The People Zones are benefitting from work carried out by offenders undertaking ‘Community Payback' work in the community where they have offended. Local residents are seeing tangible improvements, which in turn is improving the quality of life in communities.
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Rani Mahal met support workers on the frontline of delivering help and safety services for survivors of domestic abuse.
Community safety partners have thanked Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews for his support after he funded a new dedicated vehicle to connect police and safety officers with the people they serve.
Rupert Matthews, Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has written to the Home Secretary (the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP), requesting a meeting at the earliest possible opportunity to discuss the funding for Leicestershire Police.
I arrived at Blaby Council offices at 9am on 15 February to be greeted by Rebecca, head of the Community Safety Partnership. She led me through to one of the meeting rooms where her two members of staff awaited.
Rupert Matthews, Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has welcomed a funding injection of £1,473,113 to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) and serious violence across the force area.
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has awarded more than £390k of grants in 12 months to help communities combat crime and anti-social behaviour.
Under Labour, the rural areas of Leicestershire and Rutland were shamefully neglected. That is why i established a Rural Policing Unit, opened a front desk at the Oakham Police Station and arranged for the Uppingham and Market Bosworth police offices to be open by appointment.
