The residents of Lindley Ward (Birchencliffe, Birkby, Lindley, Marsh, Mount, Oakes, Salendine Nook and Quarmby) will now be able to contact the police using newly acquired community suggestion boxes.

A joint initiative by the Lindley Community Group and West Yorkshire Police will allow residents to raise their concerns at various busy and well-used locations throughout the Lindley ward.

Cllr Cahal Burke has been involved in securing agreement from various well used buildings in order to secure the location of these boxes.

There are now 6 secure boxes displayed in some of the busiest areas of the following buildings:-

* Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E Department
* Lindley Library and Information Centre
* Salendine Nook Shopping Centre
* New College Reception
* Birchencliffe Community Centre
* Mount Methodist Church

Cllr Cahal Burke says: “I encourage local people to use this method to report incidents and also to provide intelligence to the police.

As chair of the Lindley Community Group, I am pleased to say that we have been successful in funding this useful project. It will be a really useful way for residents from across the ward to keep in touch with their local police. Information obtained from these suggestion boxes will be collected and actioned on a weekly basis.

I am very grateful to the 3 Lindley ward, Police Community Support Officer’s who will be tasked with emptying the boxes on a weekly basis and dealing with any information obtained as per West Yorkshire Police guidelines. The community suggestion boxes will compliment all the good work already being done by the police across the ward.”

Police Sergeant Simon Short also commented: “This facility provides an additional way for members of the community to contact their local Neighbourhood Policing Team. My aim is to make local officers as accessible as possible and to ensure that any information received, is acted upon promptly and effectively.”

The Community Suggestion Boxes allow persons to contact the police anonymously if preferred by the reporting person. Alternatively, they will have the opportunity of providing their contact details and requesting feedback.