Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Anti-Social Behaviour came out as a second priority in our surveys. ASB impacts on people’s lives and can be extremely personal. We are committed to supporting the community and tackling this head on.

Drugs

Drug Dealing came out top in the concerns raised most recently in our priority surveys. As a team we understand that this has a detrimental impact on the local community, often it involves exploitation and vulnerability. The team are on top of the intelligence picture in Poole and we regularly task out work from this.
Poole NPT are committed to trying to tackle this issue. Our response is based around scanning to understand what is happening, analysis of the problem (who, why, where, when and how), together with a response and then a period of assessment to see whether this was successful or otherwise.

We identify and flag those persons in the community who are subject to being taken advantage of due to vulnerabilities such as their own substance dependence. We use our partnerships with a range of stakeholders to maximise their safety, minimise the risk of exploitation and reduce the likely detrimental impact on the community.
We understand that the links between drugs, crime, and anti-social behaviour (ASB). Through Dorset Police’s Operation Viper our response is coordinated to tackle the issues. We will relentlessly pursue those who drug deal in our communities. We will also look to signpost individuals for support to tackle their addiction. We also work with our Safer Schools Team to try and deter addiction from an early age. St Mungo’s to support the street homeless community who are also vulnerable to substance abuse and targeting by dealers.
We will highlight areas of concern and look for wider support from across the force, where needed. We work with the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team (NET) to address matters that concerns that community. We will utilise our powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to close premises which meet the given thresholds to bring respite to the community. This work also extends to collaboration with the BCP ASB Team to utilise civil orders to help problem solve. We will use policing powers, such as stop and search, effectively and will maintain our legitimacy whilst doing so. We wear body worn video and review interactions through scrutiny panels and use of force.
We encourage anyone with concerns to report these through to us via this website. We use this to build information to obtain warrants, inform our targeted patrols and bring offenders to justice.