Community Incident Action Group

Dealing with problem individuals

The Community Incident Action Group (CIAG) is a multi-agency problem-solving group, which is accountable to the Partnership. It seeks to divert, assist or control individuals or families in the community who have been identified as having an adverse impact on the community. Members of the group deal with problems like truancy, ASB and prolific offenders, seeking preventative and long-term solutions to reducing crime and disorder in the borough.

Members of CIAG meet every six weeks to agree actions to reduce the negative impact that problem individuals and families have on the wider community through their ASB. Throughout the year, Partnership agencies continued to provide interventions and support for the family unit. All individual cases that are nominated are addressed appropriately using the relevant partner agencies, with the need for early diversionary activities and intervention of foremost importance.

Surrey County Council (SCC) Youth Development Service (YDS) and Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) are actively involved in targeted interventions, with initiatives such as the Army Outreach Project and Youth Engagement Scheme (YES).

CIAG interventions 2009/10

A key issue for CIAG during 2009/10 was the nuisance behaviour of a group of young people from Frimley. In Q4, four members of the group were served interim ASB orders (ASBOs) to the great relief of the community around Ansell Road, Frimley. As of April 2010, the group were behaving in accordance with the terms of their orders. Surrey YDS has been supporting this group by providing diversionary activities in the form of a new Monday Night Project.

As at April 2010, there were six open CIAG cases involving young people (aged 17 and under), and five adult open cases.