Find out how to protect your business against crime and anti-social behaviour by joining Harrogate’s crime reduction partnership.
If you are worried about crime and anti-social behaviour affecting your business, you may want to join Harrogate District Businesses Against Crime (HDBAC).
What is HDBAC?
HDBAC is a not-for-profit crime reduction partnership with members from retail, licensed premises, transport and other business groups. Members work together to:
- make town centres a safer place for customers and staff
- provide support for businesses suffering from shop theft, violent crime or anti-social behaviour
- deter offenders from attacking businesses
- increase communication between businesses and North Yorkshire Police
- lawfully share business crime related intelligence amongst members and provide a coordinated response when incidents occur
The partnership works alongside the Council, North Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire and Humberside Partners Against Crime and the National Association of Business Crime Partnerships.
Membership benefits
There are a number of benefits for your business when you join HDBAC as outlined below.
CCTV Radiolink network
All members are issued with the latest digital hand held radio which is linked to the CCTV control room, the Police and all other Radiolink members.
Members will receive a fast response from the Council’s trained camera operators to record CCTV evidence and contact the emergency services when criminal activity take places.
The CCTV Radiolink has a proven track record in preventing crime and in prosecuting offenders.
Radiolink Coordinator
You will have access to the services of the Radiolink Coordinator who is there to help you get the maximum benefit from your membership.
Intelligence meetings and target packs
You can attend monthly crime information sharing meetings to discuss the latest criminal activities, offenders and their methods to help you reduce crime occurring in your premises. You will also receive photo target packs of key offenders.
Exclusion scheme
You will have the support of your fellow members to ban persistent offenders from entering your premises.
Membership fees
There is an annual subscription, which is tax deductible, to join HBAC.
Charges are based on the retail space index:
- small businesses: £104 p/a
- medium businesses: £161 p/a
- large businesses: £238 p/a
There is also a monthly digital radio handset hire cost of £25.
Membership of the partnership may reduce your insurance premiums and you may recover the cost of membership through reduced stock loss.
Further information
For further details contact the Radiolink Coordinator by emailing community.safety.har@northyorks.gov.uk or calling 01423 500600 (ext: 58192) or 01423 556987.