October/November
2001
No 83
October/November
2001
No 83
MORE
BOBBIES ON THE BEAT
FROM JANUARY 2002 there
will be more bobbies on the beat. In
the Guildford Conservatives Borough election manifesto in 1999 we said that we
supported the overwhelming desire of local residents to see more police on the
beat in both the town centre and rural areas.
The policing throughout the Borough is being revised to make it more
effective. This is being achieved
against a background of cuts by the Labour Government for policing in Surrey.
The central call centre responding to
emergency 999 calls will remain in Farnham but the intention is for the cover of
local information to be built up and maintained by making use of IT, so that
calls answered will receive the appropriate attention.
The main change of emphasis is the moving to a
Borough wide policing, whereby teams of police officers will either work in a
responsive team, or undertake routine policing. It is this which helps put the bobbies back on the beat.
There will be more local
community officers, in some cases working alongside neighbourhood wardens.
The smaller police stations, such as in Ash and Ripley, will not be
closed.
CAR
PARKING AT SPECTRUM
THE EXECUTIVE OF GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL has ignored the pleas from Andrew Hodges and has agreed to press on with extending the car park at Spectrum – albeit used for a fraction of the time. Designers are now looking at the best way to hide it from view. Andrew Hodges favours the extension away from and screened from Ladymead, but protected from Abbotswood. There will be a public consultation and a planning application. Please make your views known, and tell Andrew Hodges.
ON STREET CAR PARKING – PHASE 4B
RESIDENTS WILL BE AWARE OF THE CONTROLLED PARKING ZONE in part of the ward. Early in the new year the Council will undertake a further consultation before bringing forward new proposals. What has been the impact where you live? What will be the impact when London Square is again fully occupied? Andrew Hodges and Nick Brougham are interested in your views. Phase 4A has resulted in few complaints, and those residents living in the area either originally planned to be in 4B or just outside will be asked their views as to future extension of the parking zone, before detailed proposals are made.
CCTV
CAMERAS CONTINUE TO HELP REDUCE CRIME and
increase the detection of crime, especially in the town centre.
CHRISTCHURCH WARD has been shown to have one of the highest rates of fear of crime in the Borough, yet house burglaries in the Borough are half the number of two years ago