Keeping People Safe in Napier

Policies and strategies – overarching guidance for a safer community

• Safer Napier Strategic Plan
• Joint Alcohol Strategy
• Local Alcohol Policy
• Smoke free Policy
• Gambling Venues Policy

Regulations – enforcementlevers to improve safety in the community

• Animal control
• Alcohol licensing
• Noise control
• Graffiti control
• Environmental health (eg, food licensing)
• Parking
• Freedom camping

Civil Defence – resilience and connections for collective preparedness

• Readiness, response, recovery
• NCC staff trained to mobilise for response
• Evacuation awareness
• Signage
• Research
• Community connections

Infrastructure - tools and structures to improve community safety

• CCTV camera network
• Street management patrols
• Community spaces (eg. parks and reserves, playgrounds, community centres, outdoor facilities)
• Evacuation routes and points 

Places and spaces – encouraging more use of our public areas

• Activations (busy places are safer places) 
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) - using design principles to make places safer

Roading and pathways – safer places for all road and pathway users

• Engineering for safety (eg, school zones, dedicated cycleways and pathways, traffic calming)
• Speed limits
• Tactical urbanism (testing changes to the built environment)

Supporting community-led - funding and supporting community groups and innovative ideas

• Napier Community Patrols 
• Napier Safety Trust (existing CCTV network)
• Street Management (patrols) 
• Napier Neighbourhood Support 
• Surf Lifesaving New Zealand 
• Community pride projects (eg. art, murals, clean up days, community gardens) 
• Events (eg, alcohol free, rangatahi/youth, holiday programmes) 

• Strengthening whānau and youth projects

Collaboration and partnerships – Working and linking with others

• Forums (eg, Community Network, Napier Disability Advisory Group, Hawke’s Bay Settlement Forum, Housing Coalition, Joint Alcohol Strategy Reference Group)
• Safer Napier (43 partner agencies with oversight from the Safer Napier Strategic Group)
• Collaboration with government agencies, community organisations, neighbourhoods (eg, residents associations, business associations) and communities