Road Safety & Road Traffic Offences

You Said, We Did - March 2024 to September 2024
We’ve completed several speed gun patrols in areas that were highlighted by the community as being areas of concern, issuing warning letters where most appropriate and fixed penalty to others for speeding offences.
We’ve seized 26 vehicles in this period due to motoring offences such as no insurance.
We have made 11 arrests relating to road safety.
We’ve issued 24 fixed penalty notices for road safety offences other than speeding.
Working with council colleagues, we’ve carried out several parking patrols outside local schools supporting the council in issuing tickets to offending vehicles.

Drug dealing/misuse

You Said, We Did - March 2024 - September 2024

Following information received from the community, we have dealt with 43 drug-related offences with positive outcomes and have also conducted numerous drug warrants in the area following intelligence being received from the community. This includes the dismantling of cannabis factories located within the town.
We have a result of community intelligence around drug dealing and Antisocial behaviour, sought and issued 2 closure orders on properties.
We continue to carry out regular cuckooing checks at the addresses of those identified as being vulnerable to being exploited by drug dealers.

Burglary

You Said, We Did - March 2024 - September 2024
We continue to visit the area of every domestic burglary and have supported vulnerable victims, working with other agencies to give security advice and have also patrolled the areas around burglary locations to prevent further offences.
We have also completed regular community engagement events across the town and rural wards.

The new priorities for this period (October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025) are:

•Road safety and road traffic offences
•Drug dealing and misuse
•Burglary