Archive for August 10th, 2013
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
Staffordshire’s Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Ellis has this week signed off the decision to provide new technology to transform the police’s frontline resources.
The new GPS technology in cars will make sure that the right officer is sent to the most appropriate incident faster than ever before. This move is a significant step forward in major investment in new technology that will see officers being provided with the right tools to do their job, freeing them up to be more visible and giving them more time to do frontline policing.
New technology is fundamental to the radical new approach in the Commissioner’s five year strategy, Safer, Fairer, United Communities which is currently under consultation.
Mr Ellis said, “Getting officers visible and out and about in communities doing frontline policing, is the heart of my five year strategy to reduce crime and help communities to feel safer as well as being safer. This is a small but significant change and goes some way towards my plans to provide the right tools for officers to free up thousands of extra hours a week for local policing.
“As budgets shrink, I’m confident that by spending better we can achieve more. If nothing changes in Staffordshire the reduced funding will mean poorer services in the future. But things here are changing to provide better value for money, more targeted and more effective ways of delivering what’s needed.”
Chief Constable, Mike Cunningham added, “Public safety and quality of service are at the heart of this project and the new GPS system will mean that our control rooms have up-to-date information about where each vehicle is and what skills the drivers have so we can better deploy resources to incidents, getting the right person there, with shortest possible travel.
“The equipment will increase officer safety and the ability of the Control Rooms to send assistance. However, in addition to the vehicle equipment, the new equipment will make use of GPS signals from hand-held radios, joining this information with the new data from vehicles to give the Control Rooms and commanders the best possible real-time picture of police resources.”
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
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the garages site in Richmond Close before the refurbishment
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Cllr Michael Greatorex by one of the newly refurbished garages in Richmond Close
Conservative controlled Tamworth Borough Council have handed back two town centre garage sites to their tenants after a programme of works which saw 33 garages rebuilt or refurbished.
The block of 20 rented garages at Richmond Close has been completely refurbished, while 12 garages at Sunset Close have been totally demolished and rebuilt. The rebuilding programme has also created an extra garage and two disabled parking bays at Sunset Close.
The Richmond Close garages have been fitted with new secure doors, roofing, windows and guttering. The garage area has been resurfaced and new security lighting has been installed. The garages at Richmond Close and Sunset Close were chosen for the first phase of the environmental improvement works in an attempt to create more much-needed residential car parking spaces close to the town centre.
Cllr Michael Greatorex, Cabinet Member for Public Housing and Vulnerable People, said, “I am really pleased that we are able to carry out these works, which have enabled us to increase the supply of high-quality garages for rent close to the town centre. We have had very good feedback from the people who rent these garages, saying they are very happy with the works which have been carried out.”
Residents living near the town centre are now being encouraged to rent one of the garages, to reduce the amount on on-street parking. Bids for garages to rent can be made on the Council’s Finding a Home website by first registering on the waiting list. Available garages are advertised on the site every Wednesday.
The works are part of a number of environmental improvements across the borough, including repaving, provision of bin stores and sheds and repainting at five sheltered schemes, installation of security gates, fencing and lighting in Caledonian and the upgrading of drying areas at Masefield Drive and Thackeray Drive.
Garages at Leisure Walk in Tinkers Green are also currently being demolished and rebuilt. It is hoped that the works will be completed by the end of the school summer holidays. The former garages at Linthouse Walk, Stonehill Walk, Callis Walk and Bakers Walk have already been demolished and the area resurfaced to create additional parking.
All the works which are being carried out under the environmental improvement programme were suggested by residents and the Tenant Consultative Group.
Staffordshire’s Conservative politicians are delighted that work around early intervention in Staffordshire has been recognised.
