Leicestershire Constabulary joins forces with multi-agency colleagues to distribute the ‘Keep Safe' card designed specifically for use by people with learning disabilities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The fold out ‘Keep Safe' card can be kept in a wallet or purse and helps in difficult situations with easy to understand words and pictures i.e. if the card holder uses sign language or can lip read; what medication they take and who to contact in an emergency.

Not in My Neighbourhood Week provides an excellent opportunity for Neighbourhood Watch Schemes to take advantage of the week-long national focus placed on profiling those who work hard on a daily basis to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and make our communities safer. Weeks of action such as this also help to increase public confidence in local agencies.

We do hope that as many Neighbourhood Watch Schemes as possible are able to take part in the week which runs from 13th-17th October .

Glenfield volunteers
An award winning team of volunteers from Glenfield are urging others to give up their time to support their local police.

As police volunteers they work unpaid in a diverse range of roles alongside police officers and staff and are asked to give between two and four hours of their time per week.

The team of 11 volunteers were recently given the police Apex Award for their outstanding contribution to the community. The group are also unique as they are the only team of police volunteers dedicated to working on a particular beat.