Dorset residents join in first Community Safety Partnership virtual meeting

Dorset Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is

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   VIRTUAL MEETING - A Postitive Response

 

excited to announce the achievement of their first virtual public meeting held,

Wednesday 8 December 2010.

More than 70 people joined

in an online discussion

in an innovative virtual meeting hosted by the Dorset Community Safety

Partnership.

The meeting was held

online live between 4 – 6pm on the Dorset website www.dorsetforyou.com and on www.weymouth.gov.uk,  where it proved to be popular with

residents as they were able to put their questions to the panel including

police, councils, NHS, probation and fire service.

Residents could simply

log on and pose a question to the panel from the comfort of their own home or

workplace, or visit the Dorford Centre, Dorchester

to ask their question in person.

The

meeting has given

Dorset Community Safety Partnership a new way of engaging with residents

of Dorset and opened up the possibility of further internet

based events for the partnership across the county.

Councillor Ray Nottage,

Chair of the Dorset Community Safety Partnership, said: ”This online

virtual meeting has been a new and innovative way for us to communicate with Dorset residents and it was certainly very exciting

throughout “A whole host of

residents logged on and the panel was inundated with questions throughout the

whole two hours.

“It really does

give us an idea of the issues that really concern residents across the county.

Thanks to everyone that took part.”

Some of the questions answered

on the night were based around crime figures in Dorset,

funding, road safety and speeding in towns, anti-social behaviour, Home Watch,

graffiti and rural crime.

Unfortunately, due to the number of questions that were received during the

meeting, not all questions could be answered live. The team will however, make

sure that all questions do receive a response, either via email or on www.dorsetforyou.com/virtualmeeting

where a full question and answer briefing sheet will be provided.