City Links Leaders' Forum - Feedback
On Monday 2nd February 2009, the City Links Leaders' Forum took place in Salford. Guest speakers for the event included Chief Constable Matt Baggott, of Leicestershire Police, and Chief Constable Peter Fahy of Greater Manchester Police. (see their profiles below)
City Links Leaders’ Forum feedback:
Thanks so much to all of you who were able to get through the snow & attend yesterdays Leaders’ Forum event.
For those who were unable to come, we will be putting the CD’s in our City Links web site shop soon & also hopefully making a DVD available.
It was a great day & we have had some good feedback but would love to hear your comments; please send any feedback to  .
We have posted a link below to show how people from Greater Manchester can access information about their local Neighbourhood Policing teams, if you go to the tab named “Neighbourhood Policing” it gives a link to every borough in Manchester:
We were especially thrilled to have visitors from outside of Manchester with us from as far away as Ipswich! Also from Reading, Cambridgeshire, Nottingham, and London.
A brief summary of the day: We heard from Chief Constable Peter Fahy of GMP, who was introduced by Chief Superintendent Neil Wain from Stockport Police. Peter emphasized the need for Christians to act locally. Then Anthony Delaney from Ivy Manchester interviewed retired police officer John Peters about how he became a Christian during his time with GMP & how God helped him detect crime! Debra Green, Director of City Links, spoke about the history of “Redeeming Our Communities” and the current vision to work strategically with 10 cities. More details are on the City Links web site, where you can also download a “Step by Step Guide” of how churches and police can work together. There was a time of discussion in small groups & then each group fed back some key points which will be published on our web site soon. Lynn Swart led a time of worship & response. We then heard from a local Neighbourhood Inspector, David Henthorne from Salford Police who wants to work with Salford churches!
a National organisation helping people with drug addiction and Phil shared about how his life had been changed after years of mis-using drugs. Betel are hoping to set up a base in Manchester. Hannah writes:
'Betel are really grateful for the on-going support of churches and community groups around Greater Manchester. Please contact Hannah Latty or Emily Birch hannah@latty.org.uk if you would like the 5-10 minute Betel presentation at your gathering. We would love to be able to raise more prayer and support and encourage people about the lives being changed
This is a powerful illustration of the need to protect the vulnerable in our society. Matt spoke about how you can put your postcode in and it gives you your local Neighbourhood Police officer by using this link:
His full talk will be available soon.
We spent some time praying for the police and then praying for the different ministries who were exhibiting: Street Pastors, Christian Police Association, Betel, Care for the Family, Refresh FM, UCB, Hope Manchester,
The Nazarene College, World Harvest Bible Church and Tearfund. Thanks to World Harvest Bible Church for hosting our event!
Forthcoming events include:
The Civic Centre in Wythenshawe, Manchester on June 24 Click here
Both are starting at 7.30pm, admission is free and we hope you can join us. Full details are on our web site.
Our next Leaders’ Forum is July 30 th at Elmwood Church in Salford with guest speaker Archbishop John Sentamu (you can book online). Click here
Speakers profiles:
Chief Constable Peter Fahy:
Peter Fahy grew up in East London and joined the police in 1981. Prior to taking up his post with GMP he worked in Surrey, Hertfordshire and West Midlands and served for five years as Chief Constable of Cheshire. He has had wide experience of policing inner city and rural areas and has held command positions at Coventry, Smethwick and Solihull. Throughout his career as a chief officer he has been a strong advocate of police reform and innovation. He has experience of leading murder investigations and major complaint enquiries.
As Chief Constable of Cheshire he implemented a major change programme to establish neighbourhood policing units across the county and strengthen the intelligence led effort. He has overseen the opening of the new force headquarters and PFI custody.
Peter Fahy is 49 and married with four children. He holds an Honours degree in French and Spanish from Hull University and a Masters degree in Human Resource Strategy from the University of East Anglia and was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in January 2004. He has been a governor at various schools for 12 years. He is Chairman of the Cheshire Youth Federation and a member of the County Scout Council. Nationally he chaired the ACPO Race and Diversity Business Area for four years, leading work on meeting the recommendation of the CRE investigation into the Police Service and taking forward work on a number of policy areas including community cohesion, hate crime and fairness in the criminal justice system. He also leads work on the Special Constabulary, which has seen a significant increase in numbers of volunteers and is working with other agencies on reform of the coroners’ system. In 2006 he was appointed Director of the Strategic Command Course at Bramshi ll and took up the ACPO Leadership Portfolio carrying out work with NPIA and others on a national leadership strategy. In April 2008 he became chair of the ACPO Workforce Development Business Area.
 Chief Constable Matt Baggott:
Matt Baggott joined the Leicestershire Constabulary on promotion to Chief Constable in December 2002.
Matt was Vice President of the Association of Chief Police Officers 2004-07 and continues to lead on the national roll out of neighbourhood policing with a full-time team based in London. He is a member of the National Policing Board and advises Government on a range of issues from partnership through to social cohesion. He is also working with Sir Ronnie Flanagan on the National Review of Policing.
Matt spent the first twenty years of his service in the Metropolitan Police, where his career was operationally focused in the inner city, notably Tooting, Brixton and Peckham, as well as leading policy reviews on issues such as partnership, regeneration and inner city crime. For 18 months he was Staff Officer to the then Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon, and headed the Metropolitan Police team assisting the Stephen Lawrence Public Inquiry.
Matt was awarded a CBE in the 2008 New Years Honours. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in June 2004, elected a Fellow of University College London in 2006, and awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by De Montfort University, Leicester, in July 2007. He is President of the Christian Police Association, and Vice President of the National Association of Police Chaplains. Until recently he was also a Trustee of Crime Concern for many years.
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