APPENDIX 20
Memorandum submitted by Strabane District
Policing Partnership
Strabane District Policing Partnership (DPP) has
worked with the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) over the
past two years. The NIPB have been exceptionally supportive to
the membership of Strabane DPP regarding the threats, intimidation
and attacks on members. These attacks have created a difficult
environment for members to work within and NIPB have been in attendance
at our meetings in public to offer support.
Members and Officials of the NIPB have always been
willing to meet with both the Chief Executives and DPP Managers
to try to resolve problems relating to the administration of the
DPP at a local level. These meetings often focus around DPP budgets.
Meetings are ongoing with NIPB to try and reach agreement between
the financial restraints imposed by Council budgeting procedures
and the needs of NIPB to allocate both central and local costs.
NIPB and the DPPs operate within a limited interface
regarding the effectiveness of the DPPs. It would appear, however,
that within the wider context, the monitoring role of the NIPB
seems to be working.
18 October 2004
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