The Secretary of State and I are in regular discussion with the Chief Constable on all aspect of policing.
The Policing Plan for 2007-08 includes a target for the police to demonstrate the extent to which the Neighbourhood Policing Model has been implemented by reporting formally to the Northern Ireland Policing Board twice yearly and by facilitating two NIPB member ‘seeing is believing’ visits to districts per year. Implementation of neighbourhood policing is to be taken forward via the CORE governance arrangements and as an integral part of the overall change management programme in DCUs.