Meet Your Policing Team Via New Interactive Map

06 Apr 2011 1 Comment

by Paulette in Politics

Commander Emma Griffiths + Chief Inspector Ian Coxhead

Policing in Staffordshire is locally based on 9 Local Policing Teams (LPTs).  Each LPT has units with teams of officers and police community support officers responsible for getting to know local communities and dealing with the things that matter most to them.

Tamworth Borough Local Policing Team covers an urban, geographically compact area of about 12 square miles and is situated in the extreme south-east of Staffordshire.  Tamworth is one of two wholly urban authorities in the county and is the second largest Staffordshire town after Stoke-on-Trent. The town’s population is around 75,000.

Meet your new Local Policing Team

Find your new Local Policing Team via the Police new interactive map, and watch your commanders video cast.

Chief Inspector Ian Coxhead joined Staffordshire Police in January 1989 and has spent the majority of his service working in Tamworth, where he has been a PC, Sergeant and Inspector.  He left Tamworth in August 2009 and has worked within the Operational Communication Department and Professional Standards Department since that time.

Ian has now returned to Tamworth to manage the newly created local policing team and will have responsibility for all police resources and activity in the Tamworth area, and said of his new appointment.

Ian Coxhead said:

‘I am looking forward to my return to Tamworth and to delivering a quality service that meets the expectations of the people of Tamworth”

It’s easy to keep in touch with your Commander via their digital Airwave radio. Simply:

• Dial 0300 123 2345 and listen to the instructions
• When prompted enter their Airwave number (shown below their photo)
• A recorded message asks you to ‘state your name so the call can be announced’ – just say your name so the commander knows who’s calling

If they are on duty, their radio rings like a mobile phone and you’ll be connected. If they’re off duty or unavailable, your call goes to their individual voicemail box.

Remember, in an emergency dial 999.