Farewell to Inspector Crick

Police Inspector Paul Crick was in a relaxed mood at his leaving drinks at Sudbury Police Station on Friday evening. 

Paul is off to work in Ipswich and will be concerned with anti social behaviour and drugs related matters.  He will be based in Landmark House.   This is also the home of SCC Trading Standards and also Domestic Abuse officers, and so it is very probable that we will bump into one another in the future.

Paul has had a good run of something over 7 years heading up Community Policing in Sudbury.  He has been fantastic to work with and will be much missed.   He oversaw the creation of the local Safer Neighbourhood Team meetings, which at the time were an innovative step forward in community policing.   Until recently I chaired the Babergh West meeting which meets in different villages throughout the area and which gives residents the chance to air their views about community safety issues.  On the whole these have been a success, but it has to be said they have been most successful when the issues raised have been urgent or controversial.

One of the remarkable facts about Paul's team of police officers and PCSO's is that they all seem to really enjoy their jobs and remain cheeful in the face of the difficult problems and difficult people that inevitably cross their paths.  I am sure that this has something to do with Paul's style of leadership and I know that we will all miss him.

I am sure that we all wish Paul the very best of luck in the future.