Play Your Part

Suffolk County Council is encouraging everyone to ‘play your part’ in making Suffolk safer.

Suffolk is a safe place to live with low crime levels, but people’s quality of life can be affected by community safety problems such as speeding cars, vandalism, graffiti, dog-fouling, litter, fly-tipping, abandoned cars, noise nuisance, potholes, faulty street lights, and rogue traders

The County Council is working together with district and borough councils, police Safer Neighbourhood Teams, Neighbourhood Watch volunteers and local residents to improve community safety, tackle anti-social behaviour and bring down crime.

Suffolk County Council has launched a new Play Your Part DVD training package to show how our own and partners’ staff and councillors across the county can play their part by reporting community safety problems they come across in the course of their work, so they can be resolved early.

The County already supports a wide range of projects to improve community safety such as speed warnings, young driver training, campaigns against bogus callers and diversionary activities for young people.

County Councillor Joanna Spicer, portfolio holder for Public Protection,
said:

“Suffolk is a safe place to live with low crime levels but we know people’s quality of life can be adversely affected by the sort of issues that can come under ‘community safety’. Local authorities and the Police cannot do it alone – we need to work with local people and respond to what they tell us to make Suffolk even safer

“We are encouraging everyone to ‘Play Your Part’ by thinking about how they can help to improve their neighbourhood. If everyone can just do one thing for community safety, it all helps whether its driving more safely, installing a smoke alarm or looking out for an elderly neighbour.”

Play Your Part in reporting community safety issues - there a range of ways that people living in Suffolk can report community safety concerns, including:

Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) - police, councils, organisations and volunteers working together to listen to people’s concerns and tackle local issues promptly.  Get in touch with your Team by visiting www.safersuffolk.org.uk or tel Suffolk Constabulary on 01473 613500.

Problems such as fly-tipping and abandoned cars can also be reported online at www.onesuffolk.co.uk.

The Police Direct messaging service provided by Suffolk Constabulary means you can receive free alerts about crime and policing issues in your area sent direct to your computer, mobile phone or landline by registering for free at the Police Direct website, or tel 01473 613997.