Road Safety.
You said: Speeding vehicles on Rutland roads is a priority you want us to address, specifically the lack of adherence to 30mph zones.

We provide a frequent high visibility policing presence to the affected areas with marked vehicle patrols and regular monitoring. We will deploy the speed gun device and deal with offenders robustly where appropriate. We also continue to work with partner agencies, such as the Road Safety Partnership mobile speed camera van, to identify areas of concern and request deployment of that resource. We will then continue to publish the enforcement statistics on the Neighbourhood Link messaging service, sign up at www.neighbourhoodlink.co.uk

Two drink drivers were stopped on the road by Police and arrested in Rutland in March on their way home from the pub. A fantastic result of proactive policing in the county, however it is disappointing to see that people still think that this is acceptable, or that they will get away with it. A message to those who have that opinion, if you go out drink driving – you have to get lucky each and every time you do it, in multiple ways, most importantly for the safety of you and others. But we only have to get lucky once to catch you and lock you up for your day in court.

The beat team have conducted ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) and speed monitoring at various locations on the beat. PC Spruce and the team have also been out and about with the speed laser (aka the speed gun). Detailed updates are published on Neighbourhood Link.

PC Spruce and PCSO Lyall have attended multiple RTCs (Road Traffic Collisions) on emergency responses. On attendance the team have investigated the circumstances at the scene, which includes establishing and dealing with any driving offences committed. The beat team have also conducted school visits at pick up time, using the opportunity to engage with the community as well, engaging with parents and children on road safety issues.

Finally, the team have also been attending parish council and beat engagement meetings, using these face to face opportunities to feed back to the local communities this work and responding to queries and concerns raised.

You said, we did.

Vehicle Crime.
You Said: Vehicles being broken into, items being stolen and damage caused to vehicles is a concern to you.

Develop our intelligence picture around those who commit this type of crime so we that we can effectively target our resources in the right areas, at the right time, with the aim of deterring, disrupting and bringing offenders to justice.

The beat team have raised awareness of affected areas with night shift officers, and PC Spruce has also completed some night shifts as well to support, both the beat team and response teams are conducting targeted intelligence led, proactive marked vehicle and unmarked vehicle patrols. PC Spruce has also been out on foot patrols after dark, see our updates on Facebook and Neighbourhood Link for details!

Another great result recently on the A1 from Policing colleagues just over the border in a neighbouring county - Persons arrested suspected to be involved in Operation Barrick related offences. Operation Barrick is a national Policing approach to offences related to criminals targeting HGV vehicles, either by stealing their consignments from their trailers and/or syphoning fuel from their tanks. These arrests are a great deterrent and disruption to their criminal activities, which also has a positive knock on impact on our area.

You said, we did.

Rural Crime
You said: Reports of criminals stealing machinery from farms, theft of plant equipment and tools from building sites, as well as hare coursing is a concern for you.

Work closely with the Rural Policing Team, proactively patrol at all times of day and night. Robustly deal with offenders. Visit victims of crime and provide target hardening advice. Make efforts to locate and reunite stolen equipment. Respond to reports of hare coursing in progress on immediate responses.

Rural Crime is down 25% when compared with the same period last year (1st January to 28th February). The Rural Policing Team have had some fantastic results recently, finding stolen equipment and swiftly returning it to the rightful owner. Credit also has to go to the community for your continued vigilance, sharing of information and reporting – thank you.

We still need your support with this though, please ensure your equipment is security marked and registered, so that in the unfortunate circumstance of it being stolen, we can get it back to you effectively and effciently when it is found, thank you for your support on this.

The beat team have also been out and about after dark stopping farm vehicles and ensuring that they haven’t just been stolen. Thank you to those involved for your understanding.

You said, we did.