SUFFOLK PCC MEETING
Police & Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore and Suffolk Chief Constable Rachel Kearton held a public meeting at The Wherry Oulton Broad last evening .
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| Suffolk PCC at Lowestoft - Thurs 3 Oct 2024 |
Police & Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore and Suffolk Chief Constable Rachel Kearton held a public meeting at The Wherry Oulton Broad last evening .
- They made reference to the new policing model which was introduced around Dec 2023 (see last years blog) . The model comprises Community Policing team, Response Investigation teams, and County partnership & prevention Hub. They said that this model was working well and has provided better engagement and visibility .
- Also said that the "right care right person" system was in place . This means someone other than a police officer may attend calls eg mental health worker.
- Starting to formulate a new Police and crime plan. The current plan for Suffolk covers 2022 - 2025 and these public meeting help inform that process. Th plan sets the direction for coming 3 years . Current objectives are 1. Efficient effective police force, 2.Support victims of crime, 3.community engagement, 4.Work with partners to enhamce safety.
- Police Training : Suffolk can have up 1430 officers and the Chief Constable said that almost had the full compliment. Training had now increased to 3years. Referring to stop search procedure , she said that Suffolk had the most positive results . [ Blog note - This implies that officers have a better record of searches being correctly carried out and justifiable rather than speculative].
- Tim Passmore complained (as he has for at least the past 2 years) about the police funding formula which he feels leaves Suffolk sometimes treated as a rural backwater in terms of resources . The CC chimed in that cyber crime and training had increased demand on resources.
Q's from Public
The public asked a few questions which mainly concerned Lowestoft and Inspector Mark Jackson was there to give some answer. He is one of the local management team. (can also be seen on P4 Constabe County Magazine)
Inspector Jackson said that local priorities would seek to help business and address retail crime. He aimed to make police more visible including social media posts. Priorities could be found on the recently improved website.
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| Lowestoft Police Priorities |
There was brief discussion about vaping . The Chief Constable sais she had recently been a guest at a meeting with partner organisations including Trading Standards. They have recently been focused on issues with vapes in Suffolk.
Policing team for Southwold and Halesworth can be found on the Constabulary website together with the policing priorites.
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| Halesworth & Southwold Police |
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| Halesworth Police on FB 3 Oct 2024 |