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The Folkestone Area Partnership Against Crime also known as FAPAC - Managed by Eloise Hassall this retail
business crime reduction partnership works hard to curb retail crime in the Shepway district of Kent,
to make the local and surounding areas safer.
Fapac has expanded to now include Hawkinge, Sandgate and Hythe.
The Folkestone Area Partnership Against Crime (FAPAC) is a not for profit Retail Business Crime
Reduction partnership working with local traders, Community Agencies, Kent Police and Shepway
District Council.
Shepway District Council are responsible for the 24 hour CCTV operations who monitor our radios.
FAPAC is financed by the retailers who are paying members.
FAPAC achieved Safer Award status with the Safer Shopping Award in 2002, the
Action Against Business Crime, Safer Business Award in May 2005 as well as being
the first town to be awarded the Safer Socialising Award in May 2005. In
2007 FAPAC also received the Promoting Comunity Safety and Managing the Evening
Economy Awards
The Safer Awards allow us to be part of the National Business Information Computer/Crime
System (NBIS). This enables us to store and share information, including photographs,
of currently active offenders, for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime.
Incident reports submitted by members, strip criminals and would-be offenders
of their anomynity thus enabling businesses to play a pro-active role in reducing
and detecting crime.
These reports enable us to identify which,days, products and methods are used
to commit crimes in our businesses.
We use NBIS to store and collate our data. NBIS is a national,
live link to crime reduction partnerships across the UK.
By sharing our data with neighbouring towns we are pro-active in dealing with displacement of criminals.
Does the scheme work?
Police figures indicate significant reduction in shoplifting arrests
<a href="http://www.fapac.co.uk/php_pages/news.php?public=Y">news</a>
<a href="http://www.fapac.co.uk/php_pages/contact_info.php">contact_info</a>
<a href="http://www.fapac.co.uk/php_pages/issa.php">issa</a>
<a href="http://www.fapac.co.uk/php_pages/issafaq.php">issa faq</a>
<a href="http://www.kent.police.uk/">kent police</a>
<a href="http://www.shepway.gov.uk/">shepway.gov.uk</a>
<a href="http://www.discoverfolkestone.co.uk/">discoverfolkestone</a>
<a href="http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/">kent fire-uk</a>
<a href="http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/kent/index.htm">tradingstandards.gov.uk/kent/</a>
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