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Latest news from PFCC Roger Hirst - March 4, 2022
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On Friday the 25th of February, 70 police officers took part in the passing out parade at Essex Police Headquarters.
They were welcomed into the force by Chief Constable BJ Harrington, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst, Chief Executive of the Essex Chambers of Commerce, Denise Rossiter and Simon Brice, the High Sheriff.
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner said:
“Essex Police continues to grow, and it is a pleasure to see these new recruits joining. Working alongside national government we have significantly increased the investment in policing over the last 6 years and by March 2023 the total size of the force will be 3,755, a growth of 900 officers since 2016.
“The arrival of these officers is a step towards achieving the key priorities set out in our Police and Crime Plan 2021-24. In my role, as your Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, I am committed to ensuring that Essex Police has the support, resources, systems and processes in place to protect our communities and make Essex a safer place to live, work and travel.
“I am hugely proud of them all for stepping forward to do such an important job and wish them all the very best of luck in their future career.”
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Essex Chamber of Commerce welcomes extra investment in Town Centre Teams
Essex Chamber of Commerce has warmly welcomed the decision to expand Town Centre Policing Teams across the county following approval of the Essex Police growth plans for 2022/2023.
The Chief Constable is set to recruit a further 200 officers in 2022/23 of which 51 officers will go into Town Centre Teams across the country. The extra investment is part of a multiyear growth programme driven by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst.
Roger said: “Essex is a vibrant and dynamic county with a wealth of entrepreneurial businesses that generate jobs, bring money into the County and make Essex a great place to be.
“Businesses are a vital part of our community and by working together we can make a significant difference in our town centres. The Town Centre Teams have made a real impact locally by identify and tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. By growing these teams, we are investing in preventing crime and making our town centres places where people want to visit and where businesses can thrive.”
The Essex Chamber of Commerce represents hundreds of businesses across Essex and works closely with Essex Police and the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to help businesses link in with the emergency services to create safe communities that are attractive to businesses and the public.
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Protecting children with parents in prison
A young boy on the road to depression has been given the tools to cope with the emotion of a parent being sent to prison.
The 11-year-old was struggling to cope when his father was jailed for six years for fraud.
He was shutting himself away in his bedroom and was quiet and emotional until he was referred to the Breaking Barriers project.
Breaking Barriers supports the children and families of prisoners in Essex.
Children attend up to eight one-to-one sessions working on setting goals to help them through the process of having a parent in prison – whether the sentence has just started, just finished, is for a few weeks or months or several years.
They learn about prison life, watch real footage of a prison, discuss their feelings about their relative being in prison, work on the child’s relationship with the person in prison if appropriate and focus on any behaviour issues – whatever the child wants to discuss.
The boy’s mum said: “Within the first couple of weeks of the sessions, my son completely changed. He has got his spark back; he is brighter. Over the eight weeks, I saw him come back to himself.
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex (PFCC), Roger Hirst, contributed £15,193 to Ormiston Families in the form of a crime and disorder reduction grant from the 2019-2020 Community Safety Development Fund to expand the Breaking Barriers project to support more children and young people. This is in line with the Commissioner’s commitment to prevent crime, support victims and protect vulnerable people.
Louise said: “This work is amazing. I feel really privileged to be able to do this job.
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Jane Gardner, Deputy PFCC visits Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust
Jane Gardner joined Essex Police representatives and crews from Epping and Billericay Fire and Rescue Stations as guests at a visit by Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex to Essex & Herts Air Ambulance’s (EHAAT) airbase at North Weald on Tuesday March 1.
EHAAT is a local life-saving charity and works alongside the hospitals, emergency services and supporting organisations across the region. The visit was an opportunity to bring everyone together at EHAAT’s new airbase at North Weald, enabling The Earl and Countess to say thank you to some of these organisations for their outstanding hard work during the pandemic.
On first arriving at North Weald, The Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and Vice Lord Lieutenant of Essex greeted The Earl and Countess, and introduced them to Jane Gurney, CEO of EHAAT. Their Royal Highnesses then toured the new airbase, where they spent time with representatives from the local hospitals in the region and then spoke to air lifted patients and their families to hear first-hand about their experiences.
The highlight of the Royal visit took place at the front of the building where people had gathered representing the emergency services and voluntary support organisations, together with the members of the armed forces and many EHAAT charity staff and volunteers. The Earl and Countess took the opportunity to stop and speak to individuals and thank them for the work they do.
Representatives from the emergency services were invited to attend the event along with Deputy Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Jane Gardner.
Station Manager Dave Bond said: “Seeing everyone together really highlighted just how many agencies work together at incidents. It was a good opportunity to catch up outside of a live incident, share learning and build relationships. We got to speak to the HRH The Countess of Wessex and she thanked as all for our work, especially during the pandemic.”
Jane Gardner said: “Being part of this special VIP visit was a fantastic opportunity to meet the team at EHAAT and learn more about the life saving work they do for the critically ill and injured people across Essex and Hertfordshire. More importantly it was great for the team to be recognised and thanked for their hard work and dedication throughout the pandemic and for continuing to be there when people need them the most.”
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Essex Rural Partnership together with Essex Police and the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner are asking for your views on tackling rural crime in Essex.
A series of workshops and engagements will be taking place over the next few weeks to review the issues, success and learning from the past strategy and look at the aims and objectives for the new strategy.
Find out more about the dates, times and venues of the workshop below.
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There are a number of online events taking place soon where you can put your questions to Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex. They are listed below and you can find out more details on our Facebook page or via our events section on our website.
Rural Crime Meeting - 21st March 2022 @7pm
Tendring PFCC Public Meeting - 12th May 2022 @7pm
Maldon PFCC Public Meeting - 16th May 2022 @7pm
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