Keeping you safe in Telford and Wrekin
Telford & Wrekin Council pulled out all the stops to Protect, Care and Invest to create a better borough and help keep people safe during the pandemic, according to a report.
The Council’s Cabinet, which meets on 18 February, is due to recognise the successes of its Public Protection team in its work during 2020 to protect and support residents and businesses in a range of activities including:
•Covid-19 Enforcement/compliance - contacting more than 430 businesses, both proactively and reactively, sometimes involving joint visits with West Mercia Police
•Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) & environmental Crime
•Civil Parking Enforcement (adopted on the 31st January 2020)
•CCTV Monitoring & Deployment - being implemented across the borough. By the end of March there will be more than 400 cameras feeding into a new control room in Oakengates. Telford & Wrekin Council is investing £200,000 into the scheme and the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner is investing £245,000.
•Consumer Protection (trading standards) - responding to more than 450 complaints from residents about problems with goods or services that they have purchased.
•Licensing; processing almost 800 licensing applications,
•Food Hygiene and Standards; (Star Ratings). Our food hygiene inspectors aim to complete 200 inspections of food businesses that are allowed to stay open during the pandemic.
WATCH: Our Public Protection Team in Oakengates on Thursday 17 September 2020 visiting shops, pubs and businesses in its High Street:
Councillor Richard Overton, Telford and Wrekin Council’s Cabinet Member for Enforcement, said: “The pandemic didn’t stop our important work in keeping people and businesses safe – in fact it has enhanced it. In addition to the work originally planned in implementing a new borough wide CCTV system and continuing to tackle environmental crime and anti-social behaviour, our officers moved quickly to enforce the Government’s Covid restrictions while also helping businesses stay open legally and safely when they were allowed to do so.
“We always pride ourselves on being on the side of our residents. The work of our Public Protection team is vital in keeping our residents safe.”
