Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Team set the next quarterly policing priorities

Members of the Long Eaton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have set a list of priorities for the start of 2024 to be worked on along side their core daily workload, monitoring current and emerging trends and listening to views gained through community engagement. 

Proposals include those relating to youth related anti-social behaviour and crime targeting businesses and residents within Long Eaton and surrounding areas, road safety – including targeting drivers using their vehicles in an Anti-social manner, and carrying out enforcement action against owners of dogs which are concluded to be dangerously out of control in a public place.

Specifically,

• Youth related Anti-Social behaviour and crime targeting businesses and residents within Long Eaton and surrounding areas
  • continue to review incident reports and visits to local businesses to identify hot spot locations.
  • carry out a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes patrols in hot spot areas to identify suspects and deter criminal activitIes
  • co-ordinate a multi-agency approach to deal with individuals identified, which will include education, warnings or prosecution.
     
• Road Safety, including targeting drivers using their vehicles in an Anti-social manner.
  • continue work with Community Speed Watch volunteers and the community to identify hot spot areas.
  • continue proactive patrols to reduce the risk of casualties by drivers who commit offences known as the 'fatal Five' –
    • careless driving,
    • drink and drug driving,
    • no seatbelt,
    • using mobile phones,
    • speeding.
  • issue Section 59 warnings and seize vehicles of repeat offenders under S165 of the Road Traffic Act when drivers have been – identified for driving in an anti-social manner.
     
• Enforcement against owners of dogs which are dangerously out of control in a public place.
  • continue to review incident reports and conduct regular patrols around local parks to identify hotspot areas.
  • work with partner agencies when individuals have been identified.
  • issue Voluntary Control Order (VCO) and consider prosecution of Individuals who have been identified as repeat offenders or for incidents involving serious injury.