MINUTES
OF WEST DEVON NHW FORUM MEETING
HELD
WEDNESDAY 28th MAY 2008 AT 7 PM AT TAVISTOCK POLICE STATION
The meeting was attended by:-
George
Brazier
Wendy
Stones
Murray Cowley
Charles Dumpleton
John
Whiting
WPC 3594
Angie FROST
APOLOGIES
ABSENT
Peter Masoli
Mr A Burbridge
Colin
Street
Mr M Woodley
Mrs L Lashbrook
To those Forum members who
couldn’t make this meeting we hope to see you at the next meeting, which will
be held on:-
Wednesday
10th September at 7pm at Tavistock Police
Station.
(THIS
MEETING IS FOR FORUM MEMBERS ONLY)
1.0. Mr Cowley
and Mr Street attended the DACCWA AGM on Thursday 15th May
2008. Murray and Colin reported to the meeting that DACCWA are a powerful
organisation and give West Devon NHW security by belonging to a much larger
group. The following was discussed at the AGM:-
ACC Netherton
ACC Netherton
spoke at the AGM and stated that 200 officers would be placed back on the
beat. No time scale was given but it is believed over the next 12
months. ACC Netherton asked all NHW members to
encourage people to report crime to ourselves or via Crime Stoppers (Crime
Stoppers 0800 555 111).
He reminded us that you do not
have to have a uniformed officer call at your home but you need to say this
when you make the initial call so that it can be logged. ACC Netherton also asked that anyone who has a problem
reporting crime via the 08452 777444 to let the Police know. If no
one complains we will not be aware of the problem - complaints help us to
improve how we work and deal with the public.
The next DACCWA meeting will be
held in July and one of the topics will be ID cards for Co-ordinators.
NHW
website
In June 2008 a new National NHW
web site will be launched. I can’t give you the details today because the
site name may get changed slightly. I will pass on as soon as the
information is available.
NHW
Co-ordinators
A thank you was passed onto all
co-ordinators for their continued hard work and support and also asking them to
keep in contact with their members as much as they are able to. If you
find through mobility, age, illness etc. that you are unable to do as much as
you used to, consider using village notice boards, local meeting places, shops
etc. to get your information into the community.
Community
Messaging
CMS is the way the Police feed
information out to the public to inform you of crime trends, crimes for which
we need help and details of scams etc. If you would like to be part
of Community Messaging ask your PCSO or NBM for an application form. You
can receive messages via the telephone or email system.
Horse
Watch
Gina Dale who runs Horse Watch
and sits on the board of DACCWA requested more help in getting information
relevant to Horse Watch and spreading this information to others.
If anyone has a love of horses and would like to assist Gina or would like to
receive the Horse Watch Newsletter, please contact her on 01837 840716.
She would be especially interested in anyone willing to put the newsletter on
parish notice boards, local shops etc.
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2.0
P.A.C.T. Partners and
Communities Together UPDATE
Not everyone will have filled in
a PACT form in West Devon, but many of you have. The results of
this survey have enabled the neighbourhood teams to identify the needs of their
communities. The full results of this survey will be put on the
force web site in due course.
We do not have the Okehampton
results, but the three top themes for the Tavistock
side of the patch were Facilities for young people, traffic issues and Anti
Social Behaviour. These three headings will be actioned
by the local Neighbourhood Police Team, full details of which will be placed on
the Force website. www.devon-cornwall.police.uk
3.0
200 Officers back on beat.
The Forum asked WPC Frost to
report back on how many officers West Devon will receive and how they will be
deployed. WPC Frost stated that this information has not yet been decided
and will get back to the Forum when details known.
4.0
John Whiting asked WPC Frost if
she would give a talk to Parish Councillors and others regarding NHW. Bridestowe had previously been let down by Police and it
was important to do this as soon as possible. This was agreed and John
will supply possible dates a.s.a.p.
5.0
CO-ORDINATORS AND DEPUTY
CO-ORDINATORS MEETING
These meetings are to give
everyone the chance to meet the forum and discuss NHW in general and what the
future holds for West Devon. Two dates have been provisionally booked to
hold these meetings - Wednesday 8th October for Tavistock
and Wednesday 15th October for Okehampton. Venues yet to
be organised so dates may have to be altered accordingly. The Forum has
chosen to meet both sides of the patch to limit the amount of travelling for
Co-ordinators.
It is intended if possible that
all 10 forum members will be on hand to speak to you together with as many PCSO’s and NBM’s as
possible. The meeting as always will be informal and refreshments will be
provided. More details to follow.
6.0
WEST DEVON NHW FORUM AND WEST
DEVON CRIME PREVENTION EVENT
One of the things the Forum would
love to put together is a NHW event in West Devon. Any major event takes
a lot of planning so the forum are now looking to 2009 to do just that.
More details in the future.
7.0
Any other business - none
End of meeting.
Minutes by WPC 3594 Angie Frost
on behalf of the West Devon NHW Forum.
Any queries please contact me on
01822 813806