Serious Violence Duty
12 February 2024
The Serious Violence Duty, launched in January 2023, requires specified authorities to plan and collaborate to prevent and reduce serious violence in their local area. It requires them to work together, using existing partnerships where possible, to share information and take effective coordinated action with their local communities.
The Crime and Disorder Act has also been amended to ensure Community Safety Partnerships have the prevention and reduction of serious violence as an explicit priority in their strategies. This is the Safer Norfolk Plan in our county.
Read more at : https://www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk/who-we-are/community-safety-partnership/ & https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/
1125001/Final_Serious_Violence_Duty_Statutory_Guidance_-_December_2022.pdf