North Worcestershire Policing Plan 2010/11
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Introduction
North Worcestershire Territorial Policing Unit (TPU) covers the three Local District Council areas of Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest. North Worcestershire has a population of 269,300 with 110,390 households. This is a diverse geographical and multi cultural area with many new and emerging communities. We have three larger principal police stations, at Bromsgrove, Redditch and Kidderminster, which is also the unit's headquarters; smaller out stations at Hagley, Rubery, Wythall, Stourport and Bewdley, and a number of other small local bases. The TPU has a range of local, 24-hour response and specialist teams including Crime Investigation and Public Protection responding to the wide and varied community needs supported by administrative and other support services. The TPU has 455 Police Officers, 197 Police staff, 56 Community Support Officers and 26 Special Constables.
North Worcestershire Foreword
We remain committed to promoting community safety, improving public confidence and satisfaction in policing services and protecting the public. We place great importance upon listening to the needs and concerns of our communities and seeking a clear understanding of what is important to them.
Over the next year and beyond, our aim is to work smarter, operate using streamlined processes and focus all of our efforts on serving and protecting the public of North Worcestershire in the best and most effective way that we can.
Foreword from the Chair of the Community Policing Board
Close working relationships between the Police Authority, West Mercia Police and our partners are important in helping to build an increasingly effective and efficient Police service and a safer community. This requires consultation with the community at meetings such as PACT (Partners and Communities Together), PMGs (Policing Matters Groups) and with partner agencies. 2009/10 was once again an exceptionally busy year for North Worcestershire TPU, with a number of major crime investigations, some of which attracted national media attention. I was privileged to have an insight into the work of West Mercia Police at those difficult times and I congratulate officers and staff at all levels on their hard work and success.
Col. Tony Ward, OBE, Chair of the Community Policing Board
West Mercia Police Three Year Plan
Serving - Protecting - Making the Difference
Our aim for 2013 is that:
- The public have confidence in us and express satisfaction with our policing service
- Levels of crime and anti-social behaviour remain low
- Our communities feel safe
To deliver the Three Year Plan, North Worcestershire's priorities for 2010/11 are to:
- Continue a programme of work to improve our delivery of the Policing Pledge and improve satisfaction and confidence in our service provision.
- Maximise the effective deployment of staff and quality assurance of investigations, in particular for all incidents of house burglary, robbery and serious violence, to maximise detection opportunities and meet the expectations of victims.
- Continue our engagement in multi agency and partnership initiatives that address alcohol and drug abuse, crime and anti social behaviour.
- Continually review District and Departmental resources, patterns of work and working practices to reflect the known crime trends, other policing issues and community needs.
In developing these priorities we have taken into account our local crime and disorder reduction partnership strategies and the Worcestershire Local Area Agreement.
Local Policing Teams
Local Policing aims to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve, by providing an accessible, effective and responsive service. Our 30 Local Policing Teams across North Worcestershire TPU have adopted a flexible and community led approach which ensures they can meet the needs of our diverse communities, as well as complementing existing community engagement activities.
Posters and leaflets with the names and photographs of your local officers have been widely distributed in Local Policing areas. Visitors to the Force website www.westmercia.police.uk, can also obtain this information by clicking on the Local Policing section on the front page.
You can contact your Local Policing team direct, in person, by email or telephone or you can meet them at your local Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meeting. Details of PACT meetings are on the website as are contact details, which can also be obtained by calling 0300 333 3000. In response to public feedback this new, low call rate number has replaced the previous, more expensive, 0845 number.
During the next 12 months we intend to maintain our current Local Policing arrangements, develop various community engagement activities including our PACT meetings to further include new and emerging communities, and ensure we are fully supporting the ethos of the Policing Pledge.
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