December 2018

Halesworth

You said... We did... You wanted us to deal with In co-operation with the issues giving rise to Town Council, the anti-social behaviour as well SNT have been liaising with as the ASB itself. partners to develop joint approaches into the causes of ASB

Responding to issues in your community Staying on the theme of joint partnership working, the SNT has been employed during November working with associate groups to safeguard the welfare of a vulnerable victim of domestic abuse. This is a good example of the 'hidden' work we do after a crime has occurred to try & reduce the risks, threats & harm to victims and prevent them being targeted again. Future events Making the community safer Just a reminder that this years' The SNT have been visiting primary schools in the area during Christmas Drink / Drive November to develop plans around 'lock-down' procedures. campaign has already begun. These are the actions schools take if they face threats of A new theme has been various kinds where children &/or staff would be at risk. adopted for 2018 named 'Not We have been advising the schools what actions to take and The Usual Suspects' . how to implement agreed actions if faced with such threats. It hopes to highlight the fact that a drink driver can in-fact be from any type of background Preventing, reducing and solving crime and ASB and will not necessarily Crime reduction has been high on our agenda, after a number of conform to stereotypes. It not elderly victims were targeted by telephone scams, resulting in some only appeals to those who think having large sums of cash stolen along with bank account details. This they may have seen a potential featured on our Facebook page with prevention advice. We have also called at retail businesses providing C/R information after many were drink driver, but also intends to targeted 12 months ago and cash stolen as a result of insecurities. make us think about how we ourselves could fall victim to being over the drink drive limit. #NotTheUsualSuspects on This SNT covers the following parishes All Saints & St. Nicholas, South Elmham, Benacre, , , Bramfield, Brampton with , , Cookley, , , Facebook or our Police website , , Flixton, , Halesworth, with Hulver Street, , Holton, , Huntingfield, , ,, , , Rushmere, , , South Cove, , , St. Andrew, Ilketshall, St. Cross, South Elmham, St. James, South Elmham, St. John, Ilketshall, St. Lawrence, Ilketshall, St. Margaret, Ilketshall, St. Margaret, South Elmham, St. Mary, South Elmham, St. Michael, South Elmham, St. Peter, South Elmham, , , , , Walpole, with Henham, with Mells Hamlet, , , , Wrentham and .

Team Leader Sgt Mark Beresford

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