Operated by: Thames Valley Police
https://www.thamesvalley.police.ukEvery neighbourhood in Thames Valley has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing team.
Neighbourhood Policing teams can be contacted via 101, the Thames Valley Police non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.
Neighbourhood Policing teams…- Are led by senior police officers and include police community support officers (PCSOs), often together with volunteer police officers, volunteers and partners.
- May serve one or several neighbourhoods.
- Work with local people and partners to identify, tackle and prevent local, low-level crime, anti-social behaviour, and any ongoing concerns.
- Provide you with a visible, accessible and accountable police service and aim to make your neighbourhood safer.
- Have been present in every Thames Valley neighbourhood since 1 April 2008.
- Focus all of their efforts on their dedicated neighbourhoods, building relationships with local people.
- Needs you to tell us about the issues that concern you in your area.
- Has transformed policing at a local level, to meet the needs of local communities.
- Is known as ‘Safer Neighbourhoods’ in Milton Keynes.
From the start of 2010, Thames Valley Police extended its neighbourhood consultation by introducing a wider range of publicised opportunities to meet neighbourhood teams.
We will provide open monthly meetings to allow the public to influence our priorities. These meetings will be branded as Have Your Say opportunities, and in many cases will be held in conjunction with partners.
View Have Your Say summary and flowchart (PDF 40 Kb - opens new window)Once local priorities have been identified, a broader ‘toolkit’ of problem-solving tactics is being made available to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is tackled effectively.
Across the Thames Valley area, there are many successful Neighbourhood Action Groups which will continue to deliver local problem solving, but the introduction of Have Your Say meetings will allow neighbourhood teams to identify more quickly those specific local priorities that need attention.
Thames Valley Police views the introduction of Have Your Say meetings as a positive step in tackling issues that matter most to the public. I welcome your support and engagement in this endeavour.
Contact Details
Website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvpsouthandvale
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
Telephone: 101
E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
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Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
Knife crime and drug use
Action
There is a lot of national focus on reducing the numbers of people carrying knives. As a team, we take this priority very seriously and ensure that we conduct stop searches wherever possible. It has been used to good effect to disrupt ASB groups in Didcot and Wallingford. One individual was arrested for having a knife in his bag and is now restricted to bail curfew conditions stopping him leaving the house in the evening. We continue to work with parents, schools and support services to divert young people away from carrying knives. Some of this focus links in with our Anti-Social Behaviour priority helping to disrupt and deter groups gathering and identify and safeguard vulnerable individuals. If you have information that someone carries a knife in public, then please inform police or use Crimestoppers-uk.org 0800555111.
Issue
Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
Action
The team have been busy identifying teenagers thinking it is a good idea to climb on shop roofs. A few have been arrested and are now on a curfew to remain indoors during the evenings. Business owners are helping to secure access points wherever possible and we are visiting schools and parents to help advise young people of the dangers. Patrols have increased in the ASB hotspot areas that include the Orchard Centre, Broadway Didcot and Wallingford Town centre and parks. Recently some of the suspects causing this ASB have thought it is a good idea to lie about their name and address. If they do this we can then arrest them using the Police Reform Act legislation and this is usually enough of a shock for them to provide the real details. With Halloween and Bonfire night upon us, you will see the team on foot patrol ensuring it is a safe event for everyone. We will also be visiting retailers with other partner agencies to enforce responsible selling of fireworks.
Issue
Retail crime
Action
We are aware that there are shops and businesses under report for shoplifting. Therefore, it remains a key focus for the team is to increase our visibility especially in identified hotspots and engage with the community to identify persistent offenders and prosecute them. Recently we caught one of these persistent offenders red handed in Asda after monitoring his behaviour pattern. He was charged with multiple offences and remanded to court for conviction. We will be working with retailers over the next few months to introduce the DISC app, which allows retailers to share images of offenders between stores and to directly report incidents to the police. This month we will running Safer Businesses Action (SABA) week to prevent and detect retail criminality through proactive patrols.