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Tidworth Garrison – Col James Denny

 

·       Army Rebasing – some delays now in the expected time frame, (around a year).

 

·       That building work was ongoing on the cycle/pedestrian footpath linking the Wellington Academy to Perham Down.

 

·       Thanks to everybody for your participation in this year’s Pageant.

 

·       That the Garrison Pantomime would be on Thursday 2 December 2015.

 

·       Col Denny thanked Tony Pickernell for his hard work with the Tidworth Community Area Partnership during tenure as Tidworth Garrison Commander.

 

 

Wiltshire Police – Inspector Christian Lange

The written update was noted.

 

Points also made by Inspector Lange included:

 

·       That a new Community Policing model was currently being trialled in the Trowbridge area.  It had been decided that this pilot would be rolled out county wide during the summer 2016. 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.

 

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 any police officers face redundancy?

a.No,any reduction would be through natural wastage or early retirement.

 

Would Special Constable numbers reduce?

a.No, Specials would continue to be recruited. PCSOs would see their role be given more responsibility.

 

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.

 

 

Tidworth Community Area Partnership – Tony Pickernell

 

·       Primary Schools pantomime on Thursday 3 December at the Garrison Theatre.

 

·       That around 500 people had attended the recent proms concerts.

 

·       Thanks to Col Denny for his hard work and time spent with the Partnership.

 

 

Tidworth Town Council – Corby Kemp

 

·       That the Tidworth Memory Café would be opening in the new year.

 

 

Ludgershall Town Council – Owen White

 

·       That this year’s Remembrance wreath laying ceremony had been very well attended, thanks to all who had taken part or helped out.

 

·       That residents of Perham Down had issues with no 4G signal, for service personnel and their families this was a major issue. It was agreed that Cllr Mark Connolly would follow this matter up.

 

 

CollingbourneDucis Parish Council

 

·       That building work on the new play area should start on the 10 December.

 

·       Derek Booth –Collingbourne Ducis resident advised traffic continued to be an issue through the village.

 

 

Everleigh Parish Council

The written report was noted.

 

 

Healthwatch Wiltshire – Paul Lefever

The written report was noted.

 

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.