My last blog was about the Switchboard Stress of trying to contact local councils to find out some information about the Community Trigger. A member of the public commented on the post on our Facebook page that they had been one of the people I was concerned about: trying to activate a Community Trigger through
What have Police and Crime Commissioners got to do with anti-social behaviour? Well, we would suggest they have quite a lot to do with it! Firstly, when they run for this elected post, they speak out about how they will help victims of both crime and anti-social behaviour. They also speak out about helping vulnerable
Community Trigger Confusion The more I hear from people who have tried to activate the Community Trigger, the more I must conclude that there is confusion at every level. I had thought the confusion was reserved for the actual victims – something I have documented extensively – from the perplexity of it going by two
I sense there is a rather sketchy distinction going on across the country between anti-social behaviour and a neighbour dispute. At best this is causing confusion. At worst it is leaving innocent, vulnerable victims ignored and without proper support and help. “Nothing was done because it was labelled a neighbour dispute.” Is this a familiar
We believe that there is a fundamental flaw underlying victim empowerment when individuals are dealing with such big organisations like Councils and social landlords. The relationship is so unbalanced that it is easy to see how a victim could be ignored and feel powerless. The Victim’s Voice From our perspective, as a charity seeking to
ASB Help has outlined many of the failings of the Community Trigger (or ASB Case Review) in our report: “The Community Trigger: Empowerment or Bureaucratic Exercise”. However, it is still our belief that it has the potential to make a real difference. Here is a case study which shows how positive results can come out
‘Absolutely nothing was done. It all still continues. We are either ignored or treated as perpetrators.’ ‘Jack’, London This is Jack’s side of the story: “No action has ever been taken against my neighbours who continues a 2 year campaign of every instance of ASB imaginable against both my household and another tenant in the
Today is 20th October 2016 – it marks the two year anniversary of the implementation of the majority of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. (I say majority because the injunctions were delayed until 2015). A year ago I published a blog on my Trigger Thoughts and how little we knew about whether the
ASB Help has launched a report after considerable research into the Community Trigger. The report asks whether this power has created the intended empowerment for victims or whether in practice it is nothing more than a bureaucratic exercise. Please see below for the Executive Summary. The full report can be read here: http://asbhelp.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/The-Community-Trigger-Empowerment-or-Bureaucratic-Exercise-Sept16.pdf Executive Summary
Anti-social behaviour tool for victims in some areas a pointless bureaucratic exercise Just ahead of the two year anniversary of the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, a new report finds how one legal power in particular is not fit for purpose. The new Act aimed to put victims first and in