Issue - meetings

To receive any updates from partner organisations:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·       Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

·       Health Watch Wiltshire

·       Pewsey Community Area Partnership

·       Parish Councils

·       Army Rebasing

The following Partner updates were given:

Wiltshire Police – Inspector Nick Mawson

The written report was noted.

Points also made by Inspector Mawson included:

·        A new Community Policing model which was currently being trialled in the Trowbridge area.  It had been decided that this pilot would be extended to cover Pewsey and surrounding area. Exactly what this would mean had yet to be fully decided and was subject of current planning discussions.

·        The new Wiltshire Police Control Strategy, which was based around the cross cutting themes of High risk victims, High risk offender, Domestic abuse and Cyber crime.

Questions from the floor included:

That there were concerns that under the new policing model, local police knowledge could be lost.

a.Communities would still have local policing, but other officers would be available to help if required. PCSOs would not be lost.

The new control strategy looks very urban based?

a.Wiltshire is very much a rural county, some areas would see more of the police, with better response times for local crimes.

How can a good level of policing be maintained with cuts having to be made?

a.There are indeed less resources, so Wiltshire Police has to do something different. The pilot in Trowbridge had proved to be very successful.

Would Wiltshire Police still be supporting Community Speedwatch?

a.Wiltshire Police would continue to support Community Speedwatch.

How can officers spend more time in the community and less time in the office attending to admin etc?

a.New mobile devices were being rolled out, giving officers the freedom to access information and stay in touch whilst remaining on the beat. It was intended that Pewsey would see this new technology within the next six months.

Cllr Paul Oatway made the point that Wiltshire Police did need to cut its cloth accordingly, but the county was a safe county, as was the Pewsey community area.

The Chairman thanked Inspector Mawson for his update.

Health Watch Wiltshire – Paul Lefever

The written report was noted.

Pewsey Community Area Partnership (PCAP) – Susie Brew

The written report was noted.

Wilcot and Huish (with Oare)Parish Council

The written report was noted.

Woodborough Parish Council

The written report was noted.

Army Rebasing

The written report was noted.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.