Improving accessibility and accountability — neighbourhood policing and the policing pledge
Abstract
The themes of accessibility and accountability have come to dominate the police reform agenda in the UK. They are evident, especially, in the rhetoric of ‘neighbourhood policing’, which has been delivered across England and Wales, and in the ‘policing pledge’, which sets out a series of commitments regarding what the public can expect from their local police service. This paper is concerned with exploring these themes and their application in neighbourhood policing. It examines how officers in two police services have sought to implement the requirements of neighbourhood policing and the policing pledge in terms of improving accessibility and accountability of local policing. In doing so, it focuses on arrangements for consulting with members of the public, providing updates regarding their actions and outcomes in addressing local problems and on the provision of data and maps about crime problems. Practice implications are identified.
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Citation
Bullock, K. (2010), "Improving accessibility and accountability — neighbourhood policing and the policing pledge", Safer Communities, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 10-19. https://doi.org/10.5042/sc.2010.0009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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