OUR POLICING PLEDGE SIR NORMAN BETTISON CHIEF CONSTABLE WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE

OUR POLICING PLEDGE

SIR NORMAN BETTISON

CHIEF CONSTABLE

WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved 100022119 2008

8 Divisions

47 NPT Areas

124 Wards

8 Divisions

47 NPT Areas

124 Wards

Bradford Leeds

KirkleesWakefield

Calderdale

• Our Pledge

• Local information about crime and other policing issues in your neighbourhood

• The management of offenders living in your community

OUR PLEDGE

1. Introduction and what we are all about

2. Provide information about your NPT

3. Commitment to keep on your Patch

4. Responsiveness to your calls

5. Emergencies

6. Non-emergencies, but prioritising the vulnerable.

7. Public engagement

8. Updates and information

9. Keeping you informed of progress

10.Responding to any failures in delivering our service

• Our Pledge

• Local information about crime and other policing issues in your neighbourhood

• The management of offenders living in your community

Inspector Richard Sullivan

Pontefract & Knottingley Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT)

Covering the neighbourhood of

Love Lane, The Barracks & Larkshill

Consists of:

1 Inspector3 Police Sergeants

24 Police Constables12 Police Community Support Officers

All dedicated to providing policing services in your area.

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team

“Delivering a Service to be Proud of”

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team

Insp Richard Sullivan

PCSO Jane McMillan

Sgt Pete Roberts

PC Deb Ardron

The journey so far -How it was before March 2008

We had 4 Neighbourhood Policing Teams across the whole district

This area was policed as part of a Neighbourhood Policing Team that covered the whole of the 5 towns

Neighbourhood policing supported Response policing

Success measured by Home Office & Force targets

Neighbourhood Policing Team’s primary measure of success was reducing Criminal Damage

Increased the number of Inspector led Neighbourhood Policing Teams from 4 to 7

An extra 100 police officers and 14 supervisors into our neighbourhood teams

Total recorded crime in our Neighbourhood Policing area has fallen by more than any other area in our district

The Serious Acquisitive crimes, (Burglary, Robbery and Vehicle Crime), have also fallen

There has been significant improvement in or attendance at our non emergency calls, (attendance in 4 hours or sooner)

But, your confidence in us has not yet increased to reflect the positive changes already made

And now the Pledge,…….. So what!

The journey so far -How it has been since March 2008

My pledge for the neighbourhood ofLarkshill, Love Lane and The

Barracks is:

Tackle Drug Dealing in the vicinity of the Barracks Estate.

Tackle ASB in the form of Youth Nuisance outside the shops on Wakefield Road, between 6pm and 9pm each day.

Deal with the Parking Problems outside Larkshill School on Stonegate Drive/ Larks Hill and Oakwell Avenue between 3pm and 4pm Monday to Friday.

You SayWe Act

We AskYou See

We will keep you informed!

We asked at:PACT Meetings

Neighbourhood Watch GroupsT & R meetings

Other engagement

We asked at:PACT Meetings

Neighbourhood Watch GroupsT & R meetings

Other engagement

You said:Tackle Drug Dealing

Tackle Nuisance YouthsDeal with parking problems

You said:Tackle Drug Dealing

Tackle Nuisance YouthsDeal with parking problems

We Are Acting:We tackle the drug problem

We tackle the Nuisance YouthsWe deal with the parking problem

Working with you and partners

You Will See:More Arrests & fewer crimes

being committed,Better place to live,Fewer local issues

You Will See:More Arrests & fewer crimes

being committed,Better place to live,Fewer local issues

We Are Acting:We tackle the drug problem

We tackle the Nuisance YouthsWe deal with the parking problem

Accessibility

Visibility

Engagement

Problem solving with You & Partners

Increasing Your Confidence in us

Familiarity

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“Delivering a Service to be Proud of”

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team

Councillor Mark Burns-Williamson

Chair of the West Yorkshire Police Authority

Policing Pledge

• Police Authority supports the introduction of the Pledge

• Clear statement of what the public can expect

• Local priorities will focus on the things that matter most to local residents

• Will lead to greater public confidence in the police

Police Authority Role

• Beatcrime website fulfils part of the Pledge

• Monitor performance against measurable targets

• Talk to local people• Views on performance• Impact of the Pledge

• Encourage spread of best practice or seek improvements as appropriate