D District Policing Plan 2009-2010 - Police Service of Northern Ireland

Foreword by Antrim DPP Chairman
The Members of Antrim District Policing Partnership have discussed and
agreed the targets in this Local Policing Plan with the PSNI to ensure as far
as possible that they reflect the priorities that the community in the Antrim
Borough have identified to them.
The DPP Members will monitor regularly how the local police perform
against these targets over the 2009 - 2010 financial year. I would
encourage the community to attend DPP Public Meetings to actively
participate in monitoring their local policing service. By working together
with the community to report crime, and also with the PSNI, the DPP can
make the Antrim Borough a better place in which to live, work and invest.
Cllr Drew Ritchie
DPP Chairman
Foreword by Antrim Area Commander
The Local Policing Plan sets out the targets for police in Antrim Borough
for the period from 1st April 2009 – 31st March 2010.
This Plan is the result of consultation between the District Policing
Partnership and Police. It is the responsibility of both to ensure that the
targets are meaningful and representative of the concerns of the Borough’s
citizens.
In the past year local Police have worked consistently hard to respond to a
range of challenges on the basis of priority and community concern.
The District Policing Partnership has monitored our performance in a
helpful and robust way and I am grateful to them for this. I am equally
grateful to those residents who choose to engage actively with police and
assist us to deliver a better society locally.
Every quarter the District Policing Partnership meets publicly. These
meetings are an opportunity for local people to ask questions of their Area
Commander and to be part of the process of monitoring police
performance. I would encourage you to take up this opportunity to help
continue deliver effective local policing.
Policing should not be done in isolation from communities. Equally it will
only be truly effective when it is informed and supported by local people.
Simon Walls
Chief Inspector
Area Commander Antrim
Antrim
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