I’VE got two questions to ask Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger, who pays lip service to the importance of neighbourhood policing as he searches for a new chief constable.

If Barry values neighbourhood policing so highly, why has he not done more to revive it in East Cleveland, rather than fobbing us off with an additional couple of PCSOs (Echo, Nov 28)?

What impact can two PCSOs make on an area of over 50 square miles, containing many scattered settlements, ranging from small towns down to numerous hamlets and small farmsteads?

Steve Kay, East Cleveland Independent councillor