Around 300 police officers are to work in 47 new Neighbourhood Policing Teams across the district, it has been announced.
West Yorkshire Police revealed the number of police officers and police community support officers performing in such roles now totalled 1,647.
The inspector-led teams - of sergeants, constables and PCSOs - will cover the county's five districts, which match up with local authority areas.
People can meet the teams at roadshows this week.
Home Office Policing Minister Tony McNulty attended the launch of the new-look teams with West Yorkshire's Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison, West Yorkshire police authority chairman Councillor Mark Burns-Williamson and Wakefield District Divisional Commander Chief Superintendent Marc Callaghan.
Sir Norman said "It is obvious to me, after 35 years in policing, that the thing the public wants to see more than anything is a regular patrol from familiar officers in uniform who understand the problems that exist within the community, and who resolve those problems which are of most concern to local people.
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CommentPosted by: chris, BRADFORD on 10:57am Mon 3 Mar 08
It other gimick from west yorkshire police it wont last
It other gimick from west yorkshire police it wont last
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 11:13am Mon 3 Mar 08
Shame that Bettison didn't make these views heard while he was an Assistant Chief Constable in West Yorkshire, he might've stopped the selling off of the local Police boxes that were situated in the hearts of the communities that needed them.
Still, dissent might've interfered with his promotion prospects and eventual Knighthood.
Too late to go back to "Good old-fashioned bobbying" now though Norm. That would require the support and consent of the law-abiding majority, and you people have done all you can to destroy that relationship.
Shame that Bettison didn't make these views heard while he was an Assistant Chief Constable in West Yorkshire, he might've stopped the selling off of the local Police boxes that were situated in the hearts of the communities that needed them.
Still, dissent might've interfered with his promotion prospects and eventual Knighthood.
Too late to go back to "Good old-fashioned bobbying" now though Norm. That would require the support and consent of the law-abiding majority, and you people have done all you can to destroy that relationship.
Posted by: Al Spade, Bradford on 11:26am Mon 3 Mar 08
Presumably, to rise to the post of Chief Constable you need a modicum of intelligence. So why as it taken our Norm 35 years to realise that people want bobbies on the beat? And I mean proper coppers with the full power of arrest not Blunkett Bobbies.
Presumably, to rise to the post of Chief Constable you need a modicum of intelligence. So why as it taken our Norm 35 years to realise that people want bobbies on the beat? And I mean proper coppers with the full power of arrest not Blunkett Bobbies.
Posted by: albion, west riding on 11:52am Mon 3 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Al Spade[/bold] wrote:
Presumably, to rise to the post of Chief Constable you need a modicum of intelligence. So why as it taken our Norm 35 years to realise that people want bobbies on the beat? And I mean proper coppers with the full power of arrest not Blunkett Bobbies.[/quote] What it needs is the nasal protuberance inserted in the right orifice, intelligence is just a bonus.
Al Spade wrote:
Presumably, to rise to the post of Chief Constable you need a modicum of intelligence. So why as it taken our Norm 35 years to realise that people want bobbies on the beat? And I mean proper coppers with the full power of arrest not Blunkett Bobbies.
What it needs is the nasal protuberance inserted in the right orifice, intelligence is just a bonus.
Posted by: The Bradford Bugler, Bradford on 12:09pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Admittedly, "bobbies on the beat" is what communities are always wanting.
Pantoman, don't you think that the police get just as frustrated as the rest of us? They have to contend with all the bureaucracy, league tables and new "iniatives" that come out, not to mention the total lack of support from the justice system in ensuring that the courts are able to mete out suitable sentences. I think as law abiding members of the public, we should give the police our full support.
Admittedly, "bobbies on the beat" is what communities are always wanting.
Pantoman, don't you think that the police get just as frustrated as the rest of us? They have to contend with all the bureaucracy, league tables and new "iniatives" that come out, not to mention the total lack of support from the justice system in ensuring that the courts are able to mete out suitable sentences. I think as law abiding members of the public, we should give the police our full support.
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 12:34pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Many people who have been victims of crime over the past ten years, and who have subsequently been dismayed by the police response, may find it difficult to agree.
Their eagerness to pursue easy targets rather than deal with real crime is shameful. Prosecuting victims of crime on petty technicalities and a total lack of discretion has alienated them.
Only a fool would support an organisation that was acting in a manner that was against the public good.
Many people who have been victims of crime over the past ten years, and who have subsequently been dismayed by the police response, may find it difficult to agree.
Their eagerness to pursue easy targets rather than deal with real crime is shameful. Prosecuting victims of crime on petty technicalities and a total lack of discretion has alienated them.
Only a fool would support an organisation that was acting in a manner that was against the public good.
Posted by: Mr T, Bradford on 1:38pm Mon 3 Mar 08
About time
Posted by: Divers_uk, Bingley on 1:43pm Mon 3 Mar 08
"resolve those problems which are of most concern to local people"
Crime - but then surely it has not took 35 years to work out that?
"resolve those problems which are of most concern to local people"
Crime - but then surely it has not took 35 years to work out that?
Posted by: Andy Bairsto, bradford on 3:17pm Mon 3 Mar 08
A very dangerous man to be let loose with ideas.
A very dangerous man to be let loose with ideas.
Posted by: Deano, Bradford on 3:22pm Mon 3 Mar 08
The only problem we have is will this work as Bradford does have many problems.
The only problem we have is will this work as Bradford does have many problems.
Posted by: Al Spade, Bradford on 3:53pm Mon 3 Mar 08
You're right, Deano, Bradford does have many problems, but we have to start somewhere and a visible police presence on the streets seems a good point.
You're right, Deano, Bradford does have many problems, but we have to start somewhere and a visible police presence on the streets seems a good point.
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 4:00pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Maybe, but it'd be interesting to know the ratio of PCSO's as opposed to real police officers involved in all this.
Maybe, but it'd be interesting to know the ratio of PCSO's as opposed to real police officers involved in all this.
Posted by: Mr T, Bradford on 4:09pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Be positive and give them a chance
Be positive and give them a chance
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 4:18pm Mon 3 Mar 08
The public have been giving the police all the chances they could ever possibly hope for, but they've continually failed to deliver.
If you have faith in them you're in the minority.
The public have been giving the police all the chances they could ever possibly hope for, but they've continually failed to deliver.
If you have faith in them you're in the minority.
Posted by: leighann, Bradford on 5:22pm Mon 3 Mar 08
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=IChubdFQq
Ic
SAVE THE ODEON!
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=IChubdFQq
Ic
SAVE THE ODEON!
Posted by: leighann, Bradford on 5:23pm Mon 3 Mar 08
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=IChubdFQq
Ic
SAVE THE ODEON!
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=IChubdFQq
Ic
SAVE THE ODEON!
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 5:30pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Not much chance.
We're lacking a pile of rubble in that particular area of Bradford, so needs must.
Not much chance.
We're lacking a pile of rubble in that particular area of Bradford, so needs must.
Posted by: GEOFF, BRADFORD on 7:24pm Mon 3 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Mr T[/bold] wrote:
Be positive and give them a chance[/quote] I THINK YOUR RIGHT,MR.T,LETS NOT CONDEMN IT,WEVE ALL BEEN SAYING GOOD OLD FASHIONED POLICING IS THE BEST.
Mr T wrote:
Be positive and give them a chance
I THINK YOUR RIGHT,MR.T,LETS NOT CONDEMN IT,WEVE ALL BEEN SAYING GOOD OLD FASHIONED POLICING IS THE BEST.
Posted by: Chris, Bradford on 7:33pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Obviously after a good council tax increase this year to be making these type of promises?
Obviously after a good council tax increase this year to be making these type of promises?
Posted by: Freespeech, Shipley on 9:46pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Would be nice to see the figure's and the percentage of the bobbies time they are on the beat and not doing paperwork, courses, or other tasks which taken them away from their communities to cover shortfalls elsewhere?
Would be nice to see the figure's and the percentage of the bobbies time they are on the beat and not doing paperwork, courses, or other tasks which taken them away from their communities to cover shortfalls elsewhere?
Posted by: Pete, Bradford on 11:09pm Mon 3 Mar 08
The problem is that there are not enough of them. To have any impact their numbers need doubling at least. And society has to be prepared to pay for it. Fair enough, reduce the paperwork, but that in itself will not solve the problem.
The problem is that there are not enough of them. To have any impact their numbers need doubling at least. And society has to be prepared to pay for it. Fair enough, reduce the paperwork, but that in itself will not solve the problem.
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 11:59pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Sheesh.
That's alright then. Fingers crossed, touch wood, everything might be alright. Ish.
We'll give it five years and then decide. Good. Right. And if it doesn't work? Well Norm will be retired and another genius will propose his or her 'new policing deal'.
And we'd better support that as well because that's the stance we've taken.
Shame that the stupidity of the fathers will undoubtedly come back to haunt their children, and by then it will be too late.
Sheesh.
That's alright then. Fingers crossed, touch wood, everything might be alright. Ish.
We'll give it five years and then decide. Good. Right. And if it doesn't work? Well Norm will be retired and another genius will propose his or her 'new policing deal'.
And we'd better support that as well because that's the stance we've taken.
Shame that the stupidity of the fathers will undoubtedly come back to haunt their children, and by then it will be too late.
Posted by: albion, west riding on 6:40am Tue 4 Mar 08
Have you been reading Kreouac again?
Have you been reading Kreouac again?
Posted by: Divers_uk, Bingley on 8:19am Tue 4 Mar 08
No, crack
Posted by: Pantoman!, Behind you! on 10:38am Tue 4 Mar 08
Drugs are no substitute for rampant psychosis.
Drugs are no substitute for rampant psychosis.
Posted by: Where is me hat?, Bradford on 12:13am Wed 5 Mar 08
amazing the nutter is in the national press for wasting resources having staff turn his wikipedia entry into a hagiography and all the bloody Toothless and Gutless does is help him.
www.bradfordvision.c
o.uk/node/13136
amazing the nutter is in the national press for wasting resources having staff turn his wikipedia entry into a hagiography and all the bloody Toothless and Gutless does is help him.
www.bradfordvision.c
o.uk/node/13136
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