Meetings
Meeting in Public
Did you know that in the last reporting year, April 2009 – March 2010, Limavady Borough Council area enjoyed the highest percentage decrease in crime (15.5%) against a decrease of 1% across N Ireland while there has also been the second highest clearance rate (32.1%) against the N Ireland average (25.8%).
Overall crime rates (2186) for the Borough are now back to 2003/04 levels, while Offences against the Person and Burglary are back to 2004/05 levels
Similar to the N Ireland picture, 77% OF CRIME in Limavady Borough is attributable to the three categories of offences against the person (30%), criminal damage (26%) and theft (21%).
What to know more?
Limavady District Policing Partnership will hold its next meeting in public on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 in Limavady Borough Council Offices, commencing at 16.00 hours. At the meeting, the Area Commander will present his annual report relating to the crime statistics within the borough for the months of April 2009 – March 2010. Members of the DPP will raise questions/issues with the Area Commander about this report and there will be an opportunity for the public to engage in the discussion or to ask a member of the DPP to raise a question/issue on their behalf.
Post: FREEPOST Limavady DPP
Email: dpp@limavady.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 777 60314
Web: www.districtpolicing.com/limavady
Limavady DPP holds at least six meetings in public each year and are advertised in the local press at least 12 working days before the meeting.
Dates of monitoring meeting confirmed for 2010-11 are:
- 26 May 2010 - The Drumceatt Room, Radisson Blu Roe Park Hotel, Limavady
- 23rd June 2010 in Limavady Borough Council Offices, commencing at 16.00 hours
- 25 August 2010 - Venue and Time to be confirmed
- 24 November 2010 - Venue and Time to be confirmed
- 23 February 2011 - Venue and Time to be confirmed
Further meeting dates on general forums to be confirmed.
Members of the public are encouraged to submit written questions into the process and the questions will be taken to the next meeting in public.
Written question will be accepted from any person living or working in the Borough or any person directly affected by the policing of the Borough, and it is preferable that they are submitted at least eight days in advance of the meeting. Alternatively, members of the public can ask a DPP representative to ask a question on their behalf.
An opportunity is also given at meeting in public for questions/issues to be presented from the floor. However, in order to allow the Area Commander time to prepare full and open responses, written questions submitted in advance of the meetings are recommended. Everyone who supplies a name and address in association with a written question will receive a written response.
Forms (pdf 49 KB) and guidance for use with the submission of a question are available from the DPP office or to download.
According to the Code of Practice on the Functions and Responsibilities of the District Policing Partnership, there are certain circumstances where questions cannot be answered. The Code of Practice, in Annex A states:
In responding to a question, the presumption is that information should be provided unless there are legal reasons for withholding the information of if it is in the public interest to hold it back. At the commencement of a public meeting of the DPP, the public should be informed of the circumstances in which information cannot be provided, for example, if:
- it is in the interests of national security
- it would endanger the security of one of more individuals
- it relates to an individual and is of a sensitive personal nature
- it involved information that the police are holdings in confidence
- from another agency
- it would, or would be likely to, prejudice proceedings which have
- been commenced in a court of law
- it would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention of crime of
- the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
For further information see the Code of Practice on the Function and Responsbilites of the DPP (pdf 165 KB).
