Creating safer neighbourhoods

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Local MP Meg Munn recently met officers from South Yorkshire Police’s local Safer Neighbourhood Team who cover Arbourthorne. The team told Meg about their new approach to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the area, which they said was working well. Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) have been crucial to this success.

PCSOs are local beat officers who undertake highly visible patrols and meet the community to help tackle any local issues. The local Safer Neighbourhood team currently has 10 police officers and 14 PCSOs covering the area in and around Arbourthorne.

Meg said:

“The new way of working that officers and PCSOs have taken on seems to be tackling crime more effectively in the area. I was pleased to hear that by retaining a combination of police officers and police community support officers the safer neighbourhood team has been able to work well for local concerns. It was also good to find out about the prevention work that the team are carrying out to protect people on dark nights.”

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