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Lisburn DPP Aims To Bring Policing Closer To The Community It Serves27 July 2010
To help bring Lisburn District Policing Partnership and local policing issues closer to the community Councillor Arthur Carson, Chairman of Lisburn DPP welcomed the siting of a DPP Information Screen in the Tesco store at Bentrim Road, Lisburn.
The screen, provided by the Northern Ireland Policing Board, displays the contact details of all Lisburn DPP members, crime prevention information and other details on local policing. The screen is intended to raise awareness of the work of the DPP and local Neighbourhood Police Officers within the Lisburn community.
Launching the new information service, Councillor Carson, said: “Lisburn DPP is about engagement with communities in respect of local policing and trying to achieve a level and type of policing that works for you where you live. “
“The wider community should know who its DPP Members are and how to contact them. That is why this screen has been placed in a location that is used by thousands of people every day. We are pleased that Tesco has agreed to support us in this venture. “
“Members of the public are encouraged to pick up some of the leaflets that are available on the stands near the screen including copies of the Local Policing Plan, DPP Information Booklets, School Watch information and Neighbourhood Watch Schemes.”
Local Area Commander Chief Inspector Darrin Jones, who accompanied Councillor Carson on his visit to Tesco, said: “Our partnership with the Lisburn DPP is very positive as we seek to make Lisburn a safer place to live. We are about delivering a personal protective and professional effective policing service to everyone and key to this is our involvement in partnerships at grassroots level. This screen and the information contained on it is an important step in a joint campaign to personalise policing.”
Councillor Carson concluded: “In the coming weeks we hope to continue this awareness raising by focusing on neighbourhood policing across the City and bringing residents information on who their local Neighbourhood Officers are and how to contact them. One of the topics that the police frequently face, particularly at DPP public meetings, is frustration from members of the public about contacting police who are familiar with the area they live in. As a District Policing Partnership we want the majority of people in Lisburn to know who their local Neighbourhood Officer is and how they can be contacted.”
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