G-SAFE (Gravesham Safe and Free Environment)
G-Safe is a crime reduction partnership working closely with the retail community of Gravesham, the council and police, to deal with issues of crime and disorder within the borough.
As the town centre plays such an important role in the infrastructure of the borough, G-Safe aim to make it a more pleasant, safer and overall nicer place to visit and work. With this in mind we have already won the nationally acclaimed Safer Shopping Award with a distinction, isssued by Action Against Business Crime. We continue to train retail security staff, as well as implement many crime reduction techniques and information sharing protocols on offenders and those who attempt to disrupt a pleasant town centre way of life.
The majority of public houses and licensed premises are members of G-Safe and the radio network which has had a positive impact on the overall success of keeping the borough safe. We currently have 21 people on Exclusion from G-Safe member premises within the scheme.
Join G-Safe...
Did you know there are various ways to partcipate within the G-Safe scheme regardless of where you business is within the borough. We have the website service which allows our members access to information and photos of offenders within the borough. Both Northfleet and Denton are having new radio waves installed and the borough is also adding CCTV to the Lions Garage Roundabout in order to support the needs of the businesses.
Recent news from G-Safe
Safer Steps was launched late in 2009. What does this mean and how does it work? Each G-Safe member has a blue sticker in the window displaying the "I'M IN" banner which is also present on this website. Any children that become separated from their parents or guardian should report directly to a shop displaying this sticker. The parent should also head to a shop displaying the same sign and explain to the store security manager that you have become separated.