The Role Of Co-operating Bodies

Co-operating bodies represent local groups or agencies who can provide a significant contribution to local crime reduction.  In formulating a strategy, the Act requires that objectives must be set for the co-operating bodies and other contracted agencies. 

To achieve this, co-operating bodies should be a key element of both the audit and strategy development process; and important partners in the implementation and on going development of the strategy. Co-operating bodies should be able to provide salient data or information to improve the understanding of local crime and disorder problems, contributing to the benefit of the local community as well as deriving benefit to the core functions of their respective agencies.

These bodies should be able to bring the benefit of their knowledge and expertise and details of their ability to help support partnerships initiatives through early interventions either as part of their core work or working together with other constituent partnership agencies.

It is necessary to understand the role and requirements of these other agencies and to identify what they can contribute in terms of information, resources and ideas.  It is also helpful to help them understand what benefits they can reap from partnership working in terms of their work and core functions.

The Act also places a legal obligation on them to:

• co-operate fully in the work of the auditing and strategy setting process.

• help deliver the objectives set out in the crime and disorder strategy

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