Wider Community Engagement Activity

CPS Thames and Chiltern staff work in partnership with local communities, the Criminal Justice Sector and public authorities such as local councils by attending engagement events. We link in to Community Safety Partnerships and contribute to solutions for the prevention and reduction of crime and disorder concerns. Some of this work concerns Anti-Social Behaviour for example working with local councils to identify cases for the application of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. In Luton our lawyers have given presentations at Local Area Ward Committees about how the CPS makes legal decisions.  In Reading and Oxford our staff represent the CPS at the annual Pride events to promote awareness about our policies to tackle homophobic hate crime. In Hertfordshire we have worked in partnership with the police and the County Council to encourage increased reporting of disability hate crime.