Our Aims:
We want to build and support strong, active and inclusive communities across the Parish to encourage people to take an active part in making decisions, deliverying and influencing services across the Parish.
Message from the District Commander
July 2010
The 6th of July was the anniversary of me becoming Horsham District Commander. It has made me reflect on just how quickly time passes when you are enjoying your job.
It has given me an opportunity to reflect on not just performance which includes reported crimes but also victim satisfaction and public confidence and what lies behind them.
I am delighted to report that on a rolling year we have seen 492 less crimes which is a 11.7% overall reduction . Criminal damage is down by 237 crimes which is a 21.6% reduction. All injury violence is down by 112 crimes, a fantastic 29.9%. 36 Domestic burglaries were detected which is 19.8%.
Reflecting on them has made me realise the importance of partnership working and the need to share information and resources. Criminal damage reduction has been made possible due to the fantastic work of the Anti Social Behaviour Team who work at the police station in the Neighbourhood Policing office and the early intervention work they do with youngsters and parents. The support of my Special Constables has provided me with additional officers we have been able to deploy to identified hot spots. Although I am delighted with the progress being made we still had 4992 victims of crime. It is for this reason why I am determined with the support of partners to try and reduce this number again, concentrating on, burglary, serious sexual and violent offences, criminal damage, vehicle crime and anti social behaviour.
The targets around crime reduction and detection together with improvements in victim satisfaction and improving public confidence are going to be very challenging with the added pressures being applied as we look to provide improved services with less. This requires police, partners and the community to work even closer together to find solutions to the priorities set.
Last month I chaired a meeting with some Neighbourhood Panel members and I took this opportunity to present to them the briefing given to all officers this year as guidance to achieving the targets. This is based on 3 key points of Peace - Cutting Crime, Justice - Catching Criminals and Confidence - Victim Satisfaction. I sought and received feedback on how they felt staff were performing against their local priorities and we finished up with a practical demonstration of preparing a tactical plan using the PIER method. Feedback was very positive and we will meet again before Christmas to look at panel make ups.
On a positive note we have recently had some success in arresting 2 Burglars following sound investigation by my CID and they have admitted a number of burglary non dwellings. Through the Force tasking group I was able to get additional force resources in a targeted operation and this resulted in arrests of people stealing metal in rural locations.
Finally this has been a very challenging but highly rewarding year as District Commander and I look forward to serving you in the coming year.
Mark Trimmer
Chief Inspector