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Neighbourhood Policing Teams

The Neighbourhood Policing Team provides the policing-related elements of dealing with the concerns of our communities, while our Crime & Disorder Reduction Partners will deal with their respective elements.

Each Division will dedicate a minimum of 10 per cent of its Police Officers to make up Neighbourhood Policing Teams, with additional resources including Police Community Support Officers, Special Constables and volunteers making up the rest of the Team.

Their roles complement each other, and are all aimed at listening to local concerns, and planning and delivering services with other agencies and partners.

Community Engagement and communication is a key part of their role, as is maintaining a high visibility presence on the streets.

Each Neighbourhood Policing Team will have the following structure:

Neighbourhood Inspector

Responsible for the Neighbourhood Policing Team, the Neighbourhood Inspector seeks to address community needs and develop strong community and partnership links in order to ensure that action is taken to deal with local issues.

They are accountable for the performance of the Neighbourhood Area, and the Neighbourhood Communities which sit beneath it.

Ensuring that crimes and incidents are recorded properly, and that a problem-solving approach, using the National Intelligence Model, is adopted, is a key part of their job. Strong community links, citizen focus and a commitment to high-visibility policing presence are vital. This includes developing community engagement networks, consultation, media liaison and communications.

They will also monitor community tensions and other local issues.

Neighbourhood Sergeant

Supporting the Neighbourhood Inspector and supervising Constables, Police Community Support Officers, Special Constables and other members of the Neighbourhood Policing Team, such as volunteers, is central to this role.

Alongside ensuring that high-visibility activity is undertaken to reassure the community, they will represent the Neighbourhood Policing Team at public and other meetings and carry out presentations explaining the work being done in that Neighbourhood Area.

They will be involved in partnership problem-solving, which will include joint tasking of Police and partner resources to deal with community issues.

Neighbourhood Officer - Constable

The Neighbourhood Officer – Constable, is a dedicated officer for a particular Neighbourhood Community, and as such, will be aware of local issues and concerns, including hotspot crime and disorder locations.

They carry out regular high-visibility patrols, form strong links with local community members, representatives and partners, submit community intelligence, and attend meetings to discuss local problems. They are integral in the delivery of enforcement to resolve identified problems.

Neighbourhood Officer – Police Community Support Officer

Working alongside the Neighbourhood Officer – Constable, the Police Community Support Officer has a key role in providing reassurance within their dedicated Neighbourhood Community.

They are a highly-visible presence, patrolling on foot or bicycle, helping to deter criminal and anti-social behaviour. As the eyes and ears they will be central in gathering community intelligence.

Special Constables

The Special Constables play a vital role in expanding the resource available to Neighbourhood Policing. They have the same powers as regular officers and can be deployed to Neighbourhood Communities to deal with a vast range of crime and anti-social behaviour issues.

They are a critical part of the Neighbourhood Policing Team and often have valuable local knowledge.

Volunteers

Volunteers from the community working with the Neighbourhood Policing Team undertake a range of tasks to complement and support other Team members. These can include contacting victims of crime by telephone to provide reassurance and feedback and maintain communications links, managing keyholder lists, undertaking crime prevention leaflet drops and running property-marking services. All of the above is of great benefit to Community Engagement, which in turn reassures Communities.