Safety, Security & Environment
We aim to provide a safer and secure town centre environment for business owners and visitors through tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. We also provide a welcoming, attractive and accessible city through planting, seasonal Christmas lighting, bunting and maintaining the way finding signage. During our fourth term our main projects under this theme are:
- Funding 46 hours of Truro Rangers Security Patrols per week and part-funding (with Cornwall Council and Truro City Council) Truro’s Anti-Social Behaviour Officer.
- Improving the appearance of Truro via funding and installing colourful bunting (until 2024), organising the City Clean Up event and part-funding with Truro City Council the annual summer hanging baskets delivered by the City Council’s Parks Team.
- Maintaining the city’s Wayfinding Signs (which includes branded maps and information points) to encourage footfall across Truro.
- Funding and delivering the DISC online reporting tool for businesses and organisations for five years, to help reduce anti-social behaviour (ASB) and low-level crime. Following our work with UKPAC, Truro now has SentrySIS crime reporting tool, which is funded by UKPAC.
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Monitoring
We monitor our safety, security and environment targets through:
- Monthly Truro Safe update meeting where police stats are shared
- DISC / Police incident reports
- Attendance and discussion at Shop Watch meetings
- Feedback from City clean-up days
- Awarding level of Britain in Bloom and South West in Bloom entries