Policing and Safety Partnership stand at Tesco

BALLYMONEY Policing Partnership (DPP), Community Safety Partnership (CSP) and PSNI officially launched their information stand in Tesco this week, Tuesday 16 August 2010. The stand has already received quite a bit of attention from shoppers as they seek to learn more about the DPP and what work it does in the area. The information stand also runs images and messages on a screen on everything from how to stay safe in your home to dealing with young people and alcohol.

The stands, funded by the Northern Ireland Policing Board, are being rolled out across the council districts over the next few months and are designed to help DPP get their messages out to the people they represent and to provide useful safety messages to the public.

According to the DPP Chairman, Cllr Tom McKeown : "One of the main roles of the DPP is to encourage the public to work with the police to reduce crime. We do this in different ways - letting people have their say at public meetings, holding themed meetings, using various consultation methods and getting out and meeting local groups to find out what their issues are about policing in our area.

But often people just don't have the time so this is one of the ways for us to get our message out to people in the Ballymoney area."

The Chairman of Ballymoney Community Safety Partnership, Mr Bryan Edgar stated that: “the stand has become a welcome addition to the tools we can use for communicating our community safety messages. This technology combined with the huge footfall of individuals through Tesco gives us an ideal opportunity to extend messages to consumers from across the Borough”.

The PSNI, who also provided information to the screen, welcomed this initiative and encouraged people to report crime.

The stand will remain in the foyer of the Ballymoney branch of Tesco until the end of September.