News - Newcastle named as pioneer area 4 Nov 08
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Sixty areas across the country have signed up to become new neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer areas Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today. She also congratulated Essex on being the first police force to deliver the new national Police Pledge.
Delivering a key recommendation of the Casey Review, and supported by £5.6 million, the new pioneer areas will each appoint a dedicated person - a Neighbourhood Crime and Justice (NCJ) Co-ordinator to ensure that Community Payback in the local community is visible and tough, that victims of crime are supported to reduce re-offending and that the public know the rights that the new national ‘Policing Pledge’ gives them.
The new coordinators will be a powerful force to take forward the radical vision set out in the Casey Review and Policing Green Paper to give the public a greater say in the way their streets are policed and how offenders are dealt with. The new coordinators will work to:
- Let the public know their entitlement in the new Policing Pledge so that they know their rights, know who their neighbourhood policing team are, how they can hold them to account and the minimum level of service they should expect
- Open up the Criminal Justice System so that there are clear and public consequences for criminals that the public get to know about, including more visible Community Payback
- Ensure that services and support for victims and witnesses like separate seating arrangements at court are up to scratch.
“The public have told us that they want from policing and the justice system – services that listen and act on their priorities. But sometimes the criminal justice system can feel remote and appear more interested in supporting offenders than punishing them or protecting communities. We are determined to take action on this across Government.
“I am grateful to Newcastle for signing up to take action to open up the criminal justice system so that the public can see the tough consequences for those that break the law and also driving forward the action needed so that the public know what their rights are from the police and other agencies when they are suffering crime and anti-social behaviour. The new neighbourhood crime and justice coordinators will be a dedicated resource to act on the public’s behalf to make sure that justice is done and seen to be done in their local communities.”
Chair of Safe Newcastle, Cllr Anita Lower said “Safe Newcastle are pleased to be named as one of the 60 pioneer areas. This is an exciting opportunity for us to lead the way in improving public confidence in how crime is tackled and justice delivered. We have a strong track record in tackling anti-social behaviour and working with communities through our Safe Neighbourhoods project and we welcome the extra resources to make communities safer and build better lives for the people of Newcastle.”
- The Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Pioneer Areas are:
Barking & Dagenham |
| Barnsley |
| Birmingham |
| Blackburn with Darwen |
| Blackpool |
| Bolton |
| Bradford |
| Brent |
| Bristol |
| Caerphilly |
| Camden |
| Cardiff |
| Doncaster |
| Greenwich |
| Hackney |
| Halton |
| Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Haringey |
| Islington |
| Kingston upon Hull |
| Kirklees |
| Knowsley |
| Lambeth |
| Leicester |
| Lewisham |
| Liverpool |
| Luton |
| Manchester |
| Middlesbrough |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Newham |
| Newport |
| North East Lincolnshire |
| Northampton |
| Nottingham |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth |
| Oldham |
| Peterborough |
| Preston |
| Redcar & Cleveland |
| Rochdale |
| Rotherham |
| Salford |
| Sandwell |
| Sheffield |
| Slough |
| South Tyneside |
| Southampton |
| Southwark |
| St. Helens |
| Stoke-on-Trent |
| Sunderland |
| Swansea |
| Tameside |
| Thanet |
| Tower Hamlets |
| Wakefield |
| Walsall |
| Waltham Forest |
| Wolverhampton |
