Sheffield is one of three cities specially chosen as part of a series of interactive public events which will contribute to a wider dialogue with the public on how to cut crime and make neighbourhoods feel safer. Anyone who wants to contribute their views can log on to the Cabinet Office website or send in their views by post.
The call for information forms part of the Crime and Communities Review, a cross-government exercise looking at how the police and other front-line agencies can improve their services by working more closely with local communities.
It covers four main areas:
* How the police and other agencies can work with communities to reduce crime;
* How to raise public confidence in crime fighting organisations;
* How best to police local neighbourhoods;
* How to ensure the justice system has the public's full support by being open and responsive.
The Review Team is expected to report back by June to a new Ministerial group comprising the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Attorney General and the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Submissions to the review should be made on a Have Your Say form, which can be downloaded from http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/crime or by writing to FREEPOST, PO Box 1748, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 4XR.
