Community Safety And Policing Partnerships
Omagh Community Safety Partnership (CSP)
The District Council is currently in the process of establishing a Community Safety Partnership. The Partnership will comprise of stakeholders from the public, voluntary, private and community sectors will work together to target negative impacts that crime, concern about crime and other safety issues have on our quality of life.
The Omagh CSP will develop and deliver community safety initiatives that are sustainable and make a real difference to people's lives and complements the work of the local District Policing Partnership. Both partnerships require consultation with the public about crime and provide a forum for representing and expressing people's views, the DPP specifically on policing issues and the CSP on broader community safety issues.
Omagh District Policing Partnership (DPP)
The Omagh District Policing Partnership (DPP) is a partnership between the District Council and representatives of the local community. Omagh's 15 member DPP has eight Political Members and seven Independent Members:
| Political Members | Independent Members |
| Councillor Buchannan MLA | Margaret Geelan |
| Councillor Deehan | Vida Lake |
| Councillor Hussey | Patrick McClean |
| Councillor McDonnell | Bernie McCollum |
| Councillor McFarland | Mark McMackin |
| Councillor McGowan | Greg McMullan |
| Councillor McLaughlin | Bernie McQuaid |
| Councillor Rainey MBE |
The purpose of a DPP is:
- To identify local policing issues
- To establish policing priorities for the local policing plan in conjunction with the District Commander
- To monitor police performance against the policing plan
- To develop a practical way of gaining the public's co-operation in working with the police to prevent crime and protect the public
Members of the public are welcome to attend all public meetings of the DPP, which will offer the opportunity to observe the PSNI District Commander's response to questions posed by the DPP members.
Members of the public have also the right to ask questions of the police, through the Chairman of the DPP. The process for doing this is to submit a written question to the DPP Secretary who will bring the matter before the next public meeting of the DPP.
For further information on the Omagh Community Safety Partnership and Omagh District Policing Partnership please contact:
Mary Brogan
Corporate Services Department
Omagh District Council Offices
Mountjoy Road, Omagh
Co. Tyrone, BT79 7BL
Tel: 028 82 245321
Email: dpp@omagh.gov.uk
