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:
Shoplifting
Action taken:
Neighbourhood Policing officers and PCSO's will work in partnership to reduce shoplifting. This will be achieved by:
- Engaging with retail units and business owners on Mutley Plain and the surrounding area
- Positively identifying prolific offenders
- Deter shoplifting with a visible presence
- Utilise tools such as Section 35 dispersals / Community Protection Warning Notices to prevent further offending -
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. -
Priority:
Anti Social Behaviour and Street Drinking
Action taken:
Neighbourhood Police Officers and PCSO's will stop street drinking by:
- Utilising the city-wide Public Spaces Protection Order to seize alcohol from those drinking in public
- Engaging with retail units, ensuring that licensing requirements are being adhered to
- Dispersing individuals from the area who are associated with street drinking and ASB
- Utilising Community Protection Warning Notices for those who are associated with street drinking and ASB