How to Contact Us

The Tameside 'Crime and Disorder' website gives you the opportunity to not only keep yourself informed of crime within your community, but for you to give a commitment to create a safer environment for the people of Tameside. However, it must be noted:

This Website is not for Reporting Crime

If you are a victim of crime, or a witness to a crime, please contact Tameside Police on 0161 872 5050. If it an urgent matter, call 999. Explain clearly what the reason for your call is and where the incident is happening or has happened.

If you know of someone who is breaking the law or planning to commit a crime and you want to keep your identity secret, please contact Crimestoppers  free on 0800 555 111.

Community Safety Team

The role of the Community Safety Team within Tameside MBC is in the co-ordination and delivery of all aspects of community safety to ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory duties and responds effectively to the needs and concerns of the public.

The team plan and implement crime and disorder initiatives, attract external resources by way of bids to external agencies to fund and staff these initiatives, and respond to crime and disorder related issues on a day to day basis.

The Community Safety Team covers Drug and Alcohol Action Team (Drugs Intervention Project (DIP), Alcohol, Young People's Drugs, and Adult Drugs), Emergency Planning, Quality Auditors, the Patroller Service, and the Crime Reduction Team (Burglary, Vehicle Crime, Criminal Damage, Violent Crime, CCTV, and Community Cohesion).

The Team comprises:

Lisa Lees - Head of Community Safety

Lisa is the strategic lead for the whole of Community Safety Services for the Council.  She supports and assists the Tameside Drug and Alcohol Action Team in implementing the national strategy on drug misuse and plays a lead role in the formulation and implementation of action plans to tackle drug and alcohol misuse in the Borough of Tameside. Lisa also covers Emergency Planning, the Patrollers, anti-social behaviour, burglary reduction, and consultation and development, as well as ensuring that the borough's Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy 888.92 KB   is produced, implemented, and reviewed on a regular basis.

Lisa can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 2505

Ruth Greenwood - Community Safety Policy Advisor

Ruth provides support to the Head of Community Safety in the management and development of key crime reduction and regeneration strategies aimed at tackling crime and disorder and substance misuse.

Ruth also facilitates the various Policy Action Teams to enable closer association between strategic and local delivery working, ensuring that local action is delivered on the ground. She oversees the monitoring of performance overall for the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) and leads on communications for the Partnership.

Other areas of work include ensuring that the Authority meets the obligations of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, aiding in the development, implementation and monitoring of Crime and Disorder policies, supporting the Head of Community Safety in resource procurement, and research into best practice and current legislation as well as overseeing the budget for areas of work for which she has responsibility.

Ruth can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 2171

Tracey Austin - Violent Crime, Domestic Abuse & Sexual Offences Co-ordinator

Tracey leads on the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership's approach to tackling violent crime, domestic abuse and sexual offences. She works with other agencies such as the Police, Fire and Rescue, Licensing, Tameside General Hospital and the Tameside Women's Project. She is the theme lead for Domestic Abuse.

An important aspect of Tracey's role is to make sure we have an accurate profile of violent crime in Tameside so partners can determine the best way of dealing with local problems such as knife crime.  She also encourages local services to assess the risks faced by certain individuals and then share information safely in order to decide how to offer protection and support to victims.  She works closely with the Alcohol Lead, Licensing and the Police around the promotion of night-time safety.  Sourcing funding is an important part of the work.

Tracey Austin can be contacted on 0161 342 3997

Shonagh Camacho - Alcohol Lead

Shonagh is responsible for ensuring the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership meets the objectives of the National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy and is the strategic point of contact for policies around alcohol misuse for the council, liaising with treatment and enforcement agencies. She works closely alongside Greater Manchester Police, Primary Crime Trust, Licensing, Trading Standards, Treatment Agencies, Education and Licensees to reduce alcohol related crime, increase alcohol treatment opportunities and develop alcohol safety awareness campaigns and education.

She leads on the coordination and implementation of the local alcohol strategy and action plan. Key to this is the production and implementation of the annual alcohol action plan which links closely to other areas of community safety such as anti-social behaviour and violent crime strategies and action plans.

Shonagh also represents the council at the GM Alcohol Co-ordinator’s Group and other regional forums.

Shonagh can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3225

Ann Noi – Substance Misuse Lead

Ann is the strategic point of contact for drugs services and agencies for the council, liaising with treatment services such as the Alcohol & Drugs Service, Pennine Care and other statutory and voluntary agencies. She is the lead on the joint commissioning of substance misuse services for the Borough and responsible for project development in relation to substance misuse, such as the Tameside Abstinence Service.

Ann is in charge of performance monitoring for the Drugs & Alcohol Action Team and is the formal link with the National Treatment Agency and Home Office

Ann be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3568

Nichola Thompstone- DAAT Planning and Commissioning Assistant.

Nichola provides support to the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership by providing the commissioning, contracting and monitoring of adult drug treatment/abstinence services within the Borough. This involves close working with treatment services such as Pennine Care, ADS and Turning Point as well as the Tameside User Forum and other statutory/voluntary organisations.

Nichola can be contacted on 0161 342 3767

Paula Field – Anti-Social Behaviour Manager

Paula provides support and service to the Tameside Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership in the promotion, development, implementation, monitoring and review of the strategy for tackling anti-social behaviour and improving community confidence in Tameside, in accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Paula is responsible for the development and implementation of the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy and ensuring the document is legally accurate and fits with other local and national strategies.

Paula is the manager of the Anti-Social Behaviour Team, which consists of geographically focused caseworkers and police officers seconded into the unit, and oversees the staged approach to tackling anti-social behaviour through prevention, intervention and enforcement.

Paula can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3291

Julie Stringer - Community Safety Officer

Julie Stringer - Community Safety Officer
Julie is the Project Officer for Alley-Gating. 'Alley-Gating' is a very simple crime prevention measure which involves erecting steel, self-locking gates at the ends of alleyways and passages that are the responsibility of the homeowners who live around them. Advantages of the scheme include reduced burglaries and opportunities for youths to cause annoyance, fewer problems of dog fouling by stray dogs, safer play areas for children, and improved community spirit giving a sense of ownership of the alleys.  She is also one of the lead officers for Acquisitive Crime dealing with Vehicle Crime and Robbery issues.

Julie can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3052

Debbie Murray - Community Safety Officer

Debbie is responsible for the delivery of the Distraction Burglary Project. Objectives of the scheme are to reduce burglary levels in the target areas, reduce the incidence of households becoming repeat victims of burglary, reduce levels of fear of crime, build community capacity for crime prevention, and encourage households to effect security improvements. Security improvements include the ‘Identislot’, door viewers, property marking kits, door bars and more. This element of her role also involves community presentations with older/vulnerable people in conjunction with Trading Standards advising people about how they can minimise the risk of becoming a victim of doorstep crime. Another element is the administration of the early-warning network where notification is given to front line staff from across the Borough (District Nurses, Health Workers, RSLs, Fire Officers, etc) where an actual or suspicious incident has occurred such as with a bogus official.

Debbie can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3051

Mike Rhodes – CCTV Manager

Mike leads on the development and maintenance of the council’s CCTV system and strategy for the Borough, being responsible for the day-to-day management and the future development of the systems.

He also advises outside agencies and other council departments about CCTV and ensures that all legislation governing surveillance is adhered to.

Mike can be contacted on telephone number 0161 342 3098

Annabell Pinder - Community Safety Support Officer

Annabell provides support to the Community Safety Unit, focusing on Acquisitive Crime.  Annabell works with Julie Stringer and Debbie Murray assisting in various initiatives working towards reducing acquisitive crime. Annabell is involved in the alley gating schemes throughout the borough and distraction burglary.

Annabell can be contacted on 0161 342 4064

Gemma Clayton - Policy Support Officer

Gemma provides support to the Community Safety Unit, focusing on project and research work related to partnership working, performance management, consultation and communication both for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and for the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.

Gemma can be contacted on 0161 342 3755

You can contact us at the details below:

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Send us a Message	Community Safety Unit Tameside MBC Council Offices Wellington Road Ashton under Lyne Lancs OL6 6DL View local map
0161 342 3098
0161 342 2379