KEEPING people safe will be top of the agenda at Staffordshire County Council, a senior councillor has said.
Cllr Anthony Screen has taken on responsibility for community safety and resilience in the Reform UK administration.
He said he was determined to ensure more was done to make communities feel safe
Cllr Screen said:
“Feeling safe in your own home, at work and in the community is what makes people want to live and visit Staffordshire and this is key to helping the county prosper.”
He also raised concerns over Staffordshire Police, warning that more still needed to be done to get the force where it should be.
Cllr Screen said that the Peel report, a national inspection of police forces, showed that although Staffordshire was improving, three areas were still rated as “requires improvement” – responding to the public, investigating crime and protecting vulnerable people.
He said:
“These are three fundamental areas of policing and we need to do more to get the basics right in Staffordshire.
“Making sure the police and other partners put community safety at the heart of their agenda will be the key priority in my new role.”
