Community Trigger
Responding to, and tackling, anti-social behaviour is a priority for all community safety partners in Derbyshire.
Chesterfield brings organisations together to enable us to bring to justice those causing anti-social behaviour and provide support for people affected by it.
Chesterfield always strives to provide a high level of service, but recognise that there may be times when, we don’t get it right. This is where the Community Trigger comes in.
What is the Community Trigger?
The Community Trigger gives victims of anti-social behaviour the right to request a review of their case, if their concerns have not been dealt with, or acted upon, and organisations have been unable to resolve the serious persistent, or targeted, anti-social behaviour successfully.
If you haven’t already reported the anti-social behaviour, you should report it to the appropriate organisation. For more information, use the how to report anti-social behaviour tool on the Safer Derbyshire website.
The Community Trigger is also known as an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review. The aim of the review is to see whether anything else can be done and possibly find solutions that may not have been considered before.
In Derbyshire, the Community Trigger process is managed by the local council on behalf of the other organisations that will be involved in the review, such as the police, local health teams and housing providers.
When can I use the Community Trigger?
You can use the Community Trigger if you have reported three or more related incidents of anti-social behaviour, within the last six months.
It doesn’t matter who the anti-social behaviour has been reported to (the council, the police or your landlord), please use the Community Trigger application form on this webpage.
You can apply for the Community Trigger on behalf of someone else, but you must provide their consent, with the application form.
A detailed explanation of the threshold for the Community Trigger is contained within the Guidance Notes for the Community Trigger Application Form. These documents can be found in the below on this page.
When should the Community Trigger not be used?
If you haven’t already reported the anti-social behaviour, you should report it to the appropriate organisation. For more information, use the how to report anti-social behaviour tool on the Safer Derbyshire website.
The Community Trigger is not intended to be an alternative to the relevant organisation’s complaints procedure, which is designed to deal with complaints about individual officers, or services.
The complaints procedure is appropriate for concerns such as:
- where staff have been rude or disrespectful to you
- where staff have given inaccurate or misleading information
- where staff have promised things, such as telephone calls or meetings, and have not delivered on these
- where the organisation has failed to follow their policy and/or procedure
If you have followed the relevant organisation’s complaints procedure and you are still dissatisfied, you will be given information about the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, the Housing Ombudsman or the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
How do I use the Community Trigger?
In order to use the Community Trigger to request an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review, you must complete the application form below.
If you require a hard copy of the Community Trigger Application Form or help completing the form, contact community.safety@chesterfield.gov.uk.
There are guidance notes to help you complete the application form. You can find the guidance notes below.
What happens when I submit a Community Trigger Application Form?
We will confirm receipt of a completed Community Trigger Application Form, within five working days.
We will review the information you have provided, to determine whether your case meets the Community Trigger threshold. If it does, an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review will take place. This will involve agencies sharing information, such as with the police, housing, environmental health, social care and health providers, depending on the nature of the case.
The Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review will discuss the issues you raise, consider what action has already been taken and consider recommendations for additional action to resolve the problem.
We will inform you of the outcome and recommendations of the Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Community Trigger, you can lodge an appeal with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire. For more information go to the Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner website.
We welcome the opportunity to review cases of anti-social behaviour, but Community Trigger applications may be rejected if they are thought to be prejudicial, discriminatory, malicious, unreasonable, or vexatious.
Community Trigger monitoring information
The 2020/21 Community Trigger monitoring information for Chesterfield is detailed below:
Number of Community Trigger applications: 0
Number of applications that did not meet the threshold: 0
Number of ASB Case Reviews conducted: 0
Number of ASB Case Reviews where recommendations were made: 0
Number of Community Trigger appeals received: 0
