MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE LIAISON GROUP

TIER 2 BOROUGHBRIDGE LOCAL AREA POLICING GROUP MEETING HELD AT ALDBOROOUGH VILLAGE HALL

ON MONDAY 4^TH SEPTEMBER 2006

1.   The Chair (Martin Leather) welcomed all those present:

            Martin Leather - Chairman

            Insp. Craig Linton – Ripon Neighbourhood Policing Team

            Rajinder Richards – North Yorkshire Police Authority

David Cornmell - Rainton Parish Council

            H Gregory - Little Ouseburn Parish Council

            R Watkin – Nun Monkton Parish Council

            Peter Phillips – Harrogate Borough Council

            J M Wilkinson – Boroughbridge Town Council

            Elaine Hall – Moor Monkton Parish Council

            John Watson – North Yorkshire County Council

            R M Wilkinson – Kirby Hill & District Parish Council

            Mick Lofthouse - Marton cum Grafton Parish Council

Don Paton – Harrogate & District Neighbourhood Watch

Mike Fisher – Langthorpe Parish Council

Helen Astbury - Secretary

2.   Apologies were received from: Gill Firth – Tockwith Parish Council, Dishforth Parish Council, Robert Windass – Boroughbridge Town Council, Chris Turner – Green Hammerton Parish Council, Bill Smith – Green Hammerton Neighbourhood Watch, PC Neil Waite.

3.   Minutes of the meeting held on 5^th June 2006 – it was agreed that the minutes were an accurate record of the meeting.

4.   Matters Arising

(a)   The abandoned car just off the A59 at Kirk Hammerton was removed within a couple of days of the last meeting.

(b)   The police had spoken to the organiser of the Horse Show hold on the A59 Moor Monkton Show Field and improvements had been made to secure the entrance.

5.   PC Chris Garbutt – Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) – Due to official duties PC Garbutt was unable to attend the meeting. 

North Yorkshire Police Authority - Rajinder Richards from the Police Authority very kindly agreed at short notice to come and talk to the meeting.  The main points of Rajinder’s talk were:

• North Yorkshire Police Authority consisted of 17 members – 5 independent, 3 JPs and the remainder County Councillors (who leave their political persuasion at the County Council). 
• The authority provides a service for the general public. 
• There are 4 public authority meetings per year to which the public are invited and welcome to attend.  The meetings move around the county. 
• The Police Authority is divided into smaller boards:  Strategic and Planning, Performance Management and Community Engagement.  There are further meetings with the police to share information.  The Chief Constable provides a lot of information to the Police Authority so that both parties can work together.  Their relationship also involves the Home Secretary with the National Policing Plan and the Chief Constable with local needs.
• There is a requirement for the Police Authority to engage with the public – through Community and Police Liaison Groups and Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships.
• NYPA moderates targets, appoints some senior officers, holds the Chief Constable to account for delivering the police service, sets the precept.
• The restructuring of the police forces is now longer taking place but there are still talks over the protective services.

Rajinder answered questions and the Chairman thanked her.

6.   Police Related Matters

(a)   Insp. Linton reported the following crime figures for the shown wards for the year to date:

Boroughbridge     Newby        Wathvale

            Violence                      7                         1                   7

            Burglary Dwelling        3                         5                   3

            Burglary Other                        1                         6                   9

            Theft                            6                         8                   16

            Autocrime                    5                         6                   7

            Criminal Damage       18                        6                   10

            Other Crimes              4                         6                   2

            Total                           44                    38                 54

Figures for the wards south of Boroughbridge:

	Claro	Ribston	Ouseburn	Marston Moor
Violence	NK	6	4	3
Burglary Dwelling	NK	4	1	1
Burglary Other	NK	16	7	7
Theft	NK	14	6	4
Autocrime	NK	12	12	1
Criminal Damage	NK	3	4	6
Other Crimes	NK	5	1	1
Total	NK	60	35	25

(b)  Neighbourhood Policing Team update – South of Boroughbridge were not very happy.  The Chairman had attended a meeting with David Cornmell, Gill Firth, Bernie Mitchell, CI Chris Chelton and Andy Chapman regarding the problems.  A  further meeting will be held on 11^th December. 

7. Report of Tier 1 Meeting held on 10^th July 2006 – The Chairman advised that the Tier 1 meeting is attended by the Chairmen or delegate from each of the Tier 2 meetings, Chief Superintendent Bernie Mitchell and 4 North Yorkshire Police Authority members.  There had been a 10% reduction in crime over the same period last year.  The detection rate was disappointing.  The next meeting would be held on the 9^th October.

8. Neighbourhood Watch Report – Don Paton reported that the Harrogate and District Neighbourhood Watch had had trouble reorganizing with the wards but were nearly there.  Don is the representative for Ripon and Boroughbridge and Keith Roberts is based in Knaresborough.  An audit of the database would take place next year to remove any lapsed entries.  There had been slight problems with the ringmaster system but a meeting was being held the next day to address the problems.

9. Any Other Business – None.

10. Date of next Meeting – The next meeting would be held on Monday 4^th December 2006 at a venue to be decided.

Key Points at Meeting:     None.

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For further information please contact the Secretary, Helen Astbury on 01423 324408.