"Kempsey needs more beat officers" (From Worcester News)

"Kempsey needs more beat officers"

12:40am Wednesday 10th March 2010 in

By James Connell »

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POLICE in Kempsey have had a rise in calls about antisocial behaviour but parish councillors want to see more officers on the beat.

Police community support officer Colin Davies said there had been a rise in telephone calls over the last month when he addressed a meeting of Kempsey Parish Council on Monday.

He said: “We want to try and nip it in the bud now. We have been dealing with people through the antisocial behaviour process.”

Parish councillor Dave Harrison said he wanted to see more police officers walking around the village as they had in a successful enterprise last year.

CSO Davies said: “We plan to walk around Kempsey at least once or twice a week. We have not been doing that as much as we have done in the past.

"That’s a fair point.”

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jb says...
8:14am Wed 10 Mar 10

POLICE in Kempsey have had a rise in calls about antisocial behaviour but parish councillors want to see more officers on the beat.

More! I would be please to see one where I live. To say that they will be walking around the village once or twice a week is a very weak response to this problem. As they have the reports from residents it would be clear when, where and possibly who is causing the problems so why not create a possitive action plan to deal with it? Putting out a police presence occassionally may have a disrupting effect but won't give any long term respite from the problem.

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Hawlev says...
9:38am Wed 10 Mar 10

I live in Droitwich and we are lucky if we ever see the police, there is a station here but in closes at 5 and if we have to call 999 the Police have to come from Worcester, Bromsgrove or Redditch or in some cases not come at all. Policing everywhere in this country is not visible enough and everywhere is short on Police because of funding cuts.

"Kempsey needs more beat officers" (From Worcester News)

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