Welcome to September’s newsletter.
Changes to policing in Bromley will begin from Monday 16th September 2013, when the borough will go live with the Metropolitan Police's local policing model. The model will see changes to Safer Neighbourhoods Teams [SNTs]. With more officers and additional responsibilities, SNTs will take a stronger approach to catching criminals and protecting our communities.
Using their detailed local knowledge, SNTs will now be responsible for investigating
neighbourhood crime, tackling those that cause harm to our communities and reducing
anti-social behaviour. SNTs will be more visible with officers on patrol later into the
evenings, over the weekends and at peak times.
A neighbourhood inspector will have the flexibility to direct officers to where they are needed un-restricted by ward boundaries. They will take responsibility for reducing crime in their area and be held accountable to the local community. Neighbourhoods will be made up of at least four neighbouring wards within the borough. Each ward will continue to have a named PC and PCSO that will not be removed from ward duties; the other officers on the team will work across wards. This means the neighbourhood inspector has more officers to use that will not be restricted by ward boundaries.
There will be new ways to contact the police. Victims of crime, or those who wish to speak with a local police officer, can make an appointment at a time and place convenient to them. Bromley police station remains open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Penge police base and West Wickham police base will provide standard front counter services.
There will be additional contact points in police buildings and staffed by SNTs across their neighbourhoods for a minimum of three hours per week. The 101 telephone number will remain for non-emergencies and the public will be able to request a visit from a local officer within 48 hours. In an emergency there is the 999 system that answers just under five million calls a year - 93 per cent in ten seconds or less.
Details on the borough’s Neighbourhood Inspectors, Public Access details and Contact Points can all be found in this month’s newsletter as a PDF file at:- Borough Commisioner's Full Newsletter
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