Cllr Gareth Kitchen - Green Party

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5th September 2025

Representing Stroud District Council on the Gloucestershire Police & Crime Panel also intersects with my volunteer work with Stroud Against Racism.

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11th July 2025

Panel Meeting Shire Hall February 2025

A meeting summary, personal notes and comment. Authored by Cllr. Gareth Kitchen, SDC.

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10th March

A meeting summary and some personal notes authored by Cllr. Gareth Kitchen, SDC.

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8th February 2025

Panel Meeting Shire Hall February 2025

A meeting summary and some personal notes authored by Cllr. Gareth Kitchen, SDC.

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4th November 2024

Panel Meeting Shire Hall 1st November

A meeting summary and some personal notes authored by Cllr. Gareth Kitchen, SDC.

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26th September 2024

The 2024 Perception of Crime survey from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Gloucestershire is now live and will run until the end of October.

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11th September 2024

Panel Meeting Shire Hall 6th Sept

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23rd March 2024

A partial powerpoint slide showing the next step is to look at three firestations for co-location.  Wotton-under-Edge is highlighted.

Scant detail at the Police & Crime Scrutiny meeting at GCC, 23rd March, but it looks crime has increased in Wotton-under-Edge since April 2023 with an average of 36 crimes a month. A 76% increase from the 2019 baseline but within levels to be expected for a town like ours, apparently.

It seems that the Police are looking at sharing 'real-estate' and collaboration at the Fire Station.

Given that the last time I checked the 999 response time to Wotton was 24 minutes, something needed to happen. #opcc

19th March 2024

Gloucestershire Constabulary's PEEL Assessment published last week seems less than good.

 Table showing-Recording data about crime - Outstanding
Police powers and treating - Good
Preventing crime - Adequate
Responding to the public - Inadequate
Investigating crime - Requires improvement
Protecting vulnerable people - Requires improvement
Managing offenders - Requires improvement
Developing a positive workplace - Adequate
Leadership and force management - Requires improvement

I have concerns about the performance of Gloucestershire Constabulary in keeping people safe, reducing crime and providing victims with an effective service. In particular, I have serious concerns about how it responds to the public.

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams

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