Tackling vehicle nuisance

Key ASB vehicle locations have been identified and target hardened. The response has been led by PC Jon Thornton. Engagement with those gathering to show off their cars has resulted in changes of behaviour. We have had assistance of the Special Constables from Lincoln who have completed engagement patrols and issues tickets for offences. There have been targeted patrols by the NPT as a team. We have not seen the repeat problems we saw in the autumn. We know there are still some issues with speeding but we have not had the same high number of vehicle nuisance reports.

Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

We have focussed our activity on issuers and concerns we know feed in to a bigger picture of violence against women and girls. The local team have hosted several events in West Street, Boston, and we have worked closely with Klaudia Janikowska, Community Engagement Officer for Boston Borough Council.

We have promoted the use of the Street Safe scheme where members of the public can raise concerns about environmental factors in the area such as lack of lighting or CCTV, as well as report issues with ASB or intimidation.

We have worked closely with the council's homeless team to find alternative accommodation or move people from the West Street area. Our hot-spot patrols have yielded some excellent proactive arrests for offences including drug dealing, possession, drunk and disorderly behaviour, and public order offences.

We have also identified work which will be completed around the educational piece around British values and acceptable behaviour. This is a longer term piece of work.

This will now form longer-term partnership work around values and environment, rather than a specific priority.

Tackling anti-social behaviour

We have been tackling key issues of street drinking and homelessness with our partners in Boston Borough Council, the Rough Sleeping Team and the Community Rangers. There have been 307 extra dedicated patrol hours with 16 arrests for offences such and possession of a controlled substance with intent to supply, and drunk and disorderly. We have used ASB legislations and processes to deal with youths entering abandoned buildings. ASB has fallen in the last three months in the town centre. You would expect this with the seasonal fluctuations we see in ASB, but anticipate that some of the reduction is down to the hard work of the team.

Youth engagement