| The main response in Liverpool to the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act was to set up a partnership group (CitySafe) to oversee the response to the Act. CitySafe was envisaged as part of a tripartite structure, with CitySafe 2 groups covering regions of the city while CitySafe 3 groups were planned to operate at the local level. While CitySafe 2 groups did not come into existence, there are many CitySafe 3 groups in Liverpool. This paper reports on a research project intended to explore the origins, development and practice of these local partnership groups. CitySafe 3 groups appear to have been set up without any formal guidelines about aims and objectives and with no formal structures of accountability, yet they could carry out a great deal of local work on crime and disorder issues. As a result of recent changes in the organisation of policing in Liverpool, it is likely that further changes will take place in local partnership groups and these will also be discussed. |
Updated 05/20/2006