{"id":14700,"date":"2017-01-24T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=14700"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T13:01:45","slug":"south-wales-police-no-show-at-last-two-riverside-pact-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/south-wales-police-no-show-at-last-two-riverside-pact-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"South Wales Police no-show at last two Riverside PACT meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">People in Riverside say they are disappointed that South Wales Police haven\u2019t attended the area\u2019s last two community policing meetings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">PACT &#8211; Partnerships and Community Together \u2013 meetings are designed to let people raise issues about local crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">They are meant to take place six\u00a0times a year at the\u00a0South Riverside Community Development Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">But local people say there hasn\u2019t been a representative from South Wales police at the last two meetings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">The South Wales Police website says &#8216;this process needs your voice to ensure we concentrate on the issues relevant to your area. If you don\u2019t say, we can\u2019t listen!&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Iona Gordon, Labour Councillor for Riverside, said she hadn&#8217;t been told in advance the police weren&#8217;t attending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s disappointing that the police haven&#8217;t come to the Riverside PACT meetings. I made a complaint to the police. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">CJS News was at the most recent PACT meeting in Riverside. Local people raised issues including worries that cannabis was being grown locally and dangerous driving around schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Cllr Gordon says &#8220;it&#8217;s high on the police&#8217;s agenda to call the PACT meetings and they have to be there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">South Wales Police say &#8220;It&#8217;s rare that the police are unable to attend.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Riverside say they are disappointed that South Wales Police haven\u2019t attended the area\u2019s last two community policing meetings. PACT &#8211; Partnerships and Community Together \u2013 meetings are designed to let people raise issues about local crime. They are meant to take place six\u00a0times a year at the\u00a0South Riverside Community Development Centre. 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