Public order is policing priority

Three new neighbourhood policing priorities have been set for the Bingham area.

After a shake-up of police beats in the Rushcliffe South division, the town now comes under the Bingham/ Trent neighbourhood, which also includes Radcliffe, Newton, Shelford, East Bridgford, Flintham, Orston, Aslockton, Whatton and other outlying villages.

The Local Area Group met at Bingham Police Station on Thursday to set the new priorities.

The priorities are: tackling anti-social behaviour in Main Street, St Mary’s Churchyard and the Queens Road area of Radcliffe, tackling anti-social behaviour in Bingham Market Place and the surrounding areas, and targeting speeding motorists in villages.

The priorities were selected after they were highlighted by residents in questionnaires distributed by the safer neighbourhood team.

Sergeant Phil Hallam, of Bingham Police, said he wanted to make it clear any other issues raised by residents that were not priorities would still be dealt with.

He said it was important people responded to surveys so the police could deal with the issues that affect the community.

Sergeant Hallam said regular updates on the progress of tackling the three priorities would be featured on Nottinghamshire Police’s website, www.nottinghamshire.police.uk

Previously, there were 18 beats in the Rushcliffe South division and each had its own three policing priorities set by a Local Area Group after consultation with the public.

In September, the beats merged to form three neighbourhoods — reducing the number of priorities in Rushcliffe South from 54 to nine.

The changes were introduced in response to the Home Office’s Policing Pledge, part of a programme of reform to change the relationship between the public, police and Government.

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