Help shape police priorities

SPECIAL video booths are being set up to help people give their views to Cheshire Police on its priorities following £32 million budget cuts.
During the next two months people will be able to brief Cheshire Police and the Police Authority on issues that matter to them.
Police are seeking views on services following Government spending cuts. People are being invited to use an interactive video booth to make choices on where the constabulary should make savings.
Margaret Ollerenshaw, chairman of the police authority, said: “The views that people express will be taken into account. They will play a vital role in shaping the future of policing in Cheshire.”
Cheshire’s Chief Constable Dave Whatton said that across Cheshire Halton and Warrington crime had fallen to its lowest level since 1998.
“In the past 12 months we have had 5,952 fewer victims of crime and 5,570 fewer incidents of anti-social behaviour than the same period in the year before.
“I am determined that we continue to make Cheshire as safe as possible and to bring offenders to justice even though we have to make £32 million of savings over the four years from 2011 to 2015.”
He said police had implemented measures to help make savings but that public views had to be taken into account when deciding on priorities.
The local “Brief the Police” road shows will take place between 10am and 4pm at the following venues: Today: (Saturday) Sandiway, Blakemere Craft Centre, and Thursday December 22 at Wilmslow Sainsburys.
More road shows are scheduled for January.