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/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TVPSouthandVale
Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
Action
The team have received information and have responded with patrols in relation to anti-social behaviour in a number of areas within the Faringdon Neighbourhoods Patrol Patch, including, in particular, parks and recreational grounds in Faringdon, Shrivenham, Watchfield, East Hanney, Southmoor, Kingston Bagpuize and Stanford in the vale. We have worked with Schools and other partners to ensure that those involved have received appropriate restorative sanctions. With Halloween and Bonfire night soon approaching you will find the teams out on high visibility foot patrols ensuring the safety of those partaking in the celebrations. The PCSO’s will also be holding talks with local schools leading up to the events to provide education on how to keep yourself safe and how to be respectful whilst out trick or treating.
Issue
Retail crime
Action
The team have been focusing on visiting retails premises within our area that suffer greatly from frequent shoplifters. An increase in uniformed officers at these stores has resulted in disrupting those that had been seen to continually hit the same stores. PCSO James PELLING has recently held a Have your Say event at TESCO, in Faringdon. He listened to staff’s concerns ref the shoplifting at the store and engaged with the community about this topic as well as other concerns that were voiced. The team have also helped the dedicated Shoplifting Team of the South and Vale to identify a number of shoplifters in the town and surrounding villages. PCSO Maralyn Pack has been working closely with the Council to increase the knowledge of the Safer Places scheme. This work has seen a number of stores in the outer villages of Faringdon signing up to the scheme, overall making our community safer for all.
Issue
Engagement with young people.
Action
We have also been working closely with the Vale of White Horse’s youth intervention service to help target and drive their interaction and intervention programmes. Their work has focused on capturing the voice of the child to see what they believe is needed in our towns and villages to deter them from engaging in anti-social activities. The children have so far come up with some great ideas that the team will look to try and develop. Please look out for the teams and tell them what you think is needed to open up positive opportunities of the youth of the town. The Neighbourhood team continue to work with the schools in the area and provide support to staff and the students that attend where needed, making it a safer environment for all. The team have been working closely with the Council and the MOD to help the children of the Afghan relocation programme feel included within the community.