Neighbourhood priorities outlined in new booklets

Our neighbourhood policing teams (NPTs) have set out in eight new accessible plans how they will keep communities safe.

Each NPT area features its own unique characteristics and challenges, and our teams listen throughout the year to those who live and work there to understand their concerns.

In doing so, they can tailor our policing response to local areas of concern. In the past year, for instance, we’ve reduced the number of caravan burglaries on the east coast, and made a real impact on drugs supply in West Lindsey.

The new plans followed on from the success of last year’s summertime policing plan, which received positive feedback from both the public and our partners.

That concept was expanded to plans for each neighbourhood area, which include:

• An introduction from the local inspector or chief inspector.
• How we will tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
• Our plans to protect the public from harm.
• The ways in which we will help those in need.

Superintendent Lee St Quinton, who has led on the project, said: “This is our promise to the people who live, work and visit each of our neighbourhood areas.

“Each local inspector or chief inspector has outlined what they are committing to in terms of their teams’ particular responsibilities: it could be a focus on speeding, tackling child sexual exploitation, or drugs in the nighttime economy.

“The feedback we received from the summertime plan was that people liked the discussion of local priorities and targeted action – what we do on the ground, so to speak - so that’s what we’ve reflected with these bespoke plans.

“Our teams engage with people throughout the year, with priority setting taking place every three months. At those meetings we might take a look at our commitment to tackle speeding, for instance, and then outline the specific areas that we’ll target.

“And that’s what the neighbourhood teams will work on – resolving issues that affect you.”

Find the neighbourhood policing plan for your area on our policing plans page, which also contains accessible HTML versions, or download a PDF below.