Community safety and emergencies

Community Safety Partnerships were established to improve quality of life and keep our residents, visitors and employees safe.

Anti-social behaviour can affect anyone at any time and can range from annoying other people to serious violence and criminal activities.

Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) form part of a wider package of anti-social behaviour (ASB) tools and powers.

The Nightsafe and Pubwatch schemes were formed in partnership with local licensees, Police and the Local Authority.

Ensuring relevant public services work together to share data and knowledge, and allow them to target interventions to prevent and reduce serious violence.

East Suffolk Council has upgraded CCTV across police identified crime hotspots in Lowestoft and Felixstowe. Vital in the prevention and detection of crime and antisocial behaviour, CCTV provides residents and businesses with protection, helping us to make these large towns a safer place to live, work, socialise and visit.

The Counter Terrorism and Security Act places a legal duty on authorities to have "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism".