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Community unites to fight crime
AN ARMY of
community crime fighters have been recruited to make Liverpool
safer.
The team of 150
volunteers have been hired following a national review called
Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime. It looked at how the Police,
local authorities and criminal justice agencies could work more
effectively with local people to reduce crime. Many of those taking
part are already involved in making their area a safer place to live
by running neighbourhood watch schemes or as representatives of
tenants or residents groups. Under the new initiative, they will be
given training and skills to help them link up with the authorities
and help crack down on crime.
The Crime Fighters
are coming together at a day long event on Wednesday, 22 April 2009,
hosted by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Roger Phillips. They will
also be told what services are available locally to help them and
what standards of service to expect.
Councillor Marilyn
Fielding, Liverpool’s executive member for safer, stronger
communities, said:- “The Community Crime Fighters are our eyes
and ears in helping to make Liverpool safer. Pioneering initiatives
such as our alley gating scheme have reduced crime massively over
the last few years. This new scheme will give local residents the
help and support they need to help prevent offences and tackle the
issues which are of concern to them.”
The event at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel is being hosted by Citysafe, Liverpool’s crime
and disorder reduction partnership, and Merseyside Police.
Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Helen King said:-
"Merseyside Police works with local people who are prepared to take
an active role in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in their
community. The Community Crime Fighter programme will provide the
public with information and training on what services are available
locally and how they can be assessed. Merseyside Police is pleased
to support this initiative so that local people can be confident in
asking for what they need to make their communities safer."
Lynn Petley from
Wavertree is one of the people who have been recruited. She said:-
“I am a Community Crime Fighter because I care about what goes on in
my local community and want to help make it a safer place for
everyone who lives there. The scheme has given me information and
training on what services to expect locally. I now know what
services are available to help tackle crime and anti social
behaviour in my area, where to go if we have a problem and most
importantly how to get other local people involved. I would
recommend becoming a Community Crime Fighter to anyone who wants to
see changes for the better in the area they live.”
More information
about the scheme is available at:-
communitycrimefighters.org.uk
or by calling:- 0800 197 2965. |
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