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Watch the video of the latest Essex Police Challenge event

The video of the most recent Essex Police Challenge event held in Chelmsford can now be viewed online

The Essex Police Challenge is an opportunity for everyone living in Essex to ask about the policing and community safety issues that matter to them, and put their question directly to the county’s Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner.

On Thursday February 18, 2016, the Essex Police Challenge was held in Chelmsford. Residents were invited to ask their questions in person or submit a question by email. The entire event was live-streamed over the internet.

A recording of the event can be watched below. Please note some of the proceedings have been obscured for legal reasons.

The two hour Essex Police Challenge focused on the following three areas:
1) an overview of Essex Police performance in key crime types and the areas of focus in the Police and Crime Plan for Essex. This part of the meeting will also provide details of the restructured local policing model, explaining how Community Policing Teams will work alongside other police officers and specialist staff to keep our neighbourhoods safe. It will also introduce details of the new ways in which the public will be able to interact with Essex Police from April 2016. These new means of contact will include the ability to record crime online, securely, via the Essex Police website. Do you have a question about local policing? The Essex Police Challenge is your opportunity to ask it.

2) in the light of recent terrorist incidents, such as the murders in Paris, how does counter-terrorism fit within the strategic priorities that Essex Police has to meet? How are police forces preparing and working together? How does national security sit alongside local policing priorities and what are the hard choices that result? Following a briefing from Essex Police, the PCC and the public will ask their questions.

3) in December 2015, a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary identified concerns about Essex Police’s work with domestic abuse and other vulnerable victims.
Significantly more resources are now being put into the Essex Police teams who specialise in protecting the most vulnerable victims. The investigative capability of these units is also being increased. During this section of the meeting, the PCC and members of the public will ask questions of the Chief Constable about the steps taken to improve the Essex Police service to vulnerable people.

Links to all the previous Essex Police Challenge meetings can be seen here

The Essex Police Challenge event – which has previously taken place in ten different locations across the county – was devised by Nick Alston, Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex and forms a key part of his work to scrutinise the force and hold the Chief Constable to account.

 

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