BRIGG CRIME FIGURES ARRESTED

The latest Brigg crime figures will be of interest - when they are finally released to the public.
August is now approaching but the crime total for June 2020 has not yet been issued through www.police.uk - the official channel.
The last figures published were for May when there were 49 crimes recorded within the town boundary. March and April both saw 32 incidents reported.
Perhaps the Coronavirus emergency has arrested the compilation and publication of the stats, although local police have continued to work throughout this period, dealing with crimes of many kinds.
We have to move with the times, but has the switch to online data - undertaken some years ago - resulted in the public knowing more about crime patterns in local areas?
In the early 1980s, while we were reporting for the Lincolnshire & South Humberside Times, an early morning visit to Brigg police station would produce information about almost every crime logged during the previous 24 hours - ranging from burglaries to anti-social behaviour. Today, it seems, only significant crimes are posted online by the police on the Humberside force's website.
Until a few years ago, quarterly public meetings were held in the Angel Suite, when the local inspector reported the crime 'stats' and was available to answer questions from the public.
However, these sessions were discontinued, with information being published through www.police.uk
Brigg police also sent an officer to monthly Town Council meetings from many years (as far back as the 1970s) but it's now rare to see the force in attendance.
'Police Matters' still appears on the council agenda, month after month - often without any issues being raised and discussed.