Help the police prioritise the pennies

Bedfordshire Police Authority needs to know what you think so that they can set the right priorities and invest in services that are important to you. By completing their 10-15 minute survey you are helping with this.

You may be aware that many areas of the public sector are being asked to make significant savings. Bedfordshire Police Authority will see its budget of £104m reduced by £19 million over the next four years. Most of the savings need to be found in the first two years, £6.3m in 2011/12 and an additional reduction of £5.6m in 2012/13.

Please click on link to an online survey that will take 10-15 minutes
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3P8SCX6

Unfortunately they only wrote out on 11 January and the completion date for the survey was Monday 24th January 2011, but I have been assured that the results will feed into a seminar of Police Authority Members at the end of January and a Police Authority Meeting in late February. Also, any comments left after February will still be of value as the Police Authority will start work on budget issues for 2012/13 in April.

Any residents who would like to complete the survey but do not have access to the internet can obtain a paper copy from Sam, see below. Police Authority Members will also be attending some of the ‘Let’s Talk Together’ meetings that are taking place across Central Bedfordshire every quarter.


Sam Orcheston-Findlay
Community Engagement Officer
Bedfordshire Police Authority
Woburn Road
Kempston
Bedfordshire

01234 842208