Do you have a question about crime and safety in your local area? If so, make a date in your diary for the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) virtual public meeting.
The virtual meeting is taking place via Microsoft Teams Live on Wednesday 28th July between 17:00-19:00.
The meeting brings together CSP partners, including the council, police, fire and rescue, the Clinical Commissioning Group, Probation Service, the Community Rehabilitation Group and the Cabinet lead for community safety, Councillor Ian Stephens.
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The annual invite gives residents the chance to find out more on how Island partners are working together to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour and the opportunity to ask questions.
The agenda will include an update and a presentation on one of the key CSP priority areas — domestic abuse — from the Island domestic abuse support provider, You First. Inclusion, the drug and support service provider for the Island will also provide an update on their current work.
CSP chair, Amanda Gregory, said:
“The CSP plays an important role in reducing crime across the Island. We have a strong co-ordinated approach to talking crime and anti-social behaviour on the Island. However, this would not be possible without the valuable support of our local communities.
“Public meetings are an important way of hearing from our communities about their concerns and any comments will feed back into our key priorities. I would invite you to join our virtual meeting so we can hear directly from you.”
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As the meeting will be held virtually, confirm your attendance by emailing [email protected] with the title ‘meeting in public’. You will then be added to the attendees list and sent a link for the meeting 24 hours prior.
If you would like to ask any questions about community safety matters, to be shared during the meeting, submit these to [email protected] by 22nd July.
For those not able to confirm attendance, there will be an option to listen in via a link published online before the meeting, alternatively, it will also be recorded and posted online after.
For further information, visit www.iow.gov.uk/communitysafety or email [email protected].
what a surprise –
police are virtually on the beat, virtually visisble, virtually contactable to report a crime, virtually investigate it and now virtual community meetings.
do we ever get to speak with an officer face to face in the street, whilst on patrol about concerns or crimes being committed at that time.
where is the physical presence of uniformed officers making sure the communities are safer – as they used to be, unlike today, where they hide in the police station, patrolling twitter and only come out if the car is working.
This is the time to have your ‘moans’ addressed. Join the meeting or send an email. Simples.
nothing will be addressed – just a lot of apparent listening, without hearing a thing.
a lot of active talk but no action afterwards that achieves anything.
emails have already been sent on many occasions, over the years and what has changed – nothing.
Nothing will be addressed the police only want to know you if you are speeding or taking drugs trying to see a police man is harder then seeing snow in winter