BRIGG & WOLDS CRIME CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY FORMER TOWN MAYOR

During a meeting in the Angel Suite this week, former Brigg Town Mayor Coun Ann Eardley expressed some concerns about local crime levels.
She suggested more than 100 crimes across the Brigg & Wolds area did not compare well with monthly figures from the past she recalled being in the mid-30s.
Her comments came during Brigg Town Council's latest meeting when "Police Matters" were debated.
Coun Chris Dyson queried why local crime figures were no longer given to town councillors.
He was told that they were reported by the local press (Brigg Blog included) and that information was made available at meetings of the Brigg Neighbourhood Action Team (NAT).
Brigg Town Council has representation at those meetings; the press and public do not have an automatic right to attend.
Brigg Town Council has also been told that although police officers are unable to attend parish and town council meetings, the force is represented at NAT sessions.
Town Mayor Coun Sharon Riggall said she was sure Brigg Town Council's representative would pass on the views expressed to the NAT.
Coun Deb Dunderdale indicated that a meeting was coming up in the near future.

N.F. ADDS: Brigg Blog extracts its crime statistics each month from the website www.police.uk which is now the forum  through which they are made public.
Stats were once revealed, and analysed in detail, by the local police inspector during public forums held in the Angel Suite, with an opportunity for those attending to question him.
However, Humberside Police decided to discontinue these sessions some years ago.
Perhaps the new Chief Constable, Lee Freeman, will review this.
Brigg Blog always brings its followers crime stats for Brigg - within a one-mile radius of the town centre; Coun Eardley was making reference to Brigg & Wolds, which covers not only our town but various local villages as far as South Ferriby. 
The local Neighbourhood Action team comprises members of the police, local councils and social landlord Ongo.