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Do people in Newcastle feel safe on our streets and public transport?
Would more police officers on the beat make a difference to how safe people feel in their neighbourhoods and when travelling? Hear what people in Newcastle upon Tyne have to say, and consider the views for yourself.
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00:00Yes, I think a police presence is reassuring.
00:03So long as it's not armed or riot gear.
00:07But I think seeing police around is reassuring if they're standard police.
00:12You're probably safer.
00:14I mean, there's wardens and stuff like that as well, you know, around here.
00:21Probably, obviously, it's more safer.
00:25I guess, I feel like in a really, on match days, I feel like there's loads of police,
00:31there's like horses and stuff, which I always, like, recognise.
00:34Yeah, but I think we're quite in a fortunate position where, like, I don't think we get profiled in the
00:41same way as other people.
00:42Yeah.
00:42So I think we've got our fair start somehow, would you say?
00:46Yes.
00:48Obviously, there's actually, like, the universities have people who walk around in really visible, like, neon coats and stuff like
00:55that.
00:56And they're there to bring people back to, like, their Ubers or get them home if they need help getting
01:02home.
01:03And, obviously, nights out, obviously, there's loads of police out and about.
01:06It gets, like, dark around, like, 7 and the police start strolling these streets because they're always, like, on the
01:12lookout.
01:14Absolutely. You used to, you used to walk around and you'd just see them.
01:18Yeah.
01:18And, I mean, I don't know, it'd be interesting to see whether you did that for two years where the
01:23crime went down.
01:24I don't know whether it would have a direct, but I can't think that it would work.
01:28It would make things worse, would it?
01:29I think it's worse, would it?

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