Current Initiatives
As a Board, our aim is to see the residents in our county confident that we can deliver what they deserve from the criminal justice system.
Here are just some of the initiatives we are focusing on in 08/09:
- Roll out the good practice already introduced in the Ipswich Specialist Domestic Violence Court to the other two court areas in Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft.
- Implement the Youth Justice protocols already introduced into the Crown and the Magistrates’ courts in Suffolk.
- Build upon the good work on dealing with Prolific and Priority Offenders, extending this work to prioritise the reducing reoffending agenda.
- Work with representatives across the whole of the diverse population of Suffolk to ensure that we deliver a fair and appropriate service to all of its residents.
- Continuing to support the work of Victim Support and the Witness Service
- Support the excellent work of the Local Crime and Community Sentencing project, which looks to explain to the public the use of community penalties as an appropriate and effective disposal.
- Work with the Suffolk Strategic Partnership to deliver a focussed local service.
- Ensure we have joined up targets that mirror and complement the Local Area Agreement priorities and the work of the Community Safety Partnerships.
- Work with the Safer Neighbourhood Teams to identify local issues and help to address these.
- Implement the Witness Charter, to give witnesses the service they should expect when coming forward to assist in the detection of a crime.