Hurrah For The Police

06/07/2009 by Steve Tierney.

Hurrah For The Police
I went to the neighbourhood panel meeting last week with a view to working with the police to deliver a better service for the people of my division.  This was one of my manifesto promises and I was keen to be proactive on it.  I wasn’t sure what to expect since this was the first panel meeting I’d been to - but I was really impressed! 

The officers who were there were helpful, responsive and clearly very dedicated to their jobs.  Of course there’s no reason to presume otherwise, but the cynic in me can’t help the occasional dark turn of thought.  No need in this instance, they were exemplary. Better yet, I managed to secure two of the three new ‘targets’ they set for the good folk of my division.

The new targets were:-

• Inconsiderate parking outside Elm Primary School and Friday Bridge Primary School.

• Anti-social behaviour in Troughton Way, Leverington, and Goodens Lane, Newton.

• Organise an engagement activity to help to protect the vulnerable.

The second item was a response to a number of complaints I have had from Leverington and Newton.  I explained the problem to the police and managed to achieve these areas the special status.  Both the streets where the problems have arisen have been given top priority and will be the particular  focus of the police for the next few months. 

Hopefully this will help solve the problems that were reported to me.  I’ll look forward to tell the residents (who had initially been sceptical that they would get the help they needed) that we had made a significant step towards solving their problems.  Chalk one point for the good guys!  Now we just have to make sure that the new focus achieves its goal.

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