The NAGs or Neighbourhood Action Groups are a  Government initiative rolled out by the Police.  The Winnersh NAG is made up of volunteers - all of whom are residents or work in Winnersh - together with representatives of other local agencies, and is run - to the best of our ability - for the benefit of the whole community.

The Winnersh NAG works in partnership with Wokingham Borough Council and Thames Valley Police, to address neighbourhood concerns. Members of the NAG are the conduit through which local issues concerning the community can be addressed.   By working directly with the Police, Wokingham Borough Council and our own Parish Council, we are well placed to help problem solve the main issues that the community, via the NAG survey forms, have raised.   By focusing on those concerns we hope to improve community safety, reduce crime and disorder and help bring about a greater sense of reassurance and community spirit.  The quality of life is important to us all - the NAG can help to make the difference.

 Contact: Email: winnersh.nag@talktalk.net  

mobile:  0790 3280 642

FOREWORD

The Government's white paper "Building Communities, Beating Crime" (November 2004) provided a vision of a police service that is both accessible and responsive to the needs of the citizen.  "Neighbourhood Policing - Your Police, Your Community, Our Commitment" (May 2005) sets out the plan to deliver a neighbourhood policing team in every area.

 

Neighbourhood policing aims to put communities - their needs, their issues and their priorities at the heart of local policing.  This is achieved through active collaboration between police, partners and the public to solve local crime and disorder problems, improve the quality of life for residents across the neighbourhood and increase feelings of security.

 

Neighbourhood Policing Teams will provide communities with:

 

ACCESS: - to policing or community safety services through a named point of contact

INFLUENCE:  - over community safety priorities in their neighbourhood

INTERVENTIONS: -  joint action with communities and partners to solve problems

ANSWERS: -  sustainable solutions to problems

 

Thames Valley Police is working hard to establish identifiable, dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Teams in every part of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.  Teams will include:

 

NEIGHBOURHOOD SPECIALIST OFFICERS, who are dedicated to working in designated neighbourhood and will not be abstracted to duties elsewhere, unless in exceptional circumstances.

 

POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS, who provide a visible presence in the community, helping to tackle anti-social behaviour and offering reassurance.

 

SPECIAL CONSTABLES, who work with and support regular Police Officers.

 

VOLUNTEERS, who play an increasingly important supporting role.

 

PARTNERS AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, who are essential to the success of Neighbourhood Policing.  Effective partnership working is key to creating safer communities, with partners leading or supporting as appropriate.

 

Neighbourhood Policing is a "once in a generation" opportunity to achieve a genuine and lasting transformation in the delivery of policing to our communities.  It is a lot more that a "re-badging" of traditional community policing.  It calls for new approaches using new skills and new techniques. 

 

Nick Gargan

Assistant Chief Constable.

 

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