Stakeholder Update Fortnightly Update to Stakeholders, Provided by the Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Team

Stakeholder update Fortnightly update to stakeholders, provided by the Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Team

Inspector’s update

My colleague and counterpart at Newark, Inspector Heather Sutton, has

included brief crime statistics in her Stakeholder Update, and I will take her lead in this as I think they may be of interest to you in your capacity as stakeholders in the community.

While statistics can sometime be misleading there is no escaping the

moderate rise in crime numbers that Bassetlaw is currently experiencing where the area has seen a 10% rise on the previous year, however, there is Inspector Neil good news with a 9% reduction in residential burglary and an 11% reduction

Bellamy in Anti-Social Behaviour.

Clearly you will appreciate that some of the information I include in this update may be of a broadly confidential or sensitive nature, and I would encourage you to respect this when you may be considering sharing

anything contained herein.

I introduced you to the Sergeants on the Team in the last update, and will introduce you to the Police Officers, Police Staff and Volunteers in subsequent ones.

Some good news from last week is that a 27-year-old man has been

remanded in custody after appearing at Nottingham Magistrates' Court charged with an aggravated burglary in Worksop. Andrew Houghton, of Howard Road, Rotherham, will next appear at Nottingham Crown Court on

20 March. Houghton was arrested in South Yorkshire in connection with the

incident in Bristol Mews, Worksop, at 1.30am on 23 January 2019 where a 31 -year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were hit on the head after three Keep up-to-date with people forced their way into their home and tried to take the keys to a car. your local policing However, they left empty-handed and four people were seen running off. team: Enquiries are continuing to trace further people in connection with the incident and anyone with information is urged to call Nottinghamshire Police EastBassetlawPolice WestBassetlawPolice on 101, quoting incident number 28 of 23 January 2019, or Crimestoppers

@RetfordCops anonymously. @WorksopCops

Team updates: West Bassetlaw

The North Team have recently reviewed those Wanted on Warrant in Worksop and PC Harry Shaw has improved practices to reduce the number of those outstanding; the result being ten offenders have been arrested by the Bassetlaw Team and placed before the Court; and a

female recently arrested by PC Fenton for a Burglary in the Kilton area was remanded and placed before the Court where she remains on remand awaiting sentencing.

Sergeant The Team continue to focus on Sandy Lane and the surrounding area

Simon concerning reports of drug dealing & misuse as well as Anti-Social Whitehouse Behaviour. We continue to encourage residents to pass information to the Police to assist in combatting this using 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers.

PCSO John Dale has been visiting victims of fraud in addition to his Image to Follow normal duties and now makes several visits a week to people who

have fallen victim to on-line and telephone fraud where he discusses the incident with the victim, offering advice and guidance, and conducting a safeguarding assessment making referrals to our partner

Sergeant agencies where necessary. Kate Long On the South Team the Town Centre Beat Manager PC Daniel Tynen organised two, “Days of Action” on the beat with additional resources patrolling the area to combat Anti-Social Behaviour, drug use and retail theft. We have received positive feedback from the public and businesses alike, and this is something that will continue on a regular basis in the future.

Homelessness has been highlighted as a public concern although Worksop is no different to many towns across the nation and Town Centre Beat Manager PC Glenn Turner has worked closely with partner agencies on Operation Steppingstones, and together they have this week successfully rehomed two, “street drinkers” who have been sleeping outside in the Town Centre.

The Manton Beat Team continues patrols on the force quad bike covering rural areas tackling rural offending and has attended community meetings at Clumber Park to update tenants and employees about any recent deployments. Anti-Social Behaviour patrols also continue in the Manton area in response to calls from the community.

Team updates: East Bassetlaw

The Retford Team were the first on scene at the recent stabbing in the town and, due to local knowledge, were instrumental in the identification and arrest of the offender. The Team also arrested Shane HULLS and Nigel WOOD for several theft offences in Worksop being charged and remanded to Court. Both currently have Criminal Behaviour Orders and the Team are now seeking to add further conditions to actively manage these offenders.

Sergeant In the last week there have been two swans killed in Retford and Samantha other birds shot. We are seeking information on Social Media from Pearson members of the public regarding those responsible and proactive patrols are in place in an effort to identify the offenders and welcome

any help you can give. The Harworth Team have reported a local resident for summons for firearms offences after a Warrant was executed at their address due to the suspicion of a connection with poaching; two air weapons were seized and after analysis by the forensic unit have been determined to be overpowered making them Section 1 Firearms which require Certificates to possess lawfully. The offender will subsequently appear in Court.

The Harworth Team have been actively patrolling the various building sites where housing development is taking place in response to an increase of incidents of theft or suspicious activity has been reported.

Operation Bifocal (exclusively rural focussed) was conducted by the team during the evening of Saturday 9th February leading to two vehicles being seized, two Section 59 notices issued and several vehicles checked by officers who responded to reports of poaching incident’s.

On the 16th & 17th February officers from Harworth & Retford conducted rural patrols using the quad bike paying a quick visit to the regional Ploughing Match on Tinker Lane, Barnby Moor before responding to a rural incident at Lound and dealing with a fire in Bryndale Woods, Harworth with the fire service.

The Team visited several areas, including Harworth, Blyth, Bevercotes, Bothamsall, and Crookford before they responded to an incident at Worksop to support their West Bassetlaw colleagues. This will continue to be a regular event in our area to support our rural community.