The Community Safety Partnership (CSP)

The West Cheshire CSP is made up of representatives from the Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire Police, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board and Cheshire West Probation Service.

Members of the CSP have a legal duty to work together to share information and target interventions to prevent and reduce crime and disorder across West Cheshire.

The priorities of the CSP are refreshed annually and are published on the West Cheshire CSP website.

The CSP also produces an annual strategic assessment, plan and report which can be found on the CSPs ‘our work’ page. More information on the Serious Violence Duty can be found there.

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

The Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Case Review is a process which allows members of the community to ask the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to review their response to complaints of ASB.

Further information can be found in the ASB Case Review section of the Community Safety Partnership website

The Community Safety team

The Community Safety team work closely with Cheshire Police to protect our local communities from harm. The Community Safety team employs:

Community Safety Officers (CSOs)

Community Safety Officers (CSOs) are officers that coordinate targeted interventions for those who cause anti-social behaviour (ASB) within our communities, they also chair local multi-agency problem solving groups (PSGs) to share information with partner agencies on ASB and coordinate a multiagency response.

Community Safety Wardens (CSWs)

Community Safety Wardens (CSWs) are a uniformed resource who patrol the borough to deter and challenge ASB where it occurs. CSW’s are employed directly by us and have a range of powers available to them including the ability to issues fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for relevant offences. CSW’s are also authorised to enforce the boroughs Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) and have accredited powers issued to them from Cheshire Police under the community safety accreditation scheme (CSAS), including the power to request the details of any person acting in an anti-social manner.

Both CSOs and CSWs are work out of police stations across the borough and work closely with dedicated police officers within ASB Units.

More information can be found on our report a crime webpage.