Senior police officers from Police Stations across the region will be attending public meetings in Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland in the next month to discuss local crime problems.

Gateshead’s senior police officer Chief Superintendent Graham Smith will be meeting local residents in the Oxberry Room at Felling Library on Wednesday 19 September to discuss plans for the future policing of the area. The meeting has been organised by Northumbria Police Authority and will be chaired by Councillor Napier, who is a police authority member

South Tyneside’s senior police officer Chief Superintendent Mark Dennett will be meeting local residents at Boldon Community Centre on Wednesday 12 September and at All Saints Community Centre on Wednesday 3 October to discuss plans for the future policing of the area. The meetings have been organised by Northumbria Police Authority and will be chaired by Mr Ralph Foster, who is a police authority member.

Sunderland’s senior police officer Chief Superintendent Dave Pryer will be meeting local residents at Pennywell Community Centre on Wednesday 5 September to discuss plans for the future policing of the area. The meeting has been organised by Northumbria Police Authority and will be chaired by Councillor Tom Foster, who is a police authority member.

The meetings are the latest in a series of Police and Community Forum meetings to be held in the Northumbria Police area this year as part of the police authority’s regular consultations with the public about crime and policing.

Chair of Northumberland Police Authority Mick Henry said: “These meetings are a great way of meeting the people who Northumbria Police serve and allowing them to air their views and concerns face to face with senior Police officers. They allow us to respond in the best possible way to issues which concern local people and help make our communities safer.”

Police and Community forums are open, public meetings which let local residents ask senior local police officers about the policing of their area - and have their say on its effectiveness. Anyone can come to a forum meeting to either have their say or simply listen to what is being discussed.

The next meeting of the Gateshead Police and Community Forum will be held in the Oxberry Room at Felling Library, Gateshead on Wednesday 5 September at 7.00pm.

The next meeting of the South Tyneside Police and Community Forum will be held at Boldon Community Cetnre, New Road, Boldon Colliery on Wednesday 12 September at 7.00pm. Another meeting of the South Tyneside Police and Community Forum will be held at All Saints Community Centre on Wednesday 3 October at 7.00pm.

The next meeting of the Sunderland Police and Community Forum will be held at the Pennywell Community Centre, Sunderland on Wednesday 5 September at 7.00pm.

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