean Youth Service Re-establish a viable youth drop-in centre.

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2007

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Youth Service relocated and current numbers of participants met.

Youth in Focus	JPET Program Council to provide JPET Program which provides services and support to young people and young families.	TOB, DEWR	Ongoing	TOB, DEWR, Lotterywest	Funding received to run JPET Program. Number of participants in JPET.
Youth in Focus	RAP Program Council to facilitate the Resources for Adolescents and Parents (RAP) Program which provides services and support for 10-18 year olds and their parents/guardians.	TOB, Dept Corrective Services	Ongoing	TOB, DOCS	Funding received to run JPET Program. Number of participants in RAP Program.
Youth in Focus	SHIELD – Youth Housing Program Council to sponsor SHIELD youth housing program which provides support and assistance to young people and young families.	TOB	Ongoing	TOB, DHW	Funding received to run SHIELD Program. Number of participants in SHIELD Program.
Youth in Focus	Bassendean Skate Park Completion of skate park works to include passive surveillance and youth access which will see the removal of ticket booth, fencing, old skate half-pipe and hard stand, and installation of bollards and turfing.	TOB, OCP	2008	TOB, OCP funding	Completion of skate park works by December 2008.
Youth in Focus	Youth participation in constructive activities Council to continue to fund and expand funding to services and programs providing youth services and programs across the Town, ie out of school care, JPET programs.	Town, DCD, Police, OCP NGO’s	Ongoing	current resources and expanded funding	Number of concurrent programs funded. No. of new programs funded per annum.
Youth in Focus	Regional and local youth facilities Continue to explore the development of a multi purpose regional youth facility, in conjunction with CoS and other LGA’s. Expand and improve the youth centre, youth facilities and amenities in the Town.	Town, Lotterywest, Other LGA’s, DCD	Ongoing	CoS, Lotterywest, DoSR, access new resources	Improvements to the youth centre, facilities and amenities in the Town.
Youth in Focus	Youth participation in constructive activities Continue to fund and expand funding to services and programs providing youth services and programs across the Town, i.e. out of school care, JPET programs.	TOB, Lotterywest, DCD, Police, OCP, NGO’s, other LGA’s	Ongoing	CoS, Lotterywest, DoSR, access new resources	Number of new programs in the Town.
Youth in Focus	Constable Care Program Annually assess the support for in-school programs that teach children about crime and safety issues i.e. Constable Care, Safety House Program etc.	Schools	Ongoing	TOB, funding	Number of school children evaluated and the score derived from that on a success scale.

Families in Focus	Child care programs Council to provide and facilitate child care programs that meet the needs of families in the Town and have an early learning and education focus.	TOB, National Accreditation Council, Licensing Unit, Families of the Town	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Meets national standards. Complies with state regulations. Current operational licence.
Families in Focus	Out of School Programs Council to provide Out of School Programs that meet the needs of families in care provision of pre-primary through middle childhood to adolescence in leisure and recreation programs.	TOB, National Accreditation Council, Licensing Unit, Families of the Town	Ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Meets national standards. Complies with state regulations. Current operational licence.
Families in Focus	Playgroups Facilitation of space and equipment for parent groups, playgroups though facility sharing at Ashfield Community Centre and Bassendean Community Hall.	TOB, Families of the Town	Ongoing and developing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of interested participants and ongoing shared arrangement.
Families in Focus	National Children’s week Involvement in the creation of a Celebration of Children’s Day during National Children’s Week each year.	DCP, TOB, City of Bayswater, TAFE, Cyril Jackson Senior Campus	Ongoing (October each year)	TOB, DCD Midland and Mirrabooka, Midland TAFE, Cyril Jacskson S campus, City of Bayswater	Participant Evaluation Form. Number of Participants.
Families in Focus	Inclusion Programs Inclusion programs for children with extra needs in all facilitated TOB children’s programs.	TOB Staff and referral agencies	Ongoing	Resource and referral agencies	Number of children with extra needs, mainstreamed.

Families in Focus	Access to information for all Regular in-house training sessions focused on how to use library resources, including IT.	TOB	2007 and ongoing	Annual Council budget allocation	Number of on-house training sessions held p.a.
2008/09