Operated by: Gloucestershire Constabulary
https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/neighbourhood-policing/forest-of-dean/coleford/Contact Details
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ForestPolice
Current Priorities
Issue
Anti-social behaviour in hotspot areas; including riding off road motorcycle’s on Forestry land.
Action
Our focus continues to be hotspot areas where high visibility patrols remain in place. We are also tackling prolific offenders through civil orders.
Issue
Drug dealing
Action
We continue to proactively tackle this issue through drugs warrants, stop searches and closure notices
Issue
Reducing the number of Serious and Fatal Road Traffic Collisions in the Forest.
Action
We continue to proactively target offenders who repeatedly drive vehicles illegally on our roads and also those who use our road network to commit crime. We are doing this through specific tasking’s to our Specialist Operations Team and locally with our proactive and neighbourhood teams. We are also working with partner agencies to improve road safety.
Issue
Tackling the increase in dwelling burglaries across the Forest
Action
Local teams and Specialist Operations are carrying out targeted patrols in plain and marked vehicles.
Analytical support is helping us develop information and facilitate intelligence let targeted patrols.
Regular messages through Social Media / Your Community Alerts / Neighbourhood Watch are helping to alert the public, providing crime prevention advice, minimising the opportunities available to offenders.