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23/11/2005
Police authorities chair calls for 'connected' policing
At the Association of Police Authorities conference being held in Belfast today, the chairman has called for a "connected approach" to policing.
Stressing the importance of both neighbourhood policing and protective services such as counter-terrorism, APA Chairman Bob Jones made a plea for policing provision to be properly connected if it is to deliver the best possible service to communities.
Mr Jones said: “There is no-one here who would wish to see a repeat of Soham or who does not recognise the importance of being able to deploy our resources effectively to face the threats posed by terrorism. We want to see all of those different levels of policing provision properly connected. It is important to find ways of ensuring that policing is connected at all levels to the citizens it serves.”
Conference delegates also held a one minute silence in respect of West Yorkshire Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky who was shot and killed in Bradford last Friday.
Speakers at the two-day conference will include: Hazel Blears, Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety; Professor Sir Desmond Rea, Chairman, Northern Ireland Policing Board; Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland; John Giffard, Director of the Police Structures Review Unit; and Denis O’Connor, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.
The Association represents all police authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the British Transport Police Authority and the Civil Nuclear Police Authority.
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Stressing the importance of both neighbourhood policing and protective services such as counter-terrorism, APA Chairman Bob Jones made a plea for policing provision to be properly connected if it is to deliver the best possible service to communities.
Mr Jones said: “There is no-one here who would wish to see a repeat of Soham or who does not recognise the importance of being able to deploy our resources effectively to face the threats posed by terrorism. We want to see all of those different levels of policing provision properly connected. It is important to find ways of ensuring that policing is connected at all levels to the citizens it serves.”
Conference delegates also held a one minute silence in respect of West Yorkshire Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky who was shot and killed in Bradford last Friday.
Speakers at the two-day conference will include: Hazel Blears, Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety; Professor Sir Desmond Rea, Chairman, Northern Ireland Policing Board; Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland; John Giffard, Director of the Police Structures Review Unit; and Denis O’Connor, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.
The Association represents all police authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the British Transport Police Authority and the Civil Nuclear Police Authority.
(SP/MB)
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