An Audlem organisation has been awarded funding by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner as it is helping vulnerable people during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Audlem and District Community Action (ADCA) has received a £1,000 grant from PCC David Keane’s Safer Communities Express Grant Fund to offer a befriending and food delivery service to people.
By Aran Dhillon
Residents across Cheshire are set to pay an extra £10 a year on average to fund policing.
It comes after it emerged that the “burden” of funding is shifting from central Government to taxpayers in the area.
Cheshire’s Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner will be in Crewe tommorrow (Thursday January 23) to meet with local residents.
Cheshire has been given more than £400,000 to spend on a major project to tackle causes of violent crime among children and young people.
The project will involve a new outreach team to work with young people involved in drug dealing across Cheshire.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Hunt supporters have continued their war of words with Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner after learning the county’s fox hunting review cost taxpayers £34,000.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Attempts to make sure hunts in Cheshire are planned and conducted lawfully have been labelled a “ridiculous waste of money” by pro-hunting campaigners.
The Countryside Alliance has accused David Keane, Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), of having an ‘obsession with hunting’ and called on him to spend his force’s resources on tackling “real crime” instead.
Cheshire Police will be targeting drivers in the area using mobile phones at the wheel as part of a national week of action.
From today (January 22), officers will be on the lookout for anyone scrolling through social media, texting or taking a call while at the wheel.
The Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner has set down a challenge to the Chancellor to provide fair funding for Cheshire’s police force.
David Keane has issued an open letter outlining the challenges that could be posed by a “woeful” flat cash settlement.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has warned criminals involved in corrosive substance attacks that they face tough action.
David Keane’s warning comes after a substance attack in Lymm, and a number of high profile cases in London and other parts of the UK.
Labour candidate David Keane has been elected as the new Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
Mr Keane will begin his role on May 12, taking over from previous commissioner John Dwyer.
Only one in six people in Nantwich voted in the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, it has emerged. The count for the election is due to get underway this afternoon (November 16) in Warrington.
Nominations for the new powerful £75,000-a-year Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner position are now open. The post-holder, elected on November 15, will be in charge of holding Cheshire Constabulary to account for the way it polices Nantwich and other towns.
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