RESIDENTS in Trowbridge have been given an insight into a day in the life of police officers today who have been live tweeting what they've been up to.
Updating people through Wiltshire Police’s twitter account, officers are trying to show people how their Community Policing Team model works after transitioning to the new way of working last year.
The CPT model has been successfully trialled in Trowbridge, Warminster, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Tisbury and Mere and will soon be rolled out across the county in the coming months.
From carrying out patrols, to following up reported information as well as catching up with communities issues, the police have been tweeting their whole day including setting up a stand at Trowbridge market.
Today's shift at Trowbridge starts at 7am with team briefing (spot the camera shy ones!) #communitypolicing pic.twitter.com/MidoAQiQyL
— Wiltshire Police (@wiltshirepolice) September 14, 2016
Checking out what's going on in Trowbridge park, no trouble at the moment #communitypolicing pic.twitter.com/LeMhDxfn8m
— Wiltshire Police (@wiltshirepolice) September 14, 2016
In Trowbridge? Pop down to say hello to PCSOs Brown and Bates! #communitypolicing pic.twitter.com/L56wXSN98Q
— Wiltshire Police (@wiltshirepolice) September 14, 2016
Community Co-ordinator Mark Hough said: "As we get closer to the Force-wide roll out of Community Policing in October and November, we are trying to highlight the new model and what it means for the public.
"Today we are using the Wiltshire Police Twitter account to show the variety of the work that our PCSOs carry out. They are involved with community engagement, beat patrols and dealing with incidents of crime and antisocial behaviour.
"We hope by giving the public an insight into a ‘day in the life’ of a Community Policing PCSO we can raise awareness of the work Wiltshire Police is doing in our communities."
The CPT model combines the officers in the separate Neighbourhood Policing and Response teams, so that communities have a one team approach to policing.
It also brings together staff and officers from other departments, such as local crime investigators, 101 and 999 call-takers, and officers from the Special Constabulary, so crimes are investigated effectively and efficiently from the moment they are reported to police.
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