Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team
The Neighbourhood Inspector has overall responsibility for the entire neighbourhood policing team of Sergeants, Police Constables, PCSOs and police staff. They are responsible for delivering on neighbourhood policing strategies, directing the deployment of the team and developing relationships with partners and key stakeholders to enable the neighbourhood policing team to work effectively.
The Neighbourhood Sergeant provides frontline management to support and co-ordinate the activity of the neighbourhood policing team. They work with key partners and stakeholders to problem solve issues and develop innovative ways to identify and safeguard vulnerable people within the community.
Police Constables work alongside the community and partner agencies to tackle crime and issues identified by the local community. They work together with PCSOs to be a visible presence in the local area and build trust and confidence by developing a detailed understanding of the community.
Police Constables work alongside the community and partner agencies to tackle crime and issues identified by the local community. They work together with PCSOs to be a visible presence in the local area and build trust and confidence by developing a detailed understanding of the community.
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are the face of the police within local communities. They play an integral part in delivering effective neighbourhood policing, providing a highly visible policing presence and building relationships with the local community as well as working to problem solve long-term neighbourhood issues.
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are the face of the police within local communities. They play an integral part in delivering effective neighbourhood policing, providing a highly visible policing presence and building relationships with the local community as well as working to problem solve long-term neighbourhood issues.
Neighbourhood Administrators are key members of police staff who provide fundamental support to the local Neighbourhood Policing Team to make neighbourhoods safer and build closer relationships with local communities.
Crimes and priorities
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Parking & Road Safety
We continue to monitor complaints around school parking and are working with community partner agencies to identify traffic issues across the area.Action taken:
SSC (Sergeant Special Constable) Clements, PCSOs Elson, Ispas and Leightley conducted speed watch sessions around Earley and Lower Earley as per resident's requests. A number of drivers were pulled over for unnecessary speed. On this occasion, our intention was to educate, not enforce or fine.
PCSOs Elson and Emmett have been conducting parking checks around the Earley area. They recently patrolled in Faygate Way in response to reports of parking issues. They will continue patrolling different areas as and when they can during their shifts.
Our Earley Police Community Support Officers have been dealing with parking issues on Newquay Drive.The Neighbourhood Teams will continue to visit local schools together with the Council’s Civil Parking Enforcement Team to monitor the parking and issue tickets when required.
Community Speedwatch is a national initiative where proactive members of local communities join with the support and supervision of their local police to record details of speeding vehicles using approved detection devices. To join a local Community Speedwatch group and be involved in tackling speed related issues, please visit:
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Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) that has a significant community impact. The Neighbourhood Policing team are working with partner agencies to identify and monitor hotspots.
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PCSOs Ispas and Elson hosted a Have Your Say event at Maiden Place, Lower Earley which was an ideal engagement opportunity to hear directly from residents about the issues which concerned them the most.
Wokingham North Neighbourhood Policing Teams took part in national Anti-social Behaviour Awareness Week from 18th to 24th November. During the week, officers performed various walk arounds at reported ASB hotspots alongside Wokingham Borough Council's ASB team. Concerns were shared and heard, with plans set in motion to make improvements where needed to better disrupt and deter ASB in the area.
In October, Wokingham North Neighbourhood Policing Teams took part in the national Safer Business Action Week. During the week we attended local businesses in Earley with the local anti-social behaviour officer from the council to speak with them and find out from them what issues they are facing and how we can work together. Officers alongside the Chair of the Wokingham Shopwatch scheme visited shops giving advice around reporting and dealing with shoplifting, provided a presence to deter shoplifting and gathered intelligence. We signed multiple stores up to the DISC system which allows shops to share information with each other and to report crime directly to Thames Valley Police.
We continue to work with local businesses to help ‘target harden’ their premises and support the Wokingham Shop Watch scheme which allows businesses to share information regarding incidents and offenders with each other and report them to the Police.
On Friday 9th of August, PCSOs Ispas and Elson hosted a Have Your Say event at Maiden Place along with representatives from the Wokingham Borough Anti-Social Behaviour Team. The event encouraged members of the community to meet with their local police and council officers to discuss any local issues or concerns they may have in their community.
Officers from the Earley Neighbourhood Policing Team will continue to conduct foot patrols around Maiden Place fields in order to help deter any ASB (Anti Social Behaviour) from taking place, they have also been dealing with reports of ASB at Earley Train Station.The Neighbourhood and Problem Solving Teams have implemented a long-term problem-solving plan around identified ASB hotspot areas such as Maiden Place and Chalfont Park. We are working in conjunction with our partner agency the ASB Team at Wokingham Borough Council, attending Community Corner meetings and using tools such as conducting visible patrols in affected areas to protect vulnerable people. We are also using targeted offender management for identified individuals.