Essex Police Briefing Document
issued by Jim Barker Chief Constable Essex Police
22 July 2011
The document can be viewed via the link below:
The Future of Operational Policing in Essex
New names for neighbourhood policing teams
Terms for Neighbourhood Policing officers and teams are changing - read on for details
Following consultation between Essex Police Authority and Chief Officers, the following changes will take place from Monday, June 28:
Neighbourhood specialist officers (NSOs) will become neighbourhood Constables
Neighbourhood Policing sergeants will become neighbourhood sergeants
Neighbourhood Policing inspectors will become neighbourhood inspectors
Neighbourhood support teams will be changing their names to response teams
Neighbourhood Policing pages on the Essex Police website www.essex.police.uk and ORIGIN HR will be updated automatically in the coming months, while posters and stationery will be updated automatically when new stocks are required.
ACC Sue Harrison, responsible for Territorial Policing, says: "Listening to feedback from the public we believe these names are easier to understand and remember. I want to encourage all officers and staff to start using them now."
And Essex Police Authority chairman Robert Chambers adds: "By having this new title the public will be able to clearly recognise what their local officer is and what he or she does.
"We are going back to traditional methods, by using terms like constable we are cutting out phrases that the public may not know. We hope that this will make our neighbourhood policing even more successful."
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