Residents of Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth and the surrounding area will be able to air their views on crime and devolution, among other things, at a a meeting next week.

The Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth (CPIR) Community Network Panel will be meeting on Wednesday, September 7, at the Pool Innovation Centre between 7pm and 9pm to discuss items including the Police and Crime Plan, the Electoral Review and the Local Devolution Fund.

Alison Hernandez, Police & Crime Commissioner for Devon & Cornwall, will be attending the panel to talk about the consultation on the Police and Crime Plan, which sets out the strategic direction for policing and community safety in Devon and Cornwall and the related spending priorities.

Also on the agenda is an update on the Electoral Review by Charlotte Caldwell, community link officer for the CPIR Community Network area.

And the panel will consider proposals for allocating its share of Cornwall Council’s Local Devolution Fund, which can be used to help local councils and organisations take on the running of services and property in the network area. Grants have already been awarded to the Cornwall BMX Racing Club, Carn Brea Parish Council, Camborne Town Council, Portreath Parish Council and Redruth Town Council.

Cornwall Councillor Ian Thomas, chair of the panel, said: “The CPIR Network Panel meetings are not only a fantastic opportunity for the parish, town and Cornwall councillors to publicly engage with their respective communities, they are less-than-formal events where the community gets the chance to hold those responsible for serving them to account, ask questions, be informed and, most importantly, shape and improve the community in which they live. In the CPIR Network Area we are very proud to boast of the huge success and popularity of our meetings."

The panel meets quarterly to discuss matters that affect the local community and to agree priorities that can be delivered by Cornwall Council and other agencies including the police and health services. Some of the areas that community networks focus on include anti-social behaviour, economic development, the environment, community planning, regeneration, conservation, community safety, transport and highway issues.

The panel comprises all fourteen Cornwall councillors for the area and representatives from the parishes in the area covered: Camborne Pendarves, Camborne Roskear, Camborne Trelowarren, Camborne Treslothan, Camborne Treswithian, Carharrack, Gwennap and St Day, Four Lanes, Illogan, Lanner and Stithians, Mount Hawke and Portreath, Pool and Tehidy, Redruth Central, Redruth North and Redruth South.

More information about the community network panels and dates for future meetings can be found on the Cornwall Council website cornwall.gov.uk/communitynetworks