Coughing on the Police
This evening I had a very enjoyable and informative “working dinner” with the Prestwich Local Area Partnership Manager and the local Police Sergeant, discussing police targets for the Prestwich Plan.
It was the second time I’d been for tea to Croma in 48 hours, and having admired my Sunday night companion’s pizza from across the table then, I ordered it tonight. And thus I have a top tip for anyone likely to be eating in front of a policeman in the near future - don’t order food with jalapeno peppers on it, because you end up coughing and spluttering all over the poor officer, and looking like an idiot. So Sgt Campbell, I apologise for that.
The meeting itself was a success, and we now have a framework of police targets to go into the plan, which will be presented to the Local Area Partnership later in the week. I was a bit confused before about how the police measured their performance, but now we can see how local police are doing against their Divisional targets, which will give local people much more of an idea about how local law enforcement are making Prestwich safer.
We also talked quite a bit about how to engage more between councillors, the police and local people. We talked about joint surgeries, which might start happening soon, and broader discussions at local meetings regarding crime. So look out for them in the near future.
Rick
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