Neighbourhood Policing in Tameside is being boosted by eight officers working to tackle local priorities.These additional officers are strengthening Neighbourhood Policing Teams, which provide a dedicated policing service that fights crime and listens and responds to the needs of communities.Tameside Police is unveiling the officers as part of the Home Office’s Not In My Neighbourhood Week campaign, which began on Monday 13 October.The extra resources have been secured after a three-year deal was struck by GMPA with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities earlier this year.Chief Superintendent Zoë Hamilton said: "These extra officers have been recruited to meet the needs of the local people and I would encourage communities to come forward and help set our priorities. Neighbourhood Policing was introduced to put police officers into the heart of communities, responding to local concerns and making neighbourhoods safer places to live and that is exactly what we intend to do."GMPA Chairman, Cllr Paul Murphy said: "Greater Manchester communities told us they wanted more officers on the beat and that's exactly what we delivered. The officers were funded through the police portion of the council tax bill as part of a three-year deal with local council leaders. Neighbourhood Police Teams make a massive difference to Greater Manchester communities and I believe the deal we made shows that the police authority, the Force and local councils are committed to continued investment in them."
Friday 17 October 2008
Additional officers to tackle community crime
Neighbourhood Policing in Tameside is being boosted by eight officers working to tackle local priorities.These additional officers are strengthening Neighbourhood Policing Teams, which provide a dedicated policing service that fights crime and listens and responds to the needs of communities.Tameside Police is unveiling the officers as part of the Home Office’s Not In My Neighbourhood Week campaign, which began on Monday 13 October.The extra resources have been secured after a three-year deal was struck by GMPA with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities earlier this year.Chief Superintendent Zoë Hamilton said: "These extra officers have been recruited to meet the needs of the local people and I would encourage communities to come forward and help set our priorities. Neighbourhood Policing was introduced to put police officers into the heart of communities, responding to local concerns and making neighbourhoods safer places to live and that is exactly what we intend to do."GMPA Chairman, Cllr Paul Murphy said: "Greater Manchester communities told us they wanted more officers on the beat and that's exactly what we delivered. The officers were funded through the police portion of the council tax bill as part of a three-year deal with local council leaders. Neighbourhood Police Teams make a massive difference to Greater Manchester communities and I believe the deal we made shows that the police authority, the Force and local councils are committed to continued investment in them."
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Where was this article copied from TC? Can you not write articles yourself?
Why do I always suspect that these inititives are more about policing OF the community and not policing FOR the community?
Perhaps it goes back three years ago when there was a problem in my area with youth gangs and a meeting was called at the local school. Pressure was put on the school and the venue was refused.
The meeting went ahead in a local pub. The pub was at one end of a long street, the youth gang gathered at the other end (200 to300 yards away). Guess where the police video van was placed? Yes, outside THE PUB!
The new Tameside Patroller Service Manager (Sylvia Pascoe) is on record as saying she regards an important role of the Patrollers as "gathering intelligence" see:-
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/districtassembly/stalybridge/17sep08/minutes
Intelligence on who? Let us not forget Tameside's meetings with the Press to "gather information" and supress stories
http://tamesidecitizen.blogspot.com/2008/09/proof-of-political-manipulation-on-news.html
Also the view of the council on local Bloggers
Mr Hagen, the article was taken from a GMP press release. If I put my mind to it, I am pretty sure I could knock up an article, the problem is acquiring the information for the article.
I back the Liberal Democrats' "5 Steps to a Safer Britain" campaign.
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