Hessle Road/Tyne On Street Sex Trade

We continue to patrol Hessle Road and deal with perpetrators of the sex trade users, our patrolling times have been into the early hours of the morning and we have also spoken to residents regarding not only the on Street Sex Working but also wider issues affecting them in the Hessle Road and the Boulevard area.

We have increased patrolling as part of Op Light, and continue to work with our partners in this complex area.

The aim is to deal with offending through offering support to those that need it through an established intervention hub in the city, whereby individuals can receive to bespoke help and deal with the issues they have contributing to them to committing ASB, the purpose is to reduce offending and give respite to the community affected by the behaviour of those that are persistently behaving in an antisocial manner. It also allows us to deal with people through a structured framework with support at one end and enforcement at the other,. The legislation for this operation is from the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

We continue to address issues of rough sleepers and attend the Rough Sleeper Action group, every 2 weeks. We set actions during every meeting to tackle ASB and reduce Rough Sleeping in the City Centre, and calls to service regarding these individuals. We also chair meetings with local businesses to discuss how to deal with issues affecting their business to ensure that the City Centre remains attractive to businesses, new and old. We also patrol the City Centre on a daily basis, tackling the ASB, rough sleeping and begging issues, by referring individuals to the correct services and dealing positively when diversion fails.

We regularly check on people to ensure that they are as healthy as can be expected in the circumstances and not in need of immediate medical care and attention. We discuss the ASB, rough sleeping and begging issues i, with a number of agencies and services, such as Hull City Council, Renew, Humberside Fire and rescue and Emmaus among others.

We are continuing to help partner agencies identify the location of vulnerable people or people at risk; provide people sleeping rough with information on how to access specialist services and accommodation. We are also working with partner agencies to find solutions for long-term homelessness cases and reduce crime / anti-social behaviour sometimes associated with rough sleeping.

Ongoing reports of public space drug usage and dealing with the Bean Street and surrounding areas.

HumberTalking completed in the area, Intelligence and information picture is still being built and a number of warrants executed and offenders dealt with in the area.