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| West Yorkshire Police Authority Brings Committee to Local Community |
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Wednesday, 19 May, 2010
For the first time West Yorkshire Police Authority is bringing a committee meeting to the streets of the Leeds and visiting the Metropolitan University.
The Local Policing Committee, which looks at how neighbourhoods are being policed and that the Force is meeting the needs of all communities, will be meeting at the end of the month and the doors are open to members of the public.
The meeting takes place on Friday 28 May at 10am in Room 412 at ‘The Rose Bowl’ Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, Portland Crescent (next to Leeds Civic Hall) and is expected to last for two hours.
The agenda on the day includes a presentation from Assistant Chief Constable David Evans who will be explaining how West Yorkshire Police intends to continue to improve public confidence in the police.
Other topics include the Force’s Volunteering Strategy and future plans for neighbourhood policing.
West Yorkshire Police Authority has been working closely with staff from the Law and Criminology Courses at the university to publicise the meeting to students who may be particularly interested in seeing how the committee and the Police Authority works.
Those attending will be given a short presentation about the Police Authority and what people should expect to happen during the meeting.
At the end, a question and answer session will take place and anyone will be able to ask questions of the members about the work they do, how they scrutinise the Force and about anything they have heard in the meeting.
Chair of the Local Policing Committee, Brenda Lancaster said: “This is an exciting development for the Police Authority. By getting out and about into the local community we are able to demonstrate our scrutiny of the Force to the people we serve.
“I am especially pleased to be working with the university and offering students who have an interest in law and criminology a chance to see the work of the Police Authority, who play an important role in overseeing the work of the police.
“The topics on the agenda will be of interest to most people, since we are looking at how the force provides a service in all neighbourhoods.
"The question and answer session at the end of the meeting will give anyone who attends a chance to ask about anything they have heard and also about the work we undertake on behalf of the public.” |
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