Mayor urges Ballymena people to complete survey on policing

THE CHAIR of Ballymena District Policing Partnership (DPP), Councillor James Currie has urged everyone in the Borough to have their say on the policing in the Borough by completing the Northern Ireland Policing Board's public survey on policing.

the 2010 DPP Public Consultation Survey, which will drop through 74,000 letterboxes across the country and will provide people the opportunity to have their say however for their voice to be heard the questionnaire needs to be returned by March 12.

Cllr Currie said: “Policing is an important service and the public have the right to a good policing service when needed. The results of this survey, along with other consultation exercises, will help Ballymena DPP establish local policing priorities with the Area Commander and inform public opinion on police performance.

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One in 10 households will receive the questionnaire, which is designed to assess community views on a range of issues relating to the delivery of policing in the Ballymena area. For the first time the survey will also give local people the opportunity to have a say in how policing is being delivered at a neighbourhood level,” he explained.

Throughout the year Ballymena consults the community in many different ways and issues that have previously been highlighted which include Drugs, Underage Drinking and Thefts in the rural area.

He continued: “In addition to the findings of the Board’s 21 Core Questions, more localised questions gathered by Ballymena DPP are also included, which along with other consultation methods, will be used to ensure the Local Policing Plan is developed to address community issues and help make communities across the area safer.”

“Meetings of Ballymena DPP provide a forum for local people to have a say on how their area is being policed and the DPP continues to work to help ensure communities have a visible and responsive policing service. This survey is an important part of that consultation process and I urge everyone who receives the questionnaire to have their say, fill it in and return it by the 12 March 12.”

The survey findings will be made available to Ballymena DPP at the end of June 2010 and published by the Board during summer 2010.

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