By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Some police officers quit after 12 months because they don’t realise the job involves working nights or dealing with dead bodies, a Cheshire police boss said.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said he wasn’t aware of it happening locally, but he had been told that was the case by other forces.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich residents will see a 6.4% hike in the police precept after an attempt to veto the rise and replace it with a 5% increase failed.
This means residents living in a band D property will see an extra £15 for the year added to the policing element of their council tax bill.
Two Cheshire Police officers have secured life-saving defibrillators to be kept in their policing vehicle.
The machines were bought via the Police Innovation Fund launched by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer.
Officers in Crewe and Nantwich have organised activities this summer to keep children busy over the holidays.
Crewe Local Policing Unit have organised a Football Fun Day and a Fishing Competition to occupy children in August.
People in Cheshire who have firearms are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week surrender.
The firearms amnesty, from May 12-29, means all guns can be handed over anonymously at police stations throughout Cheshire.
Dear Editor,
Cheshire Police are proposing to close 11 helpdesks at stations around the county, including the one in Nantwich.
Only five will remain open. Each will serve a population of over 200,000. This is a crazy idea.
Nantwich Town councillors have called for more police action against inconsiderate and dangerous parking in the town centre.
The issue was raised by councillors at the town council meeting last night (February 10).
Residents in Crewe and Nantwich have a few days left to make their views known on the level of council tax people pay for their police service.
Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer’s survey will close at midday on Tuesday January 25.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has called on the Government to rethink a decision to freeze police officers pay.
Last week, the Government made the decision to freeze police officer pay for all of those whose salaries exceed £24,000 in 2021/22.
A school bus collided with a van parked outside Brine Leas School in Nantwich today.
No pupils were on board the bus at the time of the crash, and it’s believed no one was injured.
Police are investigating reports that a young teenage girl in Nantwich was approached by a gang of men who made “inappropriate comments” towards her.
The 14-year old girl was walking on the footpath next to the River Weaver, behind Manor Road North, when she was approached by three men.
Residents in Nantwich will be offered virtual mental health and wellbeing sessions funded by Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane.
The local policing team and volunteer group, Nantwich Buddies, have received funding from the Community Police Fund to run an eight-week course.
MPs in Cheshire have welcomed a police recruitment drive which they say has resulted in an “additional” 91 police officers on the streets.
It comes as Cheshire’s PCC David Keane also this week approved a 2021-22 budget to recruit another 88 officers by raising the policing precept of Council Tax by £1.25 per month for Band D property holders.
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