Tag: Tackling Crime and Antisocial Behaviour
Coping with COVID and Policing Through the Crisis
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner looks at the effects of COVID and how policing carries on.
RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT’S PLEDGE FOR MORE POLICE OFFICERS
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has today (Friday, 26 July 2019) responded to the announcement from the government to recruit an additional 20,000 police officers across England and Wales,
CRIME IN ROTHERHAM
Whenever I go to community meetings and ask people in the Rotherham area what their main concerns are they almost always say either burglaries or speeding motorists.
PREDICTING CRIME
You might think that it is no more possible to predict crime than the weather. You may be right.On the other hand we do try to predict the weather. We want to know the forecast before we set off for a picnic on the moors without a coat.
LOVE LIFE UK PROJECT RECEIVES £5,000 GRANT FUNDING FROM THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER
The Love Life UK Outreach initiative in Grimethorpe, Barnsley run by ex-professional footballer Bruce Dyer has received £5,000 grant funding from Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s community grant scheme.
LAUNCH OF THE SHEFFIELD DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE STRATEGY
Dr Billings spoke at an event in Sheffield Town Hall on Monday, 26 October at which the Sheffield Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy was launched.
SPONSORSHIP OF LOCAL AWARDS
Dr Alan Billings attended the Proud of Barnsley Awards at the Metrodome on Friday, 16 November 2018.
STATEMENT FROM DR BILLINGS ON VIOLENT CRIME
“The Mayor of London says that it will take a decade or even a generation before London can turn round the rise in violent crime. This is a counsel of despair. It is not how we see things in South Yorkshire.
GRANT FUNDING AWARDED TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ACROSS SOUTH YORKSHIRE
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings funds three grant schemes across South Yorkshire.
ENFORCEMENT VS. ENCOURAGEMENT
The first thing anyone interested in policing wants to know is: what will reduce crime? On this, people divide into two camps.
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING MUST BE TWO-WAY
About three years ago South Yorkshire Police changed the way uniformed officers were deployed across the county. The force was in a bind. Government funding was falling but demand for their services was rising.
FEELING SAFE IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Whenever I ask people what they want the police to do for them, they often say, 'I want to be safe'. Or, more likely, 'I want to feel safe'. They sometimes elaborate that: 'I want to be safe and feel safe in my home, at work, on the streets