The neighbourhood team in Usk decided to try a new way of attracting people to their quarterly Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) meetings.
With the help of the Raglan based company Londonbus4hire, the officers held their PACT meeting on Tuesday 6th July free of charge on a red double decker London bus.
PACT is aimed at giving you a say in how your neighbourhood is managed and policed. It is an opportunity for you to make your views count by providing your opinion on the issues that matter to you about your local community.
The Usk Neighbourhood Policing Team asked local people, “What is the one main issue that you would like police and partners to tackle in your neighbourhood”.
Over 60 people completed forms during the morning meeting. The results of these forms have now been collated and the new priorities for Usk are;
• HGV lorries driving through the town
• Illegal parking throughout Usk
The team will take action to address these priorities with local residents and partners, such as Monmouthshire County Council, Monmouthshire Community Safety Team and the Highways Agency, to name but a few.
Police Constable Mike Thomas who works at Usk station said, “We wanted to encourage local residents to come along to our PACT meetings to let us know about the issues that are affecting them most.
“By holding our meetings on a double decker bus, people were intrigued about what was happening which gave us an opportunity to talk to them. We were pleased with the response from the public and will be working hard over the next quarter to address the priority issues raised.”
PC Thomas added, “We’d like to thanks Martin Detheridge, the owner of Londonbus4hire who kindly loaned his bus to us free of charge.”
For more information on the work of your neighbourhood team or to view your recent edition of ‘Neighbourhood News’, please visit the Gwent Police website and type in your postcode.
