I met with other members of the Kenilworth Safer Neighbourhoods Panel last night, to discuss the public feedback and response we had received at a well-attended public meeting in November and to agree our top three priorities for the coming year.

Although experience elsewhere has been mixed, overall I feel the Safer Neighbourhoods idea is working well in Kenilworth. The local police have been fully engaged, together with local councillors and community representatives.

The three top priorities for the 2008 Action Plan are:

1. Positive activities for young people.
2. Criminal damage and vandalism (incl. graffiti).
3. Speeding traffic.