Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team
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Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
People are more concerned about drug dealing within the public realm. Specifically, in the underpasses at the west end of the High Street
Action taken:
We have successfully made representations so that the town centre hotspot patrols (completed by neighbourhood and response) focus on the service yards and underpasses and arrests have been made for supply and possession offences
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People are concerned about reports of people riding devices too fast, inside shops and recklessly around the town centre, specifically within The Lexicon and near Waitrose
Action taken:
We have incorporated targeting e-bikes and e-scooters into other operations and have seized devices. We continue to work with our partners to identify persistent users and have a staged intervention plan to prevent ASB in the medium to long term
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People report loud, inconsiderate, reckless driving around The Ring and Market Street
Action taken:
We are increasing the amount of speed gun trained staff on the team to run speed enforcement operations. We conducted patrols and intervened in offences around ignoring traffic signs, children not wearing seatbelts and construction and use offences.