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Our Local Commitment to You

Swinnow Neighbourhood Policing Team Will:

  • Always treat you fairly, with dignity and respect, making sure that you have fair access to our services at a time that is reasonable and suitable for you.
  • Provide you with information about who your dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is and how to make contact with them.
  • Make sure your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) and other police patrols are visible in your communities as much as is possible.
  • Respond to every message directed to your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) as soon as we can.
  • Aim to answer and respond to emergency calls as quickly as possible.
  • Answer all non-emergency calls promptly. If you are vulnerable or upset we will prioritise your call. If we need to attend we will give you an estimated time of arrival or agree a time which suits you. If we do not need to attend we will provide advice or contact details of someone who can help you.
  • Arrange public meetings to discuss the issues that affect your community where you will meet your local Neighbourhood Policing Team with other members of your community.
  • Provide regular updates about policing activities in your area and how we are tackling the problems you have raised.
  • Keep you informed of progress at regular intervals if you have been a victim of crime.
  • Discuss any issues you might have if you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from us. We will examine the problem and agree a resolution.

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Bogus Charity Collectors
Bogus Charity Collectors It has been estimated that charities lose between £2.5 million and £3 million a year because of theft, and people mistakenly giving clothing to commercial companies in the belief they are charities. Clothing companies may be acting legally, but their leaflets may be largely indistinguishable from charities, unless people know what to look for. Tips for spotting a genuine charity collection: Does the sack or leaflet say the collection is for a registered charity? If so, what’s the registered charity number – call 0845 3000 218 or visit the on-line register of charities to check that it’s genuine. Does it only give a registered company number? Check that a registered charity is also involved with the collection. Is the charity actually named? Be wary of wording that just says ‘families in need’ or ‘sick kids’ as this could be an indication that it is not a genuine charity. Does the leaflet or bag give a phone number? If not, it may mean the collectors don’t want to answer questions. Give with Care leaflet INCLUDEPICTURE “http://www3.hants.gov.uk/ico-pdf.gif” \* MERGEFORMATINET – Cabinet Office

PCSO Mick Cox

COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SEES ‘MR MARVEL’ SCOOP TOP AWARD

PCSO Mick Cox - Click to view a larger imagePCSO Mick Cox

A West Yorkshire neighbourhood policing officer’s “unceasing enthusiasm” for improving life in the community he serves has seen him scoop a major national award.
PCSO Mick Cox, a member of the West Outer Neighbourhood Policing Team, based at Pudsey police station, outshone 39 other nominees from other forces to collect the coveted Community Support Officer of the Year award at the prestigious Jane’s Police Review Gala Awards ceremony at the London Hilton last night. (4/11)
During his five years as a PCSO, Mick’s commitment to the Swinnow area has seen him dubbed “Mr Marvel” and described by his three local councillors as “absolutely invaluable”.
In a statement supporting his nomination for the award, Cllr Mick Coulson summed him up saying “He combines an ability to bring together the old and young, with a friendly, approachable and firm nature. In my opinion he is a perfect ‘bobby’. He reminds me of the policemen I knew when I was a youth.”
Mick’s numerous achievements include:
• Negotiating with the Co-op and the council to shut off an alley that was a magnet for anti-social behaviour that had blighted the lives of people living nearby.
• Befriending a vulnerable, alcoholic, epileptic man who had plagued the force with 999 calls. Mick enlisted the help of other agencies to address his problems, accompanied him for treatment in his own time and even saved his life, rescuing him after his home caught fire while he slept.
• Running the local Pubwatch scheme and winning the trust and respect of local licensees. Mick provided crucial evidence that saw a problematic public house in Pudsey closed down.
• Organising activities, including a day out in the Yorkshire Dales, to help local youths steer clear of crime and anti-social behaviour.
• Enlisting local youngsters to plant bulbs at a sheltered housing complex to improve the area and help break down barriers between old and young people.
• Lobbying local councillors for funding and winning the support of residents to get a children’s play area in the Swinnow area after initial plans ran aground.
• Working closely with a family who had been subjected to racial harassment. One aspect of his work to address the situation saw Mick put up fencing at their home in his own time so their young children could play safely in the garden.
• On Christmas Day 2008 Mick visited the home of an elderly couple who were victims of a burglary. He fitted additional locks to make their home safer which prompted them to write a letter of thanks.
• Mick recently secured funding and worked with crime prevention body CASAC to ‘target harden’ 135 homes at an elderly people’s complex following a spate of burglaries.
Inspector Richard Cawkwell, who heads the West Outer NPT, said: “Mick’s enthusiasm is unceasing. The benefits to his local area are unquantifiable. He is an outstanding officer who gives everything to improve life in his community.”
Chief Superintendent Ian Whitehouse, Divisional Commander for North West Leeds Division, said: “Mick very richly deserves to be recognised with this prestigious national award. He completely typifies the positive qualities that a good local neighbourhood policing officer brings to the community and I am very proud that he is one of my officers.
“He clearly goes beyond the call of duty again and again and is committed to making a difference to the community he serves. The high standards he sets are those I want to see all my officers working to achieve.
“Mick’s achievement clearly highlights the value of having PCSOs working in communities as part of neighbourhood policing. Testament to that is the fact so many from the community supported his nomination for this award.”
Mick, 47, who lives in Bramley with his wife Eileen, was bar manager at the University of Leeds Student Union for nine years prior to becoming a PCSO.
He said: “I am absolutely over the moon. I was totally gobsmacked when they read my name out. It is really nice to be singled out for my work as a PCSO, particularly when there are so many of us doing the same thing in communities across West Yorkshire and across the country.
“I get everything from my role, in particular a massive amount of satisfaction from working with the community and assisting in detecting or preventing crimes against them and doing my bit to make a difference to their lives.
“The main thing I have learnt from this job is that if you treat people with respect you will get the best out of them.”
The award includes a £1,000 bursary which Mick is going to use to create a training package for officers to improve how they work with other agencies to support vulnerable victims in the community.

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