About us 

Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships

Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships provides the coordination of policy and practice for a wide variety of general policing issues which are carried out across the Local Police Areas within Thames Valley Police.

The department researches, develops and distributes good practice across the Force, providing practical support to local management teams and operational officers. It is based at Force Headquarters South in Kidlington.

Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships provides the strategic lead on matters such as:

• Neighbourhood Policing.
• Crime prevention.
• Strategic partnerships, tackling issues such as anti-social behaviour.
• Dealing with alcohol and drugs.
• Equality and diversity, including staff support networks.
• Prevention of violent extremism.
• The ‘extended police family’ – PCSOs, volunteers and Special Constabulary.

Chief Superintendent David Lewis is the head of Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships.

David grew up in Sussex before attending Bristol University, graduating in law in 1988. After a period working in retail and travelling, he started his police career in 1990 as a PC in Bristol. He transferred to Thames Valley Police in 1993 working in a variety of operational roles in Bracknell, Crowthorne, Wokingham and Slough. While working as a trainer at the Force training centre, he gained a PGCE in adult education from Surrey University.

More recently, he has held a range of roles with a Thames Valley-wide remit. Having been the Force Drugs Co-ordinator he spent three years as a Senior Investigating Officer in Major Crime, running murder investigations, and was then promoted to Superintendent, Head of Criminal Justice in January 2006. In June 2007 he was promoted to Chief Superintendent and took up the post of Basic Command Unit Commander for Berkshire East, where he was responsible for the policing of a diverse area which included the large towns of Bracknell, Windsor, Maidenhead and Slough.

In April 2011, following the reorganisation of the Force, he took up the new role of head of Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships.