I wrote to the Neighbourhood Inspector this week to seek reassurance for the safety of residents in Heywood and Middleton after a couple of incidents over the last weekend.
I’m grateful for his very speedy and encouraging response. I fully support our police officers as they continue to carry out a difficult job with few resources after over a decade of austerity under the previous government.
I will be meeting him in the coming months to discuss how I can lobby for greater resources from Government, and how we as a community can work with Greater Manchester Police to make our communities safer.
Tackling crime takes effort from both GMP and local people in the community. This news story shows what is possible when we all work together The knife amnesty bins have been a great success and a big step in the right direction and it was good to see so many knives had been handed in when they were opened:
