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‘Our Scottish Borders, a safe place to live, work and visit’

 Whilst recognising that the Scottish Borders is a relatively safe community, we believe that we must guard against complacency and keep our area a safe place to live, work and visit without people living in fear for their own or other people’s safety.  Promoting and living in a safe community is not the responsibility of any one organisation, everyone within the community can play a part. 

 

Community Safety is responsible for:

 

 

The Community Safety Partnership

There is no single organisation who has sole responsibility for making our communities safer, many organisations can help and that’s why the Community Safety Partnership exists.  The Partnership is a body which brings together a range of organisations with an interest or responsibility for making the Scottish Borders the safest place to live, work and visit.  

By bringing everyone together we can ensure our services complement each other, make best use of the resources and ultimately deliver better results. The Partnership does not belong to any agency, although it is presently based from Scottish Borders Council headquarters.

 

The main organisations which are part of the Partnership and work together under this banner are:

  •         Scottish Borders Council
  •         Lothian & Borders Police
  •         Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue Service
  •         Victim Support
  •         Drugs & Alcohol Action Team

 

  •          Youth Organisations
  •          Borders Housing Network
  •          Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
  •          Procurator Fiscals Service.

 

Members of the Community Safety team are:

 

 Jan Pringle

Community Safety Manager

Chief Executive’s Department

Council Headquarters

Newtown St Boswells

MELROSE

Tel: 01835 826541

 

Andrea Beavon

Domestic Abuse Research and Development Officer

Address as above

Tel: 01835 826597

 

 

Paul Richardson

Community Safety Officer

Address as above

Tel: 01835 825058

 

 

 

Colin Bain

Community Wardens/Anti Social Behaviour 

Co-ordinator

3 Exchange Street

Jedburgh

Tel: 01835 869695

 

 

Inspector Paula Clarke

Safer Communities Liaison Officer

Lothian and Borders Police

Divisional Headquarters

Hawick

Tel: 01450 375051

 

 

 

 

For further information, advice, useful links, contacts and publications on all aspects of Community Safety please visit: www.ourscottishborders.com/communitysafety

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