The Impact of Traffic Related Crime and Nuisance Within Communities’ Proactive Scrutiny - Evidence Contents
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Appendix Two Hampshire Police and Crime Panel ‘The impact of traffic related crime and nuisance within communities’ Proactive Scrutiny - Evidence Contents: Date recvd Page No. Organisation Section 1- Pubic responses Comments from Members of the Public - 3 Section 2 - Comments from local councillors Councillor Patrick Bergin, Gosport Borough Council 22/08/2017 106 Councillor Piers Bateman, Gosport Borough Council 28/08/2017 109 Councillor Fran Carpenter 24/08/2017 111 Councillor Mark Kemp-Gee 23/08/2017 112 Councillor Venetia Rowland 11/08/2017 114 Section 3 - Community Safety Partnerships East Hampshire District Council (Community Safety 22/08/2017 117 Team response) Fareham Community Safety Partnership 29/08/2017 119 Havant Council (Community Safety Partnership) 15/08/2017 121 IOW Community Safety Partnership 25/08/2017 123 Winchester City Council/Community Safety Partnership 23/08/2017 125 Section 4 - Community Speedwatch Teams Baughurst Community SpeedWatch 16/08/2017 129 Chineham Speedwatch 11/08/2017 133 Community SpeedWatch Boldre 17/08/2017 135 Curdridge SpeedWatch 18/08/2017 137 Fair Oak and Horton Heath SpeedWatch Team 22/08/2017 139 Four Marks and Medstead SpeedWatch 22/08/2017 140 Hordle Community SpeedWatch 24/08/2017 142 Hordle/Everton Community SpeedWatch 14/08/2017 144 Minstead Community SpeedWatch 11/08/2017 & 146 24/08/2017 New Milton Community SpeedWatch Team 29/08/2017 149 Old Portsmouth Community SpeedWatch team 30/08/2017 152 Pilley Village SpeedWatch 14/08/2017 161 Selborne SpeedWatch 10/08/2017 162 Soberton Community SpeedWatch 29/08/2017 164 South of Buster SpeedWatch 31/07/2017 167 Sway Community SpeedWatch 21/08/2017 168 1 Appendix Two Section 5 - Town and Parish Councils Boldre Parish Council 14/08/2017 172 Corhampton & Meonstoke Parish Council and Droxford 29/08/2017 174 Parish Council together with Exton Parish Meeting Hursley Village Community Association 24/08/2017 179 Hyde Parish Council 29/08/2017 184 Kings Somborne Parish Council 16/08/2017 186 Minstead Parish Council 26/08/2017 188 Owslebury Parish Council and the Owslebury & 29/08/2017 190 Morestead Neighbourhood Watch Ringwood Town Council 25/08/2017 194 Sparsholt Parish Council 11/08/2017 196 Sway Parish Council 23/08/2017 198 Worldham Parish Council 30/08/2017 201 Section 6 - Other Statutory, Voluntary and Community Partners Age UK IOW 23/08/2017 203 Badger Trust Isle of Wight 27/08/2017 209 Hampshire Constabulary 29/08/2017 210 Hampshire County Council 22/08/2017 213 Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service 22/08/2017 215 Highways England 23/08/2017 217 Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and 30/08/2017 220 IOW Road Peace 31/08/2017 225 Solent Advanced Motorcyclists 23/08/2017 232 South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation 30/08/2017 234 Trust Southampton City Council 28/08/2017 236 Verderers of the New Forest 24/08/2017 238 2 Appendix Two Comments from Members of the Public 1) How effective do you feel the current policing provision is in response to community concerns related to traffic crime and nuisance, within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight? Can you identify any areas where the PCC could work with the Chief Constable to improve the current approach? I am aware that the police have increased their policing of traffic on the New Forest to include dawn and dusk which are the key danger times for RTCs concerning Commoners’ stock. Nevertheless, the more you can do the better. People are speeding across the Forest all of the time. There should also be greater publicity for the prosecution of offenders who do collide with the animals and more investigation of the circumstances of a collision, rather than just accepting people’s word that the ‘animal just ran out into the road from nowhere’. It’s not just speed that kills the animals, it’s the failure to keep a proper lookout. 2) How well do you feel the PCC and his office have worked with partners to tackle traffic nuisance, and seek innovative solutions to prevent and reduce the impact this has within communities? Can you identify any opportunities for further partnership working in the future? I appreciate the fact that the police work in conjunction with the Verderers and other agencies to reduce traffic collisions on the New Forest. Once again there should be more publicity about these efforts – The Lymington Times does not have much reach beyond the South of the Forest and it is the commuters on the edges of the Forest that we particularly need to reach. I was pleased to hear that there is going to be some engagement with businesses in those areas to make them more aware of the risk to stock. 3) How well has the PCC communicated with you and other local residents to better understand your concerns around traffic crime and encourage active involvement in improving road safety within your local community? Can you suggest how the PCC could improve his interaction with local communities in the future? I’m pleased to hear that the police are communicating with the New Forest Roads Campaign (Facebook page) as well as the usual authorities. Social media is the way to go even if it is resisted by the more traditional organisations that are involved with the Forest. In previous years list of people caught speeding used to be reported in the local newspaper. Perhaps that could be done through social media too. 4) How effective do you feel the Community SpeedWatch Scheme is in deterring motorists from exceeding speed limits? How could the success of this approach be evaluated and what role could the PCC play in enhancing community based road safety schemes? 3 Appendix Two I don’t know the answer to this. 5) What actions do you think should be a priority to support a reduction in traffic related crime and nuisance to deliver enhanced road safety across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight? More publicity which is aimed at changing peoples’ understanding and attitudes particularly through social media. Higher levels of investigation and prosecution where appropriate. 6) Are there any examples of successful approaches to reducing and tackling traffic related crime and nuisance which you are aware of, either within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight or in other areas? It is difficult to know what impact formal measures through the Road Traffic Reduction Group are having c/f The New Forest Roads Campaign. 1) How effective do you feel the current policing provision is in response to community concerns related to traffic crime and nuisance, within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight? Can you identify any areas where the PCC could work with the Chief Constable to improve the current approach? Not very effective within the New Forest. Help reduce the number of stock deaths in the New Forest, and the speeding on 'rat runs' 2) How well do you feel the PCC and his office have worked with partners to tackle traffic nuisance, and seek innovative solutions to prevent and reduce the impact this has within communities? Can you identify any opportunities for further partnership working in the future? Work with the verderers and with the Haulage companies using the Downton tip to reduce spedding heavy lorries within the Forest boundary 3) How well has the PCC communicated with you and other local residents to better understand your concerns around traffic crime and encourage active involvement in improving road safety within your local community? Can you suggest how the PCC could improve his interaction with local communities in the future? Not seen any traffic related messages from the PCC 4 Appendix Two 4) How effective do you feel the Community SpeedWatch Scheme is in deterring motorists from exceeding speed limits? How could the success of this approach be evaluated and what role could the PCC play in enhancing community based road safety schemes? Not sure oour Parish council know about this. It is heartbreaking to observe so many grass pavement edges in our wonderful town ruined by vehicles parking on the pavement and never see a fixed penalty notice attached to their windscreens Worse is the same happening on narrow pavements necessitating pushing prams, pushchairs and wheelchairs out into the traffic because the pavement is blocked. Why are vehicles allowed precedence over walking pedestrians? Dorset and other Police are enforcing a 1.5m distance when passing a cyclist but what about pushing a baby in what should be their safe haven of a pavement. I have also observed police cars parked on pavements . Talking of police cars, why is it acceptable for Police Officers to operate their handheld (yes ok attached to their tunic) radio when driving when motorists are rightly prosecuted for doing the same with a mobile telephone? Final gripes, again over parking relates to never, ever seeing an enforcement notice to motorists parking on the wrong side after dark, or within the defined confines of a junction, and trailers and caravans parked unattached without lights after dark, all of which are traffic offences. Nitpicking?, maybe but lack of enforcement penalises the few motorists who obey the law and once these laws are not enforced it leads to more important laws being disregarded. Speeding, tailgating and ratrunning - too exasperrated to even start - unless you request my views!!!!!!!! Am I a grumpy old man, yes, but one whose occupation before retirement involved driving 65,000 miles per year, cars, hgv, and trailers so I probably have much more experience than many police officers and transport planners after driving for over 50 years. As a resident of Lymington for the past six years I would like to highlight two issues: 1) The speed at which other vehicles drive through the New Forest within the cattle grids (therefore, endangering wildlife).