Okay, local priority setting. I am passionate about this but we need to get more people involved in offering their views and opinions. It works like this...
Each of the Neighbourhood Partnerships has a sub-group structure and the police report to the most relevant sub-group (it's often the Community Safety one but each NP has it's own sub-group names)
As part of this, the local Inspector will present options to the group for what scould be considered as priorities in the area to be tackled by the teams.
Issues like, Drugs, Housebreaking, Violence, Terrorism, Public Protection, Road Safety and ASB will always be Division wide priorities and we will always be working towards improving life for all along with our partners. But what we are very aware of is that sometimes in dealing with the big picture things, the risk is that we miss local issues and concerns that really impact on people and this is wny we give our teams the opportunity to be given these local priorities.
Normally, the information gathering is led by the SNT Sergeants. In this post, I thought I would start with Alwyn's South Neighbourhood Area.
In the Liberton/Gilmerton Ward and for that Neighbourhood Partnership, James and Stephen and their teams lead the information gathering;
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| Sgt Stephen Hagart |
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| Sgt James Sinclair |
In the Southside/Newington Ward its;
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| Sgt Alan Campbell |
In Meadows/Morningside its;
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| Sgt Stephen Rosie |
And of course both Alan and Stephen report to the South Central NP
So, they and their teams read up on all of the latest crime figures, look at where there have been recent repeat calls and most importantly, listen to what their communities tell them. The teams regularly hold 'Have your say' events in places like council offices, outside shops, as part of other meetings or distribute cards or questionnaires. In reality they all look at as many ways as they can of finding out what worries you, what you want to see them do locally and in what specific areas.
Of course we know we want to hear from more people and in more ways and will keep looking for opportunities and new ideas (thats why I included the e-mail addresses for the teams!)
The Inspectors or the Sergeants then take all of the possible priorities to the sub-group meeting and present them with the meeting deciding on the three that should be tackled over the coming 6-12 week period.
The agreed priorities are then published and can be found below;
The teams are then accountable for evidencing how and if they meet these priorities and only the NP decide if they have achieved success.
If you would like to offer a view or voice a concern, please do e-mail the Sergeants or phone the SNT contact numbers on the website - or of course stop an officer and let them know!
Thanks again
Bryan
@bryanarodgers
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