Public Engagement
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Through effective engagement and good communication we AND can work together to understand what is happening, where and why. By tackling the under-lying causes of crime we can prevent it, together.
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Everybody’s Business The Community Safety & Criminal Justice Plan for Hertfordshire 2019-2024
“In my last Plan I said I wanted the Constabulary to set a strategic vision statement
VISION which will require transparency, openness and ethical behaviour to be the l foundation of our communication and engagement with the public. Having now agreed a vision for open communications with the Constabulary, I will be actively seeking to ensure that it is fully delivered in practice. I also want to see a greater level of proactive communication with the public.” l ROLE OF THE PCC Holds the Chief the Holds commissioning commissioning services fromservices Constableto Setsfive a year Police and Plan Crimeand policing and and policing operational accountfor determinelocalprioritiespolicing him Appoints and, ifAppoints necessary, and, Who is Who dismisses dismisses Chief the The Police andCrime The Constable Commissioner: DavidLloyd Is the voice public of the Is the Sets Hertfordshire’s the budget policing and victims ofcrimeand and preceptelement ofyour and (the counciltax that pays forpolicing) ? re Works with partners to crime and crimeand - prevent offending local HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY Chief Constable Charlie Hall QPM
“Hertfordshire Constabulary is committed to achieving effective public engagement and communication to ensure that we continually strive to increase confidence in policing and enhance the legitimacy of the service.
Our Neighbourhood Policing model supports working in and with our communities, allowing us to VISION
reach out to the public and for people to contact us, helping us to really understand what matters to l l local people. It is my vision that through strategic direction and local tasking all officers, staff and volunteers know when and how to target their engagement activities and how to effectively use every day routine contact to keep people safe, reduce the opportunity for crime and to catch criminals.” Who is Charlie Hall?
Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
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