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Crime and Justice Pioneer Area |  |
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Redcar and Cleveland is set to
be one of the first councils to take part in the government’s
neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer scheme. The scheme
involves strengthening Community Payback and making it more visible
in the community.
Redcar MP Vera Baird
said
“It is great news we should join
this scheme from the start. It is an extra link to victims of
crime, with the coordinator having a duty to tell the public their
rights under the new policing plan, which will enhance policing
accountability. There will be a lot of impact, too, from the
coordinator’s role of gearing Community Payback to the needs of the
community.
“Local people who have suffered
from crime need to see that criminals are being made to work
locally, on projects that the community wants and would otherwise
not get. Instead of perpetrators of crime either being warehoused
in prison for a short sentence or getting a fine, now they can
rebuild what they have wrecked and understand that people are
expected to contribute to their communities not damage
them.”
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