Action on radical vision
Sixty areas across the country
have signed up to become new
neighbourhood crime and justice
pioneer areas.
Delivering a key recommendation
of the Casey Review, and
supported by £5.6 million, the
new pioneer areas will each
appoint a dedicated person – a
Neighbourhood Crime and
Justice Co-ordinator.
Each co-ordinator will ensure
that Community Payback in the
local community is visible and
tough, that victims of crime are
supported, to reduce reoffending,
and that the public know the
rights that the new national
Policing Pledge gives them.
The new co-ordinators will
be a powerful force to take forward
the radical vision set out in
the Casey Review and Policing
Green Paper to give the public a
greater say in the way their
streets are policed and how
offenders are dealt with. The new
co-ordinators will work to:
● Let the public know their entitlement
in the new Policing
Pledge so that they know
their rights, know who their
neighbourhood policing team
is, how they can hold them to
account and the minimum
level of service they should
expect
● Open up the criminal justice
system so that there are clear
and public consequences for
criminals that the public get
to know about, including
more visible Community
Payback
● Ensure that services and support
for victims and witnesses,
such as separate seating
arrangements at court, are up
to scratch.
Home Secretary Jacqui
Smith said: “I am grateful to all
of the 60 pioneer areas for signing
up to take action to open up
the criminal justice system so
that the public can see the tough
consequences for those that
break the law and also drive
forward the action needed so
the public know what their rights
are from the police and other
agencies when they are suffering
crime and antisocial behaviour.”
Jacqui Smith visited Essex
Police to congratulate them on
being the first in the country to
publicly meet the national standards
and commitments in the
Policing Pledge. She said: “For
the first time the public will know
the minimum standard of service
they should receive and I look
forward to all forces making the
same, visible commitment to
their local communities.”
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