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Neighbourhood Policing

Background

National Context

The White Paper “Building Communities, Beating Crime” (November 2004) outlined the Government’s commitment to forging a new relationship between the police and the public; a relationship, which would rely on active collaboration between the police, their partners and communities in the delivery of policing services. “Neighbourhood Policing–your police, your community, our commitment” (May 2005) sets out the plans to deliver on this commitment through the establishment of Neighbourhood Teams in every area by 2008, supported by funding to assist in the increase of PCSOs to a total of 24,000. To help support forces in the aim of reaching 24,000 PCSOs in 2008, the Government is making £465 million available over the next three years by means of a Neighbourhood Policing Fund. Coupled with this commitment the Police and Justice Bill, makes Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) more visible in the delivery of community safety in their areas. The CDRP/CSP as a whole, rather than the police alone, will be held to account at the local level.

Neighbourhood policing provides an opportunity to refocus the police service to the public to deliver secure and confident communities. Through neighbourhood policing, the police will be working closely with partner agencies and members of the public to identify the issues which affect the neighbourhood’s sense of security and then working together to tackle those issues. This will be different from the current approach to community policing because it will mean acting on those priorities the public have chosen. It also involves a collective approach at a local level by partner agencies, as well as members of the public themselves.

Bridgnorth District

The 7 Local Policing Area:

Each Local Policing Area will have at least one PSCO allocations will be within Borough and District Areas. Further PSCO’s will allocated later to those areas with the greatest need. Bridgnorth will receive 14 PSCO in the fist phase.

There will be two Local Area Policing supervisors Sgt Bob Mathews and Sgt Mark Rock.

Each Policing Team will be tasked to set up a Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meetings in each Local Policing area. PACT’s will be owned and run by the community, NOT the police. There will be a ‘Panel’ made up of key partners including the Police who can action priorities set. Regular public meeting will be set up open to all. The public will set prioriteies and vote on their top 3 for the Panel to deal with. The Panel must then report back to the next meeting on progress.

Links

http://www.westmercia.police.uk/localpolicing/shropshire/shropshirebridgnorth.htm

Neighbourhood Policing Programme (NPP) [Internet], London, NPP. Available from http://www.neighbourhoodpolicing.co.uk

Home Office (2006) Review of the Partnership Provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 – Report of Findings. London: TSO. Available from
http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/partnerships60.doc 

Neighbourhood Policing - your police, your community; our commitment, published on 8 March 2005 (Home Office press notice 45/2005), can be found at: http://www.policereform.gov.uk/docs/neighbour_police.html.

The Guide to community engagement in policing can be found at http://www.communityengagement.police.uk

The Home Office policy paper Building Communities, Beating Crime: A Better Police Service for the 21st Century was published on 9 November 2004 (Home Office press notice 350/05) and is available on the Home Office police reform website http://www.policereform.gov.uk