Visible and Constructive Accountability:
Policing Summaries in Leicestershire - Communicating Plans to the Public
Leicestershire Police used the local policing summary they produced to highlight the purpose and work of the partnerships in their county. The summary ensured that the communities were informed about what was going on in their local areas in relation to community safety as well as the bigger picture of a county-wide perspective. This also helped ease burdens on the partnerships’ resources as they did not have to produce individual summaries for their communities.
What they did
Local policing summaries were produced for each of the community safety partnerships in the County of Leicestershire which included the districts and unitary councils within the constabulary boundaries. Each document had a general overview on what the police had been doing across the county and what they would be doing over the next year. The partnerships had their own page which was dedicated to local initiatives and the targets for the year ahead. The summary also contained contact details for the individual inspectors for each area of the local policing units so that the public would know who to contact in their area. These helped the partnerships of Leicestershire and Rutland to disseminate to their communities a brief overview of their work and thus raise their profile.
