Local Policing Team
Our Neighbourhood Policing Teams consist of Neighbourhood Team Leaders (police sergeants), Neighbourhood Beat Managers (police officers) and police community support officers (PCSOs) who are accountable to their local community. A key element of the role is to undertake community engagement to understand community concerns and update them on police activity in order to build confidence.
They will work in partnership with teams both within the police (for example alcohol licensing and youth intervention) and externally (local authorities, Environmental Health and registered social landlords) to problem solve community issues. The underlying principle of our neighbourhood policing model is to intervene at the earliest possible opportunity to prevent an escalation of crime and harm.
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
Action taken:
We will work with partner agencies and police colleagues to identify those responsible for causing the most harm in our communities. We will prioritise and target recidivist offenders who score highest on our harm registers.
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Priority:
Identifying areas which suffer from the highest amounts of reported anti social behaviour and using a wide range of resources to tackle issues in those problem areas.
Action taken:
We will work with partner agencies and the Community Safety partnership to protect the most vulnerable within our communities and seek a wide range of resources to tackle the issues throughout these areas.
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Priority:
Support the community safety partnership in delivering a unified response to patrolling the Tiverton Town Centre hotspot policing area.
Action taken:
Undertake joint patrols with street marshals and ensure that we work with the Mid Devon District Council to ensure that we modify patrol areas where additional capacity in patrolling hours are identified. We will also ensure we are undertaking independent patrols in this area to ensure Police remain visible and accessible.