By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Residents in South Cheshire are being asked whether they would be prepared to pay 6.4% more tax towards the cost of policing.
The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer says inflation has added more than £14 million to Cheshire Police’s costs, with £6.7 million worth of savings already in the pipeline.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East residents look set to see an increase of 4.43% in the amount they pay towards policing.
If the increase suggested by Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer is ratified by the police and crime panel on Friday (February 4) that will mean an extra £10 a year on the police precept for a band D council tax payer across the county.
Cheshire Police has unveiled its new “community policing” model with “dedicated officers and PCSOs” in 122 community areas.
It will include new police bases in community and village halls in and around Nantwich.
Nantwich residents can have their say about road safety policing in a new survey launched by Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner David Keane.
He wants local residents to give their views on how safe the county’s roads are.
Officers in Nantwich say policing will be as high profile as ever at next week’s Nantwich Jazz festival.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to flood into the town for the five-day festival starting on Thursday April 18.
An extra 70 police officers will be recruited to Cheshire Police under new budget plans which will see a rise in council tax bills.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has agreed a 3.2% increase in the police precept – equivalent to around 10p per week.
Nantwich’s new inspector told councillors a new way of policing in the town will make it “better” than before.
Insp Alison Ross, the new Beat Manager for the town, told a Nantwich Town Council meeting that a new team dedicated to longer term “community policing” will resolve many issues.
MP Edward Timpson was given a taste of Nantwich nightlife when he went on Friday night patrol with the town’s police. He teamed up with PC Amy Fletcher to witness the challenges and demands of the weekend when hundreds descend on the town.
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