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/tvp_wokingham
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
Telephone: 101
E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tvpbracknellandwokingham
Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in the Arborfield, Spencers Wood and Shinfield areas which has had a significant community impact.
Action
From 5pm on 28 March, a Section 34 Dispersal Order - giving the police powers to disperse anyone they believe to be involved in ASB and preventing them from returning within 48 hours - was placed on areas within the following roads: Hyde End Road, B3349, Hyde End Lane, Grovelands Road, Clares Green Road, Ryeish Lane, Church Lane, Deardon Way, Allen Way, Bolton Drive and Beke Avenue, Langley Mead and Spencers Wood Pavilion.
You will have seen an influx of policing units and officers patrolling around those areas due to disturbances and ASB from the previous couple of days which escalated. .
From 3pm on 19 March, a Section 34 Dispersal Order - giving the police powers to disperse anyone they believe to be involved in ASB and preventing them from returning within 48 hours - was placed on areas within the following roads: Hyde End Road, B3349, Hyde End Lane, Grovelands Road, Clares Green Road, Ryeish Lane, Church Lane, Deardon Way, Allen Way, Bolton Drive and Beke Avenue.
During this time you will have seen an influx of policing units and officers patrolling around those areas due to disturbances and ASB which occurred during the previous days.
During the week, officers performed various walk arounds at reported ASB hotspots alongside the ASB Team from Wokingham Borough Council. Concerns were shared and heard, with plans set in motion to make improvements where needed to better disrupt and deter ASB in the area.
The Neighbourhood Team also held a Have Your Say meeting at the Stables Cafe, Arborfield. Members of the local community were invited to come and meet their Neighbourhood Team officers and discuss any issues or concerns they have around ASB in their community.
The Neighbourhood Team are working with our partners and the local community to intervene as early as possible when ASB occurs. Our Long-term Problem Solving plan for ASB includes working with our partner agencies, such as the ASB Team at Wokingham Borough Council, to patrol these areas, identify those responsible and manage persistent offenders and locations. We will continue to carry out intervention work at local schools and youth groups to help prevent issues from occurring in the first place.
We will continue our work with the local authority to look at ways of improving the area and provide activities for youths to engage in.
Issue
Tackling issues caused by car meets at Mereoak Park & Ride
Action
The neighbourhood team continue to work with our partners to target harden any potential locations for meets. We are also actively responding when receiving notice of planned car meets and engaging with members of the public when they do occur.
The neighbourhood team have worked with the local authority and other partner agencies to tackle regular car meets. Whilst the majority of people who meet stay within the realms of the law, we continue to deal with any offences identified and associated anti-social behaviour (ASB). Several S59 warnings have been issued for anti-social use of the motor vehicles and fixed penalty notices for any offences identified. We will continue to work with our partners to target harden any potential locations for meets.
Issue
Anti-social use of motorbikes, e-scooters, dirt bikes and quadbikes throughout the area.
Action
It is not currently possible to get insurance for privately owned e-scooters. This means it’s illegal to use them on the road or in public spaces, such as parks, street pavements, and shopping centres.
If you use a privately-owned e-scooter in public, you risk the vehicle being seized under S.165 Road Traffic Act 1988 for having no insurance.
If you cause serious harm to another person whilst riding an e-scooter, the incident will be investigated in the same way it would if you were riding a motorcycle or driving a car.
Please be advised that If you breech the rules when using an e-scooter you could face a fixed penalty notice.The fixed penalty notice could include:
a £300 fine and six penalty points on your licence for having no insurance
a £100 fine and three to six penalty points for riding without the correct licence
You could also be committing an offence if you are caught:
- riding on a pavement: fixed penalty notice and possible £50 fine
- using a mobile phone or other handheld mobile device while riding: £200 and six penalty points
- riding through red lights: fixed penalty notice, £100 fine and possible penalty points
- drink driving: the same as if you were driving a car, you could face court imposed fines, a driving ban and possible imprisonment
The Neighbourhood Team ran an operation on 31st May – where we had 3 stop searches under the Misuse of Drugs Act, issued 2 e-scooter warning letters and made 2 arrests – one for a DV assault and TWOC of a moped and one for failing to provide a sample of saliva for analyst via a drugs swipe. 1 scooter was seized under S165 Road Traffic Act for no insurance and 2 x S59 warnings were given for anti-social use of mopeds. These vehicles can be seized if seen acting in an anti-social way in the future.
We will be planning more ops over the summer and continue to target and ID those involved.