Gareth Twigg

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Gareth Twigg

Fellow’s Profile

Gareth Twigg

Improving Police Legitimacy in Rural Communities

Fellowship

Themes

Focus

Identifying new ways to deliver effective rural policing

Countries

Fellowship year

2023

Supported by

Locality

South West

Biography

I am a police inspector based in Devon and Cornwall. I live on the edge of Dartmoor and have policed within rural communities for much of my career. I am passionate about the countryside and over recent years I have seen how changes to policing have impacted on rural communities.

The purpose of my Fellowship is to visit different locations to identify what approaches to policing have been effective elsewhere and see how positive methods could be adopted in the UK. I have chosen New Zealand as I know there has been a real focus on rural policing and I want to understand how changes have been received by both police and local communities. Traditionally, British policing has looked to itself or other westernised countries for solutions. By visiting Namibia I am hoping to learn how other cultures keep rural communities safe and see what ideas could be adapted for use in the UK.

Activity

Acknowledgements

Devon & Cornwall Police, New Zealand Police, Namibia Police

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

Activity

Acknowledgements

Devon & Cornwall Police, New Zealand Police, Namibia Police

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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