1.   But this type of contact also demonstrates that the neighbourhood police see themselves as having a welfare function.

2.   It is not just because of their greater autonomy that discretion in both senses is very important to neighbourhood police.

3.   The neighbourhood police also provide extra manpower for the Community Relations Unit at special events in youth clubs or at camps.

4.   There are nine neighbourhood police in Easton, with their own sergeant, and they operate as two shifts.