Overall the vision of policing is to Prevent Crime and Protect the Public. A great deal of the delivery of this mission is at individual Force level where local needs are many and varied. Within the National Policing Vision and Mission, Faith communities can support the police with their non-statutory requirements.
Our vision is to see the Police service in England and Wales working in partnership with Faith groups to build safer communities and reduce demand.
#FaithAndPoliceTogether is aimed at building links between police services and their local Faith communities. Faith communities have an important role to play in bringing about community transformation and cohesion. When the police and Faith communities work together we will see lives and communities transformed.
To this end we have produced a Toolkit - 'Faith Communities Guide to Working with Police' which can be downloaded for free (click here).
Our vision is to see the Police service in England and Wales working in partnership with Faith groups to build safer communities and reduce demand.
#FaithAndPoliceTogether is aimed at building links between police services and their local Faith communities. Faith communities have an important role to play in bringing about community transformation and cohesion. When the police and Faith communities work together we will see lives and communities transformed.
To this end we have produced a Toolkit - 'Faith Communities Guide to Working with Police' which can be downloaded for free (click here).
Policing covers a vast range of issues within society, often it is the non-crime related issues that take up a considerable amount of Police time and resource. Faith communities can help support the police in numerous ways by engaging with and providing support to some of the most vulnerable within our communities. Together we can mitigate the threat, harm and risk faced in our communities whilst simultaneously in both reactive and proactive preventative initiatives thereby reducing demand faced by the police service.
At a time when budgets are being cut and services are being significantly reduced, Faith communities can step in to bridge that gap. Faith groups could assist in a number of ways, to name a few:
- Early intervention in the form of mentoring
- Parenting courses
- Youth services
- Addiction recovery services
- Supported housing
- Street patrols - night time economy and schools patrols
#FaithAndPoliceTogether is about local police engaging with their local Faith communities on a regular basis to see our Faith communities as a partner that can help support our work and not just as an organisation that is there should there be a disaster.
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Objectives of #FaithAndPoliceTogether:
To facilitate stronger links and partnership between faith organisations and Police / PCC with an aim to developing work which benefits the wider community. To promote and celebrate existing work in recognition of the outcomes achieved towards the improvement of society. To promote networking of faith based projects around Police regions. “The only way for us to prevent terrorism in this country is for the police to be the public and the public to be the police. Communities will defeat terrorism. Strong, cohesive communities – whatever their religion, race, creed or colour – working together to keep this country safe.” Neil Basu, the deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police and Senior National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism Policing from Guardian article “#FaithAndPoliceTogether is a multi-faith initiative designed to galvanise the support of faith groups to support the police and to help address problems and challenges within our communities. Often faith groups have a high motivation to help within our society but sometimes don’t know how they can help or even how they talk to the police to find out what the problems are or how they can assist. My experience of working with groups and churches is that once you start the conversations you unlock massive social capital that can transform an area or make a real difference to a problem. This could be around Street Angels patrolling the night time economy, drop in centres for young people or cafes where the homeless or lonely can find support. The benefit for the police and all the public sector is significant in terms of reducing demand and finding long term solutions. This is a great initiative and is welcomed by the police and will lead to some transformational change to some of the most challenging social issues across the country.” Detective Chief Constable Paul Netherton, Devon and Cornwall Police |