Bracknell

A new schools and youth liaison officer for Bracknell Forest is to start in his new role on Monday (14/08).

PC Phil Bissell, who has been with Thames Valley Police for 19 years, already knows the Bracknell area well, having worked on the beat in Great Hollands from 1998 to 2004.

“I obviously made a lot of contacts on the beat,” said PC Bissell who, since 2004, has been based in the service delivery unit at Windsor.

But PC Bissell is looking forward to his new challenge, which will see him working alongside PC Jan Collins in the community safety department at Bracknell.

He said: “I’m going to be mainly focusing on secondary schools. I’ll be dealing with schools on a variety of subjects.

“When I was on the beat in Great Hollands, I always had good liaison with headteachers.

“I’ll also be working with a number of our partner agencies, addressing anti-social behaviour and other crime-related issues in and around schools.”

He added: “I’m going to be like a community officer for schools, and not just for Bracknell but for Crowthorne and Sandhurst too.”

Thames Valley Police ~ Bracknell