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:
Violence against Women and Girls
Action taken:
Plymouth holds the Purple Flag accreditation for excellence in managing its evening and night-time economy safely between 5:00 PM and 5:00 AM however there are still those who perpetrate against lone or vulnerable females, especially during the night time economy. Neighbourhood Policing Officers will:
- Proactively stop check and account for individuals acting in a suspicious manner
- Engage with bars and clubs to promote safer nights out for patrons
- Conduct regular evening patrols in uniform and plain clothes to identify predatory behaviour with an aim to stop incidents before they happen -
Priority:
Drugs
Action taken:
Neighbourhood Police officers and PCSO's will aim to reduce drug use and supply in the area, this will be achieved by:
- Proactively patrolling areas that are associated with drug use and supply
- Stop and search individuals to deter supply and to protect vulnerable victims
- Gather intelligence and disrupt the supply of drugs through the use of plain clothes patrols, warrants and large scale police operations.