Police and crime commissioner visits Broadreach House

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will today (Wednesday 11 September) visit Plymouth drug and alcohol treatment charity Broadreach House.

Broadreach House is an innovative and dynamic registered charity, offering treatment and support services for men and women whose lives have been adversely affected by addiction.

Chief executive Gina Dormer has invited Mr Hogg to tour the facility and meet service users before joining members of the charity’s board to discuss potential partnership work in the future.

“We welcome the opportunity to talk about our services and to introduce Tony to our organisation, the work we do with criminal justice services locally and to talk about the potential for any future work or partnership activities,” said Ms Dormer.

“Our services are working mainly with drug and alcohol users, and we are always open to ideas around how we might work better, both with statutory agencies, and also with other charities and community organisations.

“We share Mr Hogg’s aspirations for the city. We are committed to ensuring Plymouth is a safe place and a vibrant city to visit – many of our current, and former, service users in recovery are now our ambassadors and speak with a huge amount of knowledge about the area and also “what works” in drug and alcohol treatment. “

Mr Hogg said he welcomed the chance to view Broadreach’s services first hand.

“Demand reduction on our police service has to be a priority so partnership working across all sectors will be vital to achieving that,” he said.

“We need to make sure we get the policing model right and to balance that with what services we can commission. Alcohol and drugs misuse is an area where we can reduce the demand on policing so we can face the future in a sustainable way.”