Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team
Every neighbourhood in the Thames Valley area has a dedicated neighbourhood policing team that works together with the local community and partners to: reduce crime and incidents, bring more offenders to justice, protect the vulnerable and tackle violence against women and girls and improve victim service and public confidence.
Neighbourhood policing teams are led by senior police officers and include police officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), police staff, police support volunteers and the Special Constabulary.
They aim to make communities safer through an approach that is focussed on visibility, engagement, problem solving and community resilience.
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Crimes and priorities
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In the recent neighbourhood priorities survey, burglary was highlighted as 1 of the 3 top priorities by local residents. The neighbourhood policing team continue to work on prevention efforts to reduce this offence.
Action taken:
The team will carry out their patrols around the area, specifically in location that have received increase reports of burglary that will be established from reviewing crime data and reports. These patrols will be tracked and recorded to ensure all required areas have been covered.
The neighbourhood policing team support their investigative colleagues by supporting victims of any recent burglary. They will carry out a process called "Cocooning" which involves delivering crime prevention advice to affected areas, such as a street where a burglary has taken place, to assist in preventing further victims.
The team also hold regular "Have your say" events, which entail pop up stands dedicated to sharing crime prevention with members of public. Recently neighbourhood PCSOs joined Bucks council to hold one of these events, which can assist in offering additional advice and solutions on how residents can make their homes an unattractive prospect for burglars and keep them as secure as possible.
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
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Drug offences was 1 of the 3 priorities highlighted in the recent neighbourhood priorities survey by local residents. Drug offending including the possession, usage and dealing of them often comes with associated anti-social behaviour so regularly cause disturbances to the local community. Increased reports have recently come from Burnham park.
Action taken:
The team continue their proactive patrols around areas such as Burnham Park and other locations with increased reports of drug offences and anti-social behaviour, with the aim to reassure the public, gather intelligence and disrupt any criminal behaviour where seen. Individuals suspected to be involved with criminal behaviour will routinely be stopped and engaged with.
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
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Speeding is another priority that was voted for by the residents of Burnham, Farnham and Taplow. The team will be carrying out speed check and subsequent speed enforcement on roads that are identified to have issues of speeding.
Action taken:
The team will use speed guns and stand roadside with the aim to check speeds in order to identify roads that have persisting issues with speeding. They will use the data gathered to carry out speed enforcement. The team will be focusing on a number of roads including: Dropmore road, lent rise road, A335 Beaconsfield road, Templewood road, Hill farm road, Lake Ed Road and Marsh Lane.
The neighbourhood teams across Buck continue to promote the community speed watch scheme, in which local residents volunteer to monitor the speeds in their neighbourhood with support from police. If you are interested in helping out you can contact the community speed watch co-ordinator: [email protected]
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.