C&CSS provide independent advice, guidance and assistance to Crime and Disorder Reduction and Community Safety Partnerships, forums and projects. This includes practical and tactical responses including problem solving, communications and networking solutions, along with specialist knowledge and guidance.

Management and facilitation of the local authority and community safety partnership statutory obligations. Some of the specialist and routine projects and experiences undertaken included:--The annual collation and preparation of the community safety partnership strategic assessment and writing of the three year partnership strategies;-The setting up of a new business crime partnership in the city centre that reduced both violent and acquisitive crime-The introduction of a new digital radio system throughout the city centre day and night time economies.-Introduction of a Business Crime Intranet information and intelligence exchange system.-Involvement in the writing and production of the first One Newport Local Service Board Unified Needs Assessment and strategic plan.-Project management and delivery of the Newport Domestic Abuse Unit. This included the opening of a new suite of offices, and implementation of new multi agency domestic abuse working practices that received two Welsh Government Gwent Pathfinder Awards.-Oversight on behalf of the CSP of the first Domestic Homicide and combined Safe Guarding Children’s review in Wales and perhaps in the UK.-Project management and implementation of a pilot shared ASB database that improved communication and networking across the partnership.-Represented Newport on the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioners Community Safety leads forum; Gwent Special Domestic Violence Courts Forum; Gwent Integrated Offender Management Board; Gwent Youth Crime Prevention Forum.In 2012 I was requested to become an elected officer of the Wales Association of Community Safety Officers and took up the post of Treasurer.

Appointed as the first Wales Business Crime Reduction Advisor working with the Home Office Business Crime Team and part of the first team of three police officers to be seconded to the Welsh Assembly now the Welsh Government. During this time I researched, produced and commenced implementation of the first business crime reduction strategy for Wales. - Wrote and delivered the first welsh government business crime strategy- Worked with the four welsh police forces and 22 Community Safety Partnerships in Wales to promote business related crime as an important facet of crime reduction within communities.- Worked with the Home Office to produce advice guidance and literature relating to business related crime matters.- Collaborated with other advisors in Government Offices across England on Home Office Business Crime initiatives such as the introduction of Business Crime Reduction Partnerships.- Provided advice and guidance to Home Office and Welsh Government ministers and civil servants on crime reduction matters.- Involved in, and carried out community safety practitioner training, seminars and conferences with the Home Office Crime Team in Wales on a number of subjects and regional challenges.- Led for the Home Office Director in Wales on the introduction of new Welsh Government community safety web pages including a good practice database. - Initiated and set up with Welsh Government and police colleagues the’ e crime wales steering group’ that has been recognised as a model of good practice across the UK for government, police and business.- Worked with Home Office officials on the introduction of the Tilley Awards.- Part of the project team to produce and implement an e crime strategy and commence a series of national conferences.- Initiated and led on the setting up of the Wales against Business Crime Forum.- Assisted in the delivery of an internet based community safety problem solving and finance tool.