Suffolk is one of the safest places in the
country where people enjoy a high quality of life. Although crime
is falling people still feel it is on the increase.
We want to try and change this, by building neighbourhoods that are
not only safe but feel safe.
To do this, the
police are working with councils and other organisations to deliver
a service that is visible, accessible and responsive to what local
people need. This way of working is called ‘Safer
Neighbourhoods’.
Our aims
Safer Neighbourhoods
aims are to:
· listen to you and
identify your concerns;
· work together to
tackle the issues you have identified; and
· keeping you
informed of our progress.
A network of teams has been set up across Suffolk as the foundation
of Safer Neighbourhoods.
They cover neighbourhoods that vary in size.
In urban areas, a neighbourhood may be a small area of a town. In
rural areas, a neighbourhood may cover a number of parishes.
Who is in the teams?
An Inspector or
Sergeant oversees the policing element of the team and they report
to the local District Commander.
Each team is made up
of:
· Police
Officers;
· Police Community
Support Officers;
· Special
Constables;
· Community Wardens;
and
· Volunteers.
People from councils
and other organisations are involved too. Community Wardens are
front line council staff who spend most of their day in the
community working with the public. They work with the police to
make sure that things such as environmental issues or anti-social
behaviour are reported to the right people so that they can be
dealt with. The Safer Neighbourhood Team will listen and talk to
you. They want to find out what most affects your quality of life,
whether that is anti-social behaviour, graffiti, noisy neighbours
or crime. They want to try and solve these problems, to create
neighbourhoods that are safe and feel safe.
The teams work from
premises based in each neighbourhood they serve.
Working together
A variety of staff
are now combining their skills to solve local problems more
efficiently and effectively than before.
Each team has a regular tasking meeting where
problems and issues identified by the local community are
prioritised for action.
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