Police: Neighbourhood Policing Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Police: Neighbourhood Policing

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Tuesday 23rd July 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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My noble friend highlights an important example of how police chiefs are now in a position to prioritise and make decisions in the way that they see best in order to meet the Home Secretary’s strategic goal of cutting crime. The survey shows that the public support some PCSOs patrolling on their own because it leads them to think that they are more approachable than when they are in pairs.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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The Minister said that satisfaction is up. Who is saying that?

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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The HMIC report includes a survey of the public, and victim satisfaction is up from 82% in 2010 to 85% in March of this year.