Your chance to help shape Derbyshire police priorities

22 August 2024

Derbyshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is calling on police officers to help shape her plan to build a ‘safer and more inclusive’ force.

PCCs are required by law to obtain the views of the people in their police area, and consult victims of crime locally, to inform their plan and its priorities.

This task now falls to Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts, who was elected in May for the Labour Party, defeating the previous PCC, Angelique Foster, a Conservative, by close to 27,967 votes.

Ms Ndiweni-Roberts said: “Together, we will reclaim our streets, build public trust and work more effectively to protect our communities and victims of crime.

Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Nicolle Ndiweni-Roberts

“This survey will give residents of Derbyshire the platform and the power to outline exactly what is needed to make them feel safer. It will spell out clearly where our time, funding and focus should lie to build a justice system where criminals are not allowed to act with impunity nor where anti-social behaviour is allowed to flourish unchallenged.

“If we can prevent crime, so many other pressures and problems are reduced.”

The PCC launched her public consultation at Bakewell Agricultural Market and Chesterfield town centre. She announced plans to travel the length and the breadth of the county and to secure the most responses ever to a PCC survey in Derbyshire.

Kirsty Bunn, for Derbyshire Police Federation, commented: “I would urge Derbyshire Federation Members to take part in the survey if they are also residents of Derbyshire. It allows us to make the case for areas of policing that we feel need more resources, and for the PCC to hear the first-hand experiences of Derbyshire police officers.”

The consultation is running until 1st September, at: https://qrco.de/PoliceAndCrimePlanSurvey.