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Changes to how our communities are policed This month has seen some big changes in Leicestershire Police, in particular around neighbourhood policing. It is the latest in a series of on-going changes to transform how the force delivers service to meet the changing public need and demand. As a result, Blaby and Hinckley policing units have joined and will now be known as the Hinckley and Blaby Neighbourhood Policing Area. I, along with PC Hart, will be your local beat officers Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe but will now be known as Dedicated Neighbourhood Officers. We will also be covering Glenfield. PC’s Harris, Cox, Hale and Riley will make up the Neighbourhood Officers for Ratby and will also cover Groby, Markfield, Market Bosworth and the surrounding villages.
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Children set a very wiggly challenge
Leading charity Action for Children is teaming up with The World of Eric Carle™ and encouraging children’s centres, nurseries and groups for under-5s across Leicestershire to host a Giant Wiggle on Thursday 19 March 2015 to celebrate the UK’s most read children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar™. The event will bring together under-5s to wiggle along in giant caterpillar conga lines, encouraging them to help others, and open up their imaginations through storytelling and creative activities. For more information on how to organise your own Giant Wiggle at your nursery or children’s centre visit www.actionforchildren.org.uk/giantwiggle
This change in title reflects the change in role to one that is solely focused on the community. Our new role, along with your local PCSOs, will be patrolling streets and dealing with issues relating to public protection, community engagement and anti-social behavior. We will no longer routinely carry out duties such as crime investigation, arrests and attending incidents; instead these will be dealt with by other specialist units. Currently less than 25% of our time is spent working on ‘core neighbourhood’ duties. By shifting tasks to other areas of the force it will free up our time to better engage with local communities and to be more visible in your area. Some of the other big changes to the force are the introduction of a Patrol and Resolution Team, which will attend all emergency and urgent incidents, and a Managed Appointment Unit that will deal directly with people needing to book an appointment with an officer following a non-emergency call. These transformations should see a better policing service for the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and, on behalf of me and the rest of the two Dedicated Neighbourhood Teams, we look forward to continuing to work together to ensure your area is a safe place to live, work and visit.
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