North and West - Engagement Plan 2014.

Activity Torridge West Devon

What is your demographic? Predominantly white Large rural areas Mixed age group. Mainly Moorland Rural area, British. Population (including ) – working age. comprising of two large centre of Barnstaple land owners, middle Predominantly white Towns and Town Centre but large aged and older. European with a changing , Tavistock rural population. Mixed Conurbations: Polish Community being the busier. ages but predominantly – high employed at the Appledore Segregated by main elderly in rural areas & proportion of retired shipyard & Turkish arterial route into younger people are more persons. – community running the , A30. central. mixed ages, high levels fast food outlets in Predominantly farming of depravation and . proportion of people community and Holiday Accomodation/ with complex needs. 40% private rented low Atrractions. cost accommodation. Busy ENTE frequented – broad by soilders from mix. neighbouring Camp.

A large percentage of middle aged and older residents in Tavistock.

Middle aged and older residents populate Okehampton & surrounding villages/hamlets.

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1.0 Face to Face

1.1 Have Your Say Meetings Local Officers & PCSO’s All PCSOs and NBMs Meetings are arranged by Regularly executed by adapt to specific tailor these events for PCSO’s and NBT are officers from problems or intelligence their communities. E.g. predominantly event neighbourhood and on their areas & based. LPP staff provide community response CL weekly surgery – advertise forthcoming locations and times for when required. Lynton Library every Have Your Say meeting s MOP to attend. Staff also to accommodate via the Tues between 15:00hrs conduct dynamic HYS Okehampton PCSO’S & website, twitter & and 16:00 hrs. meetings when engaged in NBM organise HYS events throughout the newsletters. H2H or as part of CIA’s. CL alternative year & target areas Wednesday – Black which are raised by Venus Challacombe / residents. E.g. Stag Hunters Brendon between 14:00 hrs and Turpins Plot - ASB issues 15:00 hrs North Street - CS Town Pannier Noise/ASB issues Market, twice monthly Market – presence. general queries & CS Rural Every third engaging with the Tuesday West Buckland elderly community. School, last attended 6 weeks ago (half term last time)

Rest-A-While Centre to Monthly attendance to engage with the elderly Oke Matters Meeting community, South

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Molton held at Okehampton Police station attended Monthly attendance by PCSO’s & NBM when East and possible. Coffee Morning – in lieu of PCM OP PEGASUS – Visits to local airfields & Op Pegasus – visits to helicopter landing pads. airfields and helicopter Last done 2 weeks ago landing pads, last done Park. this week. Recent Have Your Say in Recent Have your Say Broadlands Estate ASB/ door knocking exercise noise issues. in Stallards area of Braunton to sign up for PCSO’s attend regular Community Messaging. coffee morning at various locations in Ilfracombe – Monthly rural villages visit to Hele Community Groups including PCSO’s attend West learning difficulties. Devon Connect events – next one Sat 11th July Ilfracombe – J9 roll out. Red Lion Yard. Community volunteer training for de-fib in Annual Summer Drink town centre. Drive event held on 5th July which SC & PCSO Ladies’ Probus. One attended. Ilfracombe AGM. Parish council meetings

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Parish council meetings attended by PCSO’s for well serviced with either patch of responsibility a report or attendance PCSO Moore-Dunstan arranged each month. Sticklepath attended in June. One Ilfracombe are in the process of developing a Town Wide engagement strategy (Town Council leading) which will facilitate all partnership engagement including Police ‘Have Your Say’ activity.

1.2 Front Office Open 0900-1800 Tue to No front office facilities No Front office facilities in Due to close in October Fri. (closed between in North Devon, Torridge. for Okehampton. 1400-1500hrs), Sat- however, The Currently engaged with No front office for 0900-1400. Members of Ilfracombe Centre in the public have access to High Street provides a talks with Tavistock, closed when staff, information and multi agency counter Council over feasibility of new station came into multi agency type hub at action. advice. service as part of Ilfracombe Town Team. (very early (see later) stages of discussion)

2.0 Website

2.1 D&C Website The local Police Team All local officers have All local officers have their This was updated last keep their details up to their contact details and contact details and photo September and again

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date with local photo on display and a on display. June 2014 with local information including list of community officers from joint forthcoming events priorities and have your Okehampton. with other agencies, say opportunities. The PCSO’s from good work and problems solving that has been Tavistock update their completed in relevant sector’s conjunction with website between every month and up to every Highways, Environmental Health, Safer North 6 months. Devon, Parish Councils & Social Servcies.

3.0 Social Media

3.1 Twitter PCSO Denton has a local No twitter account Teams are permitted to use Not used in account with currently within Sector. Single social media in a Okehampton. 553 followers twitter account for LPA professional capacity if SMT. Sporadic they wish and follow force Not currently used in @PCSODenton Tavistock. messages sent policy. with guidance from regarding Sector PC 6592 Hitt set up a Not extensively used as Corporate Comms, for activity. Tavistock Twitter yet. work purposes only. account before he was General public & all transferred back to followers are fed advice, in Feb/March. local LPP contact details, as well as news.

3.2 Facebook Braunton Police has a Face book across Torridge Not used in

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facebook account (320 has 3 accounts, Bideford, Okehampton. likes!) Holsworthy & Torrington which have over 6000 Not currently used in followers/likes Tavistock.

4.0 Media- Publications As well as local Sector Inspector meets North Devon Journal PCSO have regular publications such as with Gazette and contact with Local All contact with the media “The Insight” magazine Journal reporters on Gazette & Advertiser Papers in Okehampton should be recorded on the fortnightly basis. Good Web Chat via NDJ, planning and the local magazines Media Contact Register: Regular contact is made local coverage. monthly slots following published for rural with patches. Quarterly Media Contact Register Officers make direct successful xmas session. The North Devon Journal updates & security contact with both as Change of staff at NDJ has Gazette & Advertiser advice. and when the need slowed this but now back requires. on track. Sgt Anning has regularly contact with the Excellent monthly police Tavistock Times Gazette blog included in South and other local papers. Molton

5.0 Media- TV & Radio The Voice FM Ilfracombe Town Team BBC Spotlight Officers are advised to recently filmed for BBC liaise with press officer. All contact with the media Heart FM One documentary ITV West Country should be recorded on the Street Patrols UK for Media Contact Register: BBC Spotlight BBC Radio Devon airing in September.

Media Contact Register BBC Radio Devon

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ITV West Country

6.0 Crime Prevention Events/ Seasonal events take Excellent links and joint Seasonal events take place Event calendar busy Awareness Days place (eg, property work with D&SF&R (eg, property Marking,, throughout year such as Marking,, Metal thefts, service – recent joint Metal thefts, Winter fuel Moorwatch, Winter fuel thefts, door to door campaign thefts, Tourism, TFMV, NBM Cath Veale at Tourism, TFMV, Burglary lined to rogue traders Burglary etc). Tavistock is proactive in etc). with fire safety adding value to visits. Joint ACPO campaigns (Drink engaging with the Bespoke events are drive summer/xmas, KSI community at a wide community fun days arranged as required by now being arranged as a initiatives etc) range of events, both Neighbourhood staff, result of success of the that we have been influenced by PCSO’s lead on community invited to and also us above. intelligence or events where “Have Your contacting event Say” is always displayed performance. Ilfracombe Rescue Day organisers. – annual event in Bespoke events are Ongoing Business Watch PCSO’s and NBM August. joint prevention visit arranged as required by regularly attending with PCSO’s, DFRS, Very successful rural Neighbourhood staff, fetes and fayres, multi influenced by intelligence Trading Standards & communities events run agency meetings, or performance .i.e. PNS Crime Prevention Officer in Lynton, Bishops knowledge and learning offering advice & Nympton, and stand. workshops and local awareness of any Knowstone in autumn Road safety & alcohol charity run events such ongoing issues. and Spring looking at awareness talks to school as the Memory Cafe at issues of rural crime and children; Community Speed Tass (Tavistock Area Community Speed other community Support Services) watch, developing Speed watch and developing priorities. watch with Police School Speed watch with Seasonal Events are Police volunteers. Running regularly attended/run

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volunteers. Mini-Police Stations in both such as Moorwatch, the Community College plain clothes shop ops PCSO’s conduct visits to Ilfracombe NPT devised and Primary School around Christmas time. rural areas that request Drink Drive ‘pub quiz’ property marking delivered in local pubs ‘Fun Day’ held at NBM Veale is engaging alongside COP Donna in lead up to Christmas. Holsworthy primary School, with vulnerable adults Woolway. which was organised by and fire service to have

PCSO’s inputs and workshops. PCSO’s “man a stand” public engagement at various events such as The Green Man Festival, OceanFest, Diversity Festival, Food festival, North Devon Homes Summer Fair & The Pannier Market.

7.0 Educational Establishments (young people)

7.1 Primary Schools PCSO’s that have a YIO Mark Robarts (Andy YIO Mark Robarts (Andy YIO Jules Fry and PCSO’s Primary School on their Ladley from July14) & Ladley from July14) & regularly provide inputs area make regular PCSO’s provide inputs PCSO’s provide inputs on to primary schools in contact & engage with on appropriate and appropriate and relevant and around surrounding any travel plan matters. relevant issues. issues. (General Safety, Tavistock area on (General Safety, Bullying Bullying etc) relevant safety issues YIO Mark Robarts (Andy etc) such as general road Ladley from July14) & Junior Life skills takes place safety for 5/6 year olds PCSO’s provide inputs on PCSO run TAG Rugby each year for all Year 6 and targeted general

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appropriate and relevant every Friday at students (multi-agency). safety inputs for older issues. (General Safety, primary years. Neighbourhood presence Bullying etc) school 15:30 and 16:00, last done two weeks and engagement at special Regular neighbourhood Junior Life skills takes events (sports day, Parents engagement at school ago. Also at Marwood place each year for all evening, school fete etc) Primary school. fetes and fayres. Year 6 students (multi- and for awareness day PCSO’s in Okehampton agency). Braunton NPT run an inputs where resources have regular contact annual football and allow. Neighbourhood netball tournament for with schools & provide presence and ‘Cop Cards’ Scheme for inputs throughout the more than 22 primary engagement at special Holsworthy by securing year with various school children. events (sports day, over £1400 of funding and themes. Parents evening, school Primary school producing a colourful and fete etc) and for community speed informative folder and PC Jules Fry & PCSO Moore-Dunstan attends awareness day inputs watch in Braunton. stickers that children could annual Juniour Life where resources allow. collect from local Officers Numerous PCSO visits and PCSO’s by approaching Skills in September to local primary schools along with PCSO Smith them and asking questions. as well as fetes. & other PCSO’s when Hundreds of children from available. 10 primary schools were issued folders.

‘Fun Day’ held at Holsworthy primary School, which was organised by PCSO’s

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7.2 Secondary Schools YIO Mark Robarts (Andy LPA wide support from YIO Mark Robarts (Andy PCSO’s, especially Ladley from July14) & YIO and Youth PCSO. Ladley from July14) & 30076 Williams, PCSO’s provide inputs on PCSO’s provide inputs and regularly have appropriate and relevant Junior Life Skills event. lessons on appropriate and preventative general issues. (General Safety, Ilfracombe Academy – relevant issues. and safety inputs at Bullying etc) . Excellent ongoing Senior Life skills takes place partnership with SMT. The Park Community each year for all year 9 PCSO’s have regular School Pastors School & The Pilton students (multi-agency). contact with the College Community College have operating. Officers and have mobile phone involved in community Neighbourhood presence regular contact with inputs every quarter as panel in last 2 weeks for and engagement at special their local PCSO. part of the Safer Schools events (Prom etc) and for a new Youth Worker. Partnership. awareness day inputs Braunton Academy – where resources allow. Very positive Excellent day to day relationship & close contact. Regular contact kept with contact with SMT. attendance officer Recent CIA meetings regards any concerns regarding grooming for students. investigation.

South Molton community College and Chulmleigh College – weekly PCSO visits. Very positive

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engagement.

7.3 College/ HE N/A N/A

7.4 University - N/A N/A

7.5 Safer Schools Partnerships PCSO’s are encouraged Excellent ongoing PCSO’s are encouraged to Ongoing informal to establish Safer School engagement but no establish Safer School engagement with Partnerships (in liaison formal Safer School Partnerships (in liaison Tavistock College by with YIO for guidance) in Partnership sign up. with YIO for guidance) in 30076 Williams. their areas to set their areas to set priorities, priorities, particularly particularly around Ongoing engagement with Okehampton around safeguarding safeguarding staff and staff and pupils. pupils. College by all PCSO’s.

PCSO Rick Napier works In place in Bideford, with the Youth Torrington & Holsworthy. Intervention Team as part SSP.

7.6 Secure Accommodation NA

8.0 Young People 10-24 yrs Events run where Community Action Through resources and funding Sport Scheme. permits. LPP in contact with local councillors and will respond to trends or spikes in Crime/ ASB.

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8.1 Youth Clubs/ Sport PCSO’s attend the clubs Regular contact from Regular contact from Regular contact and on their area when they neighbourhood team neighbourhood team engagement by NBM can or are requested. and PCSO’s at Kings Such as Clubs with to Youth Club and Kings help them gain their Friday Night Project in Police or Community Tavistock. badge. Contact from Neighbourhood Team with Room 13 in Okehampton & New Life Church.

8.2 Community Centres Local teams attend Youth Centre links in Regular contact from Kings Youth club, Kings centres throughout the Braunton, Slade neighbourhood team Friday Night Project and area such as The Sunrise Ilfracombe and the Real particularly Pollyfield in Tass centre engagement Group, Gorwell McCafe. Bideford where we have a and liaised with along Community hut, Orchard Police office for NBT and with irregular contact Vale School coffee shop, youth centre in town from other local Whiddon valley & centre. charities. Forches Community Centre, Roundswell Community Hall (who have a Residents Association).

8.3 Police Cadets No Police Cadets. The With One Ilfracombe, in Run from Barnstaple Nothing at Tavistock. 999 academy is run process of developing

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through the Cadet type programme Nothing at as a certificated over 12 weeks for 14/15 course. year olds with SWAST/Fire and Coastguard to improve employability. Launch planned for Autumn 2014.

9.0 BME Groups Growing Polish and No significant BME Transient Polish workers at No significant BME Lithuanian community groups. shipyard. groups in Tavistock. that LPP. Pockets of international students Turkish community and workers of various through fast Food outlets cultural backgrounds within the food outlets that have been in the area for a number of years. PCSO’s for the town centre regularly attend The Prayer Room which caters for the Muslim community as well as the Sun Rise group who are open for any ethnic group that wishes to attend.

9.1 Travellers The ground at Severn No sites of note. No sites of note in

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Brethren is a tolerance Tavistock. site that is irregularly used by travellers. Local Nothing currently in officers always liaise Okehampton directly with them & the Diversity Officer.

10.0 Language Schools Ilfracombe NPT involvement in a PAL scheme with Country Cousins where local young people mentor language students in the town to support them and prevent victimisation has led to a British Council National Award this year.

11.0 Religious Groups As well as Christian Strong Street Pastor Bideford has an active Strong street pastor Churches throughout the team in Ilfracombe. church network that group and activity on area there are small NPT invited by undertakes lots of Friday and Saturday community groups such Ilfracombe Churches charitable work. Contact is nights in Tavistock, the Sunrise Group that Together to service of open as and when contact is open as and caters for other religions thanks for the police on relevant. when relevant but often which have contact as 1 June 2014. engaged with at local Street pastors assist in and when required. multi agency meetings. Police referrals made to ENTE Ilfracombe Church run Okehampton has an

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befriending scheme to active church network address social isolation. that undertakes lots of charitable work. Work progressing for Contact is open and church based drug and made by PCSO’s when alcohol recovery buddy on foot patrol as and scheme in Ilfracombe when relevant. under banner of ROC supported by PCC. Launch planned for autumn 2014.

Crosscombe Christian rehabilitation Centre (Freedom Trust) Lynton – approx. 12 recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in early stages of rehab.

Excellent links with Lee Abbey – Christian Community Lynton who hosted a Sector Team Building day in March. (40 attended).

12.0 Hard to reach groups LPP have identified the Rural Communities None formally identified as NBM Veale and PCSO following a regular contact but Canvin engage regularly Elderly / disabled channels are open should a with older and

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Farmers- Regular contact residents. group fall into this group. vulnerable groups is being made by the LPP would take the lead through Tass, social Little Oak – South local PCSO’s attending with the Diversity Officer. services and being the farms & conducting Molton – Accomodation community facing in for younger troubled Work currently beginning property marking. Tavistock. youths regular visits for with migrant workers as PETROC College has engagement. part of Force Engagement and inputs regular contact with requirement/awareness. from the two Chelfham their police team Similar relationship with schools for complex engaging with young premises in Lynton. learning difficulties people from a variety of Military wives Chivenor setup by Sgt Anning and backgrounds. – Monthly mums and NBM Veale. Once again The Sun Rise toddlers group. PCSO Canvin and PCSO group are available to all Good liaison with RMB Chapple are very ethnic groups that wish Chivenor and 22 community engaged in to attend & LPP attend. Squadron Air and Sea rural areas in Tavistock east and west sectors. By conducting Have Your Rescue – at all ranks. Say surveys the LPP are Weekly shore patrols PCSO Moore-Dunstan & provided. Regular able to make contact PCSO Deacock cover the with those that may be quarterly meetings rural patches and have at work & would not about ongoing policing regular contact with normally have any need issues. hard to reach elderly to come into Police residents that live contact. alone.

PCSO’s have contact with Puzzle Tree which caters for adult service

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users with physical & mental disabilities.

College holds a Memory Cafe on second Tuesday of the month for Alzheimer & dementia suffers.

12.1 Homeless The Freedom Centre, Working with NDC Neighbourhood team that is charity run, in housing options team to regularly work with Alan Barnstaple offers food, improve standards of Marshall from clothes, counselling, rented accommodation Encompass. gym, financial advice to in Ilfracombe where homeless people that there are a larger than turn up at their door. It is average number of open through the night placements from when the weather probation and MHTs. conditions are very poor.

NTL attends the community “hub” which includes Housing Ass , Mental Health, EDP, Social Services on a monthly basis. Looking at housing provision for the homeless & other rough

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sleepers.

12.2 Vulnerable persons Local PCSO’s & Officers Protocol outlining level The Torridge partnership Regular engagement attend multi agency case of support and has taken the troubled through meetings such conferences involving partnership between families programme and as Targeted Families Police, medical services, police and Hillsdale given it more emphasis, and multi agency mental health services, residential home change of management meetings as well social services and other Ilfracombe – for with TFS has also helped. engaging in Tass events support agencies work recovering alcoholics Good example of how in Tavistock. together to ensure there with complex needs. agencies work together PCSO’s & NBM attend is effective engagement with the police to protect Regular visits to: Hele Targeted Families and support to safeguard the vulnerable. the needs of the Community Resources / meetings in South Molton dementia vulnerable. The Troubled Okehampton. Families programme is a group good example of this.

13.0 Retail/ Commerce Central Town is part of Due to technical issues Shop Watch radio system is Shop Watch is being “shop watch” & majority and cost of repair in operation in Bideford looked into with the are connected by radios. Ilfracombe has lost its and links in with the town PARC (Plymouth Against CCTV throughout the NDC CCTV coverage. CCTV system based at the Retail Crime) initiative town is monitored 24 Options being Police station. LPP maintain possibly being hours a day & the considered for contact with users. considered by local operators are briefed to community run trust council, police and key assist Officers & local through One There is open dialogue individuals; this is in the between the Sector businesses. Ilfracombe. Ilfracombe very early stages. Town Team comprising Inspector and the Chair of LPP arrange covert of more than 40 the Chamber of Commerce Plain clothes shop ops shoplifting operations individuals working for where required. being run seasonally. with the local shop

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owners, security, CCTV & public service providers Overt & Covert shoplifting Shopwatch is running in town centre in the town use radios operations by NBT, Okehampton town in management. on daily basis to address engaging with shop respect of a “ring any town centre issues keepers, staff and store around system” with

of concern. Plans to security. regular contact from extend this to retail and PCSO’s on foot patrol. licensed premises in Radios have been next 6 -12 months. mentioned to allow Recent engagement at Okehampton One Ilfracombe Shopwatch to become Business leaders event. more effective in (100 plus attending) reporting crime when it happens but this is still Pathfields Industrial awaiting the local Estate South Molton – council to approve business watch funding. recognised by SELPE (European policing good practice). Officers made presentations in Valencia and Sophia in 2013.

13.1 Private Security Personnel Street Marshalls that are SIA staff employed at SIA staff employed at SIA staff at local jointly employed by licensed premises and licensed premises are establishments regularly Safer North Devon & for large organised contacted at a local level liaised with by local licensees patrol the events. Also good by neighbourhood during neighbourhood officers area of high volume of liaison with security routine patrols. in Tavistock. people that have

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attended nightclubs & staff at holiday parks. Street Marshalls also patrol that are vulnerable as part of ENTE 0300- though alcohol. 0400hrs.

SIA staff employed at retail and licensed premises are contacted at a local level by neighbourhood during routine patrols.

13.2 Licensing Local relationships with Licensing group in South Licensing association in NBM Veale regularly NTL’s and Molton well Bideford currently takes part in licensing neighbourhood are in established, self restarting. visits and is looking into place for areas with sustainable and support setting up a Pubwatch Stop the Strength relevant. General by attendance from scheme in Tavistock and campaign launched across engagement is NBM / PCSO. surrounding areas. completed by Licensing Ilfracombe licensing Torridge in June14. NBM keen to run Officer Paul Daw. group still a little regular PAD’s (Pubs sporadic due to chair not having time or Against Drugs) capacity. Work ongoing initiatives. to strengthen this Okehampton NBM & through the town team. Sgt take part in licensing checks. Pubwatch is set up & PCSO’s keep in contact to arrange

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meetings. Currently next meeting to be arranged & PCSO’s will be in contact with Licensee’s.

14.0 Community Intelligence (eg Community intel Nothing of significance. There is nothing in place on Nothing of significance promoting Crimestoppers) harvested by patrol & a regular basis. However, in Tavistock but neighbourhood teams. advice and encouragement intelligence is gathered Good liaison with FIO to share community by being approachable and conducting Have intelligence is completed at and talking to regular Your Say surveys as a street level by key links by all result. This goes in hand neighbourhood staff on neighbourhood staff. in hand with promotion routine patrol. All staff are of Crimestoppers. The encouraged to gather and All officers gather intelligence by being public are encouraged to submit intelligence. approachable and contact & engage with local officers or Opportunities at organised talking to regular key Crimestoppers by events are also maximised. links. Crimestoppers is advertising contact encouraged by staff Crimestoppers is always when engaging with details on twitter, face to encouraged by staff when face, local newsletter & public. PCSO’s have engaging with public. good relations with key website. contacts.

15.0 Partnership Contacts Town Centre Excellent and LPP staff are heavily PCSO 30676 is due to Management are in pioneering partnership involved in the Torridge start regular attendance regular contact with LPP in Ilfracombe with the partnership (Troubled to multi agency & Sector Inspector, liaise formation of the Families) which provides a meetings around to discuss forthcoming Ilfracombe Town Team structured multi-agency Targeted Families for

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events, threats & plans. that launched in April response for families that Tavistock and relay Working with local 2014 – a visible multi require intervention. This information to relevant traders & businesses (TC agency team working brings partners and Local sectors. Town Centre everyday to improve police in regular contact. Monthly town council Consortium). the town centre and operating with daily Good LA links through and monthly Tavistock LPP are in regular radio contact. More attendance at council mtgs Matters meetings contact with CCTV who than 40 individuals and formalised catch up regular attended or “BARC” Barnstaple involved. Fire station mtgs. hosted. against retails crime. used and Town Team Good links with TDC Regular links and Safer North Devon, base. Bid made to DCLG licensing through calling contact with the home to officers from for rebuild of Ilfracombe licensees to review/appeal community safety Environmental Health, Fire Station to house all & joint initiatives i.e. Stop officer in Tavistock. Licensing & Crime 999 services and Town the Strength campaign. Regular contact and Prevention, ASBO co- Team. ordinator are a close Regular contact between joint strategic meetings Community nurses partnership that work neighbourhood staff and of PCSO’s with West currently co-located in Housing (problem solving)- Devon Homes in with the LPP team to police station providing in particular Stella Maris Tavistock & address problems. opportunities for good Court and Union Close, Okehampton. In addition to this both safeguarding work. liaison between local NBT, LPP staff and YIO’s are North devon ASB and Regular links and Recently developed contact with Louisa heavily involved in the alliance to Community Safety Co- Troubled Families ordinator and Devon & Daley - community address rural issues programme which Cornwall Housing work safety officer that such as poaching. covers Okehampton to provides a structured National Park Authority, together to address multi-agency response assist with local events National Trust, Natural specific issues . for families that require & providing additional , Forestry Periodic multi agency stop intervention. This brings

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partners and Local police Commisson, EA and A&S check operations, run with resources. in regular contact. Police. Proactive Police, VOSA and HMRC Contact with DFS for campaign planned for Road Fuel testing Unit Periodic multi agency Annual Drink Drive the autumn. stop check operations, events. run with Police, VOSA Illegal Tobacco initiative Regular contact by and HMRC Road Fuel and activity to address Neighbourhood team testing Unit legal high shop with Trading Standards – with Local council, schools, social services, Ilfracombe. retailers and various organisations to engage in events throughout the year.

15.1 KIN (Key Individuals Network) Each member of the Review of this Sector Insp holds a KIN list, Soon to be reviewed team has a copy of KINS underway. KIN contact regular local contact and updated by NBM

that are relevant to them good in some areas, but through NBT generally and PCSO’s. PCSO Denton, not consistent. meets the need but they Community Engagement are being developed across Officer has created a Torridge for general generic speadsheet information by NTL’s going up to senior level contacts within companies.

16.0 Councillors NTL’s & PCSO’s attend Good coverage of Town TDC attend TIMS mtgs Regularly attended Town Council Meetings and Parish Council Tavistock Matters and Sector Insp has regular

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and Parish Council meetings. Excellent contact with Council town council meetings meetings for their areas links through One leaders/Mayor through for engagement. to provide crime figures, Ilfracombe in the town council mtgs and adhoc Dynamic liaison through maintain links and gather and through PC James mtgs. email with local community intelligence. NBM in South Molton. A Q & A session is also NBT attend parish council councillors in Tavistock. Dynamic mtgs included. Regularly attended contact/relations with Okehampton Matters both county and district and town council councillors too. meetings for engagement by PCSO’s

Also particularly good links in Lynton & Lynmouth.

17.0 Community Messaging Used regularly. Efforts Excellent use by all staff. Ongoing- all LPP staff are Used moderately in made to expand Especially in the rural encouraged to sign up Tavistock but due to be database particularly in areas – across Exmoor. members of the looked into to rural areas. Community to CMS. encourage wider use.

Engagement events are Used regularly. Efforts Used moderately in particularly well used for made to expand database Okehampton but due to this including Have Your particularly in rural areas. be looked into to Say engagement and encourage wider use. Engagement events are reassurance visits. particularly well used for this particularly through NHW

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18.0 Community Watches Some Neighbourhood NHW watch relatively NHW is thriving in Torridge NHW patchy but PCSO Watch co-ordinators in healthy. Community with regular mtgs, Chapple is keen to place- contact speed watch extremely newsletters and support of encourage NHW and maintained via PCSO’s. active in Braunton – NBT. Speedwatch in rural recipients of LPA west sector of Horse Watch, Boat Commanders awards Tavistock. Watch, Farm Watch and for work over many Community Speed NHW patchy but PCSO years. Watches are also in place Deacock is keen to area. encourage Speedwatch in rural west sector of Okehampton

Shop Watch is soon to be looked into by PCSO 30676, NBM Veale and key local figures in Tavistock Town.

19.0 Community Groups/ Residents LPP staff maintain open Day to day business for Actively encouraged by Associations channels of neighbourhood teams. all neighbourhood staff communication with Have worked together on and engagement if we existing groups. multi-agency community are contacted. Community Action events. events take place with various agencies.

19.1 Parish Councils, notice boards Contact is maintained by Monthly news letters in “Bobby on the beat” Input regularly in the and newsletters. PCSO’s with most Lynton, Braunton. newsletters given to local back of the Tavistock parishes allowing Police Being started in Times Gazette on what

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literature to be Ilfracombe and via the councils/partners to display is happening on a distributed and displayed newpaper in South regular basis. where appropriate and Molton. relevant. Monthly parish Input in the Oke Times on what events we are council meetings are involved in & any local attended by NH. newsletters that cover Monthly newsletter rural patches. created locally & disputed to KINS via email & in person.

20.0 Organised events: The LPP have an outlook As outlined above. Engagement opportunities Moorwatch is an calendar showing events are maximised at local ongoing event for us & engagement Also very large music events with high local and with all rural and town events – Oceanfest opportunities LPP staff tourist footfall. NH staff PCSO’s and NBM being patrol and run stalls June each year patrol and run stalls where involved in promotion where appropriate. (7000) appropriate. by leaflet, posters and Community Engagement community Somersault Festival Community “On the beat” PCSO ensures Castle Hill Filleigh July. engagement. posters in notice boards. attendance to maximise (20000) any appropriate Beauty spot Car park An ongoing list of engagement 300+ drivers events is available to all engagement. Earl of Rhone – Combe Martin – May. spoken to CP officers and staff in the Barnstaple Fair & advice/leaflets. Tavistock section of the Carnival, Pilton Festival, Combe Martin, ‘G’ drive as well as a list Fremington Party at The Ilfracombe, and South Attendance at Council printed by NBM and Manor, North Devon Molton Carnivals. meetings across Torridge displayed centrally in Beer Festival,Barnstaple Have your say & Tavistock station for all Fun Day, North Devon

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Food Fest, Race for Life, engagement e.g officers. Diversity Day, Barnstaple Christmas Light Switch May 2014 - Bideford Future events in farmers Market 1&4th Tavistock - 10/07/14 – on. w/end of each month, 1/5 Youth Club. All the above are Bideford Coffee morning 17/07/14 – Tavistock attended by LPP. Strand Old persons home, 3/5 Appledore Crime Relay.

prevention afternoon,17/5 17/07/14 – Targeted Fete, 21/5 2x Families. Primary school sessions , 24/5 Hartland 20/07/14 – Tavistock partner agency day , 25/5 Carnival. Milky Way community 25/07/14 – Kings Friday event, 31/5 Appledore Night Project. Village Green Fete, 10/7/14 – Dementia Awareness day Red Lion Yard Okehampton

11/7/14 – West Devon Connect Community Day Red Lion Yard

18 & 19/7/14 – Chagstock Festival

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