Policing and public safety

Community Safety

SAFER STREETS INITIATIVE

As part of its commitment to a safer Scotland the Scottish Executive made £600,000 available throughout Scotland to make our streets safer at the weekend. East Ayrshire received £40000 for Kilmarnock Town Centre and provided additional police and the mobile police unit as well as taxi marshals every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening over the festive period and every Friday and Saturday until 31st March 2007.

The Community Safety Partnership agreed that this was an excellent initiative and an evaluation proved to be very positive. A further application for funding has been made to extend the scheme until 31st March 2008.