Brown to crack down on ASBO breaches

Gordon Brown said his government will introduce a faster process to apply for ASBOs, and there will be a ‘clear expectation’ that breach of an ASBO will lead to prosecution.

He said legislation going through Parliament will mean parents of under 16s who breach ASBOs will also face action.

Mr Brown was speaking as the Home Office published a strategy on neighbourhood policing, which states housing providers should be encouraged to get involved in neighbourhood partnerships to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.

The strategy says Tenant Services Authority standards should involve social landlords in the partnerships.

The Safe and Confident Neighbourhoods Strategy outlines how police forces should focus on neighbourhood policing, and also stresses the importance of agencies outside the criminal justice system playing their part.

Specific measures in the plan include rolling out a national police non-emergency number, and making information on public confidence levels and the outcome of court cases and out-of-court disposals available online.

It also says communities that lack confidence in measure to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in their area will be given funding to address the problem, and the power to decide how it is spent.

Communities secretary John Denham said: ‘Local communities are at their strongest when they are given the opportunity to tackle problems themselves.

‘This strategy calls on councils and other local services to work in partnership with the police and their communities to tackle those crimes and anti-social behaviour issues that matter most to local people.’

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