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 PACT

WHAT IS PACT?

 
PACT stands for Partnerships and Communities Together. It is an initiative aimed at giving you a say in how your local neighbourhood is managed and policed. It will be attended by the Police and other local organisations that have responsibility for your neighbourhood, (for example the local council). It is an opportunity for you to meet the members of your Neighbourhood Team and tell them what your priorities are in terms of local policing and community issues.
 
During the meeting attendees will be asked to choose the top three priority issues which the Police and Community Safety Partners will address by the next meeting.
 
PACT meetings will develop into a forum where the neighbourhood management teams that serve an area can be tasked. They will initially take place on a ward basis with their regularity being dictated by issues raised and identified by the local community. Partners will be tasked by, and responsible to, the PACT meeting for working with community members and groups to resolve the identified issues that impact on the residents’ way of life. 
 

WHO RUNS PACT?

 

This is a Community Safety Partnership initiative and is led by the Neighbourhood Policing Teams in their own areas. Initially PACT meetings will be organised and managed by the Police.

 
WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED?
 
Many different organisations may be involved in PACT but each community will be different. It is likely that there will be representatives from the local council, residents association, community partnerships, Neighbourhood Watch, local council and local residents. 
 

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PACT?

 

  • PACT gives a structure that will provide a forum to deliver the main requirements for Neighbourhood policing to be effective.
 
  • PACT is about engaging with the community and opening up dialogue to identify local concerns and issues.
 
  • PACT is about a problem-solving approach to low-level, localised policing and partnership issues.
 
  • PACT is about gathering community intelligenceenabling you to help the Police and other Partners to solve issues in your neighbourhood.
 
  •   PACT gives everyone the opportunity to see members of their Neighbourhood Team on a regular basis.
 
  •  PACT is about communication and enabling the neighbourhood team to tell local people what action is being taken in their area.
 
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
 
PACT meetings will be taking place at regular intervals – look out for posters advertising the times, dates and venues and just go along. If you can’t get to the meeting, you can speak to your local Neighbourhood Police Constable/PCSO at any time; you don’t have to wait for a PACT meeting.
 
PACT meetings for the Two Locks Ward (Henllys is part of the Two Locks Ward) take place at regular intervals at the Childrens’ Integrated Centre at the rear of Hollybush School, where problems are discussed and priorities for joint action determined.  
 
Any member of the community is entitled to attend the PACT meetings and anyone wishing to do so should either contact the Henllys Community Council Clerk, Mrs. Laura Grey or PC Rowlands, to ascertain the date for the next meeting.
 
 
Dates and locations of the PACT meetings are also shown on the Gwent Police website (Henllys will be listed as Two Locks) as well as posters displayed on the Henllys Community Council notice boards near the relevant time.
 
The Neighbourhood Policing Team for the Two Locks Ward consists of PC 577, Andy Rowlands assisted by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).
 
Both these officers can be contacted by telephone on 01633 642088.
 
 
PC Andy Rowlands   PCSO Kimberley Latimer

 PC 577 Andy Rowlands

"The PACT process allows residents to have direct access to the Policing teams in their areas and are therefore able to influence the real concerns of the community"

  

 PCSO 158 Kimberley Latimer

The PCSO primarily responsible for Henllys is PCSO 158, Kimberley Latimer
 
 

WHAT CAN I ASK AT A PACT MEETING? 

 

The idea behind PACT is to give you the chance to task your local Neighbourhood Policing Team and members of the Community Safety Partnership to deal with the top priorities in your area at any time. 
 
PACT meetings are about policing and quality of life issues so, if you want to raise something that is not a police issue and the relevant partner is not there, the Neighbourhood Police Officers/PCSOs will be able to pass that information on to one of the Community Safety Partnership partners. These issues may include such things as fly tipping, graffiti, housing issues etc.
 

 

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