Dear reader, I write to you this month as the Inspector of the East Safer Neighbourhood Area, where previously it was the Darnall and Tinsley area. Policing in Sheffield has changed this month, we have adopted a new structure. As you will know, funding cuts have impacted upon the police very significantly. We have moved from three Sectors within Sheffield to two. This allows for a leaner, and therefore cheaper, management structure. Our SNA boundaries have changed as well. We have moved to mirror the Community Assembly boundaries, which the Council and other agencies use. This means that the Darnall and Tinsley SNA area has merged with the Manor and Arbourthorne SNA area and attracted new areas as well: more of Handsworth, Stradbroke, Richmond, Intake, Hollinsend and a part of Gleadless. We now neatly follow the electoral wards of: Darnall; Manor and Castle; Arbourthorne and Richmond. The new area is known as the East SNA to match the East Community Assembly.This move also makes for leaner management (nine Inspectors to seven). However, most significantly, it will mean we are able to police more efficiently, through working more effectively with our partner agencies which include the Council, the youth service and housing providers. I now have a much bigger team of officers to lead which means we will be better able to tackle the crime, anti-social behavior and issues which affect your quality of life. Whilst there is an incentive to help meet our financial constraints through this structural change, numbers of officers on the front line, the officers you see and who police your streets, are not reduced.You can contact us using our 24 hour voicemail service on 0114 252 3995, Alternatively you can call 101, the Sheffield non-emergency number, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
(if reporting a crime please contact SYP via 999 or 101)