Bristolians Answer: How visible are police officers in your community, and do you think their presence makes a difference?

National World - LocalTV

What role do you think community policing plays in building trust and reducing crime in your area? How confident in Keir Starmer’s government to make positive change when it comes to policing crime?

Transcript

00:00I must admit that when I see a police officer in the streets, I do feel a bit more reassured

00:15and also I do find the community police friendly in the UK and also the fact that they're not

00:23wearing weapons.

00:25I would say, yeah, they're quite visible and their presence does make some sort of an impact

00:32in some ways. I don't think I'm too knowledgeable of it many times, but I would say it's definitely

00:38like an influence is there.

00:40No, police aren't visible. They don't feel part of the community. They don't, in my experience,

00:48interact with members of the community. Certainly when I lived in St Paul's, the police were

00:54trusted with suspicion, but equally felt like they treated everybody else who lived in St

00:58Paul's as suspicious.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended