Police and Crime Commissioner to Host Online Meeting about Policing Budget

The Police and Crime Commissioner, Richard Rhodes,  will host an online meeting on Thursday 18 September, between 11am and 12 noon.  The theme of the meeting will be the policing budget, and is part of a wider consultation that Mr Rhodes is undertaking on the setting of the police precept for next year and beyond.

Mr Rhodes said “Public engagement is a key part of my role, and I continually seek ways to reach as many people in the county as I can. I am part way through a public consultation on the setting of the police precept for financial years  2015/16 and 2016/17. So far I have commissioned a telephone survey, and published an online questionnaire.  I have also held a number of public meetings and surgeries. This online meeting is another method I am using to enable people of Cumbria to have their say on what is a very important topic.”

Those interested in taking part in the online meeting should log onto the Commissioner’s website, www.cumbria-pcc.gov.uk and click on the relevant link under ‘Working for You’.

The online questionnaire remains open until 31 October 2014.  Those interested in taking part can do so by logging onto the Commissioner’s website, www.cumbria-pcc.gov.uk and click on the relevant link under ‘Governance and Transparency’.

Further information:    Gill Shearer, Cumbria Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner on 01768 217101 or Gillian.shearer@cumbria.police.uk