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'Safe Cities' funding launched

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

Scottish Executive press release

"Making city centres safer: Scotland?s cities are to benefit from ?1.7 million over three years to make city centres safer and more prosperous. The Scottish Safe City Centres Initiative aims to reduce the incidence and cost of crime in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling city centres. It will involve investing in initiatives such as CCTV, Radiolinks, promotion of crime reduction and community safety schemes. . .” Scot.Exec.

Research

Crime Against Business in Scotland: The Scottish Executive Central Research Unit 2001

Media

”?1 million injection to create safer city centres: A bid to make Scotland?s city centres safer, which has already funded the creation of a shoplifter database in Dundee, was officially launched by ministers today. . ." Evening Telegraph

"Cash will make city safer: Glasgow is to get ?150,000 from the Scottish Executive to help make the city centre safer. The cash . . . will be spent on closed circuit television and other crime prevention schemes. Local authorities will match the funding, bringing the total to ?1.7m over three years. . ."Evening Times

”?300,000 to cut crime in Edinburgh centre: Authorities in the Capital will share information on shoplifters, youth disorder and beggars under an ambitious scheme for the city centre unveiled today. More than ?300,000 has been earmarked for a three-year project which will see “early warning” systems set up to help retailers, businesses and licensed premises tackle long-running problems. . ." Evening News

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