SOME of the best police work in the county is being done behind the scenes, and Superintendent Sue Thomas wants to put that work up front.
The new head of Herefordshire division says partnership initiatives like offender management and tackling troubled families make differences rather than headlines.
But within these partnerships lie long term solutions to the countys crime issues, she says.
Partnerships, says Supt Thomas, have the potential to make the public as much a part of policing as police officers and CSOs on the street in addressing who presents risk, whos at risk, and where is the risk.
Licensing is arguably the most obvious of example of partnership achievement, particularly work done between police, council and licensees over recent years to reduce drink related disorder and violence.
In October last year, one scheme, Bottletop, was cited as setting a national example as to how rehabilitation could work as a follow-up to banning orders.
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