North Lanarkshire Community Safety Hub helping to protect communities

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The work of North Lanarkshire’s Community Safety Hub is playing a crucial role in creating a safer and more secure environment for local residents.

The Hub is improving community safety by using CCTV surveillance, tackling anti-social behaviour, tracing missing people, providing support services for homelessness and ensuring public protection.The service includes monitoring over 1,300 public spaces using CCTV cameras, providing evidence to Police Scotland and other law enforcement agencies, handling anti-social behaviour calls 24/7 including offering out-of-hours witnessing.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android A report, presented to the council’s housing committee, highlighted the successful integration of a dedicated call handling team within the Community Safety facility, ensuring that all out-of-hours homeless contacts are prioritised.The CCTV surveillance system recorded 5,693 overall incidents over the last year, a reduction of over 300 on the previous year, with numerous apprehensions and cautions made based on CCTV evidence.Others highlights included environmental incidents reduced from 831 to 656; anti-social incidents reduced from 1,067 to 996 and criminal incidents reduced from 2,261 to 2,199.Upgrade work on the urban housing CCTV camera system is also continuing, with 130 cameras already