The following is a summary of progress made since our last update report at the weekend:
- We have secured a meeting with the police Inspector with responsibility for neighbourhood policing. This meeting is scheduled for next week and will include senior officers from the council’s community safety team and the council’s neighbourhood wardens. We welcome this as an early commitment from senior police officers to ensure there’s a strong working relationship between the police and the community
- We have an assurance that the police are to lead regular multi-agency drop-in sessions in the village. These are intended to focus on issues in the community and will include representatives from the neighbourhood wardens, the community safety team, the anti-social behaviour team and officers from the council’s private sector housing team
- In addition we have asked that the police consider reverting PACT meetings to their original monthly format, at least for the time being
- The team leader for the neighbourhood wardens has confirmed that wardens will establish targeted patrols in areas where they are most needed. These priority areas will be decided on the basis of calls and/or reports from members of the public
This is an early indication of progress made since the PACT meeting held last week. We expect everyone involved in tackling crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour to build on this after our meeting next week with the police and community safety officers.
We will update on further progress in due course, but in the meantime we would urge anyone with concerns about crime, anti-social behaviour or other community safety issues to heed police advice and report their issues directly to the police on 101 (999 in an emergency).