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Advice for people with a disability

Have you signed up for the Safe Place Scheme?Safe Place Scheme Logo

If you are a member of the Safe Place Scheme, you will be given a card which shows your name and the contact details of a person to call in an emergency.

Then, if you’re out in Torbay and are worried about your safety, or you have been the victim of a crime, there are places you can go for help and support.

If a shop or other business features a Safe Place Scheme sticker, any disabled or vulnerable person can enter and hand their card to a member of staff who will use the identified contact details to call for aid.

Many local businesses in Torbay are involved with Safe Place Scheme and have trained their staff to better understand the needs and requirements of disabled members of the community. To find out more view the Clinic for Professional Boundaries website.

Would you like to get to know your Police Community Support Officer?

Every area in Torbay has a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO). The job of a PCSO is to:

  • Walk the streets getting to know people who live there.
  • Help with problems people have in their neighbourhood.
  • Help people feel safe in the area they live.

The PCSO will arrange to visit you and have a chat about what they do.You can ask for your PCSO to come and see you again or just to say ‘hello’ when they see you. They will tell you how you can contact them if you are worried or have a problem.

You can talk to them about any bullying or things you are worried about where you live.

What do you need to do?

Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and either use an envelope to post it back to Kevin Mason the Police Diversity Officer using the address below, or you can drop it into a police station and ask them to forward it to him.

FAO PC5026 Kevin Mason FT Diversity
Devon and Cornwall Police
Paignton Police Station
Southfield Road
Paignton
TQ3 2BF

If you have been the victim of a disability hate crime you can find out how to report it on our Crime pages.

Useful contacts

The following organizations can also offer information and advice:

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Back to Top | Last updated on 20.04.2012 at 11:36:20