PACT is the name given to the neighbourhood meetings that will form the structure through which Neighbourhood Policing will be delivered.
PACT for Partnerships and Communities Together; the two should be used together and consistently in all material.
PACT meetings will develop into a forum where the partnerships that serve a neighbourhood are tasked. They will take place on every neighbourhood once a month in order to deal with the issues that effect the residents. They will be attended by members of every section of that neighbourhood and managed by neighbourhood residents. Partners will be tasked by and responsible to the PACT meeting for working with the community members and groups to resolving the identified issues. Initially these meetings will be organised and managed by the police.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PACT?
PACT gives a structure that will deliver the main requirements for Neighbourhood Policing to be effective
PACT is about delivering community engagement;
PACT is about problem solving policing of low level localised policing and partnership issues
Pact is about gathering community intelligence;
PACT means giving everyone the chance to see members of their neighbourhood team in person at least once per month;
PACT is about communicating with local people and telling them what their neighbourhood team is doing for them;
How will PACT MEETINGS be structured?
PACT meetings should be publicised during the last two weeks of every month in key locations.
PACT meetings should take place during the first week of every month.
PACT panels should also take place immediately after the meeting and be open to those who have attended the meeting.
PACT panels should initially comprise of members of the public who have attended the meeting and partners who can take action to deal with the priorities.
PACT should be developed over time by the neighbourhood team and the public so that the panels is comprised only of members of the public who task the neighbourhood team on behalf of the meeting.
PACT enables people to task their local bobby and other partners in their own neighbourhoods.
PACT panels should identify up to three top partnership priorities at a community level every month;
For further information Please contact your Neighbourhood Beat Officer