CCTV and violence against women and girls will be on the agenda as the Police and Commissioner for Surrey Lisa Townsend presents a new format of her Public Performance and Accountability meetings next week
As part of the Commissioner’s commitment to increasing engagement with Surrey residents, the new-look meeting will be streamed using Facebook Live from 10:30am on Monday (31 January).
Unga watch the meeting live Apha.
The meeting is one of the key ways the Commissioner holds the Chief Constable Gavin Stephens to account on behalf of the public and she will be inviting feedback from residents on questions they would like answered on topics covered in future meetings.
UConstable oyiNtloko uya kunika uhlaziyo latest Public Performance Report which can be read here and will also face questions on key focus areas including the budgetary pressures facing the Surrey Police ahead of the start of a new financial year in April.
Umkomishinala uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ukungena kwam esikhundleni ngoMeyi ndathembisa ukugcina izimvo zabahlali kusembindini wezicwangciso zam zeSurrey.
“Ukubeka iliso kwindlela amaPolisa aseSurrey asebenza ngayo kunye nokuthatha uMlawuli oyiNtloko ukuba aphendule kungundoqo kwindima yam, kwaye kubalulekile kum ukuba uluntu lukwazi ukubandakanyeka kule nkqubo ukunceda i-ofisi yam kunye noMbutho ukunikezela ngeyona nkonzo ingcono kakhulu. .
“I especially encourage anyone with a question or topic they’d like to know more about to get in touch. We want to hear your views and will be dedicating a new space in every meeting to address the feedback we receive.”
Haven’t got time to watch the meeting on the day? The video of the meeting will be available afterwards on the Commissioner’s online channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Nextdoor, and on our Iphepha lokusebenza.