Chief Constable Nick Adderley has announced plans for a major restructure of the Force along geographic lines, which will deliver more effective, responsive and visible policing to communities across Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold
The new model, which will be in place from this autumn, will see the creation of two local policing areas in the north and west of the county and will ensure that there is better ownership, accountability and flexibility from Northamptonshire Police.
This will mean that criminal investigation and other core functions are locally based.
This is just one of a package of measures aimed to improve the performance of Northamptonshire Police. Recent developments include:
- A 101 call-back pledge so that no-one ringing with less urgent matters will have to wait more than five minutes to be answered or offered a call back
- The introduction of a new investigation team at Wootton Hall so that now victims of less serious crimes will be contacted in a timely way by an investigator, who provides a single point of contact and deals quickly and efficiently with their crime report, identifying any investigative opportunities and giving professional advice
- A new approach to household burglary so that every victim is visited by police. This combined with Operation Crooked, is projected to reduce the number of offences by up to a third over the next few months
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said: “Since I appointed the Chief Constable last July, he has identified and taken a grip of issues that have affected the force and he has a clear plan to improve performance. Already we have seen a much stronger focus on dealing with crime and a commitment to robust enforcement.
“When we receive the report from our Inspectors in September, I still believe it will tell us that there is a lot of work to do. But there has been a lot of progress since the inspection – which took place last year – and I want people to feel the difference in the policing service they receive.”
