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newsApril 2018 making a difference locally

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire..uk Your local PCSO was happy to pop along to a local fundraiser recently - and even met a fur-mous celebrity!

Here is PCSO Day meeting 's own local celebrity cat Willis Priest. Our new fluffy friend raised over £100 for the British Red Cross at the Calverley Spring Clean Garage Sale.

The event was organised by Calverley Guide Association and local businesses. The day was a success, with families joining in to buy new and pre-loved items, enjoy some tasty food and indulge in some crafts.

Well done, everyone and thanks for having us!

Taking time to tackle vehicle crime

Local NPT officers, together with ‘s licensing department and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, conducted an operation targeting unlicensed and unlawful scrap metal dealers in the Adel and areas. Several vehicles were stopped and checks were carried out. Advisory notices were issued and one driver was reported for summons

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Continued commitment to neighbourhood policing

The West Police and Crime Assistant Chief Constable Catherine "The recent precept increase which I have Commissioner (PCC) and West Hankinson, said: " Police is made locally will allow us to bolster and Yorkshire Police are investing further in committed to representing everyone who help rebuild these NPT teams. The local Neighbourhood Policing Teams to lives, works and visits the county, to listen relationship between West Yorkshire demonstrate their dedication and and be alert to what matters to our Police and our communities is commitment to improve the service communities. "Community engagement is fundamental to successful policing at all they provide to the communities they key to Neighbourhood Policing, delivered levels. serve. through locally based officers, who will be able to identify issues and deal with them at an earlier stage. These changes for our "This new policing model will ensure NPT Mark Burns-Williamson, has invested the NPTs will enable us as a Force to deliver a teams continue working closely with our money into to put more effective service to our communities. partners in helping reduce risk and harm, an extra 100 police constables in to support vulnerable individuals at the first Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT) sign of problems, and make our across the county. Working with partners, "Our Neighbourhood Policing Teams are communities safer. the PCC has secured the funding to integral to everything we do at West sustain more than 600 PCSOs ensuring Yorkshire Police and we are reinvesting "Effective community engagement and communities are safe and feel safe. and enhancing resources into our frontline teams. The restructure is important for visibility is fundamental to how West resilience of these teams and sustainability Yorkshire is policed. It is only through Neighbourhood Policing Teams are of our NPTs. genuine and meaningful engagement with integral to policing the communities across our communities that we are able to listen West Yorkshire and working better to, understand and deal with community together with people and partners to "Reducing crime and protecting the safety and anti-social behaviour issues prevent crime and antisocial behaviour. vulnerable are key priorities for West that can make all the difference to the Engaging more with our communities and Yorkshire Police and the key to this is quality of lives." intervening earlier to protect people from having NPTs which are visible, accessible harm will ensure more effective delivery of and engaging with the communities they local policing. work with."

Starting on the 19 March, NPTs across Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire's each District of West Yorkshire held a Police and Crime Commissioner, said: street briefing with officers from the local "The new Neighbourhood Policing Model teams to explain what the changes will will focus on engagement with mean in your area and the investment into communities, problem solving and local policing. prevention and early intervention in helping to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. Over the past couple of years, officers have been assisted by investment into new technology such as hand-held "Reinvestment into Neighbourhood devices. This ensures officers can spend Policing is crucially important to me in more time away from police stations and delivering my vision of ensuring our remain on the streets keeping people safe communities are safe and feel safe. I am and feeling safe in our communities. NPTs determined as your PCC to always support will be engaging in our communities, will Neighbourhood Policing, which is the be accessible and can be contacted via bedrock of the way we do community social media channels, through the WYP policing here in West Yorkshire and which website, email or by telephone. I know our communities and partners very much support.

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Cadets help car crime crackdown

Leeds West Cadets have been We walked around the car park in about keeping vehicles secure and supporting us recently in a bid to uniforms, identifying vehicles which were property out of sight. tackle vehicle crime. insecure and those which had goods on display. The registration numbers have Many members of the public were We went to Owlcotes Shopping Centre been taken and letters will now be sent interested in what the Cadets were recently to hold a crime reduction event, to owners of the vehicles which were doing and we have been able to give supported by Crime Reduction Officers found to be insecure and could have advice to those who requested it. and a Safer Schools Police Constable. been victims of car crime, advising them

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Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Caught! Officers tackle bike crime

Officers from the Leeds District Off-road The Off-road Bike Team were able to These stolen motorcycles were Bike Team were recently deployed with stop and seize this motorbike on Iveson recovered by our off-road bikers the speed indicating device over at Drive recently. The offending rider had recently. various locations across Leeds. A been causing a nuisance in the area and number of motorcyclists and car drivers was uninsured. The rider did not have a were positively dealt with. licence.

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Contact Opportunities Mondays ■ Brownlee Stone Centre, Town ■ , Holt Road, , Street, , Leeds, LS18 5BL. LS16 7RY. 11am - 12pm. ■ New Wortley Community Centre, 6pm - 7pm Road. 9.30am - 10.30am. ■ Bramley Community Hub

■ Courtyard Café, Town Street, (Library, Hough Lane, LS13 3ND). Horsforth, LS18 4GN. 11am -12pm. Fridays 12pm - 1pm. ■ Yeadon Library & One Stop ■ , 89 Road, Centre, Square, LS19 , LS20 8PS. 5pm - 6pm. 7PP. 2pm - 3pm ■ Otley Office, Otley Core Resource Centre, Unit 11, Orchard Gate, Otley, LS21 3NX. Wednesdays 2pm - 3pm. ■ Morrisons, High Street, Yeadon, LS19 7YU. 12pm - 1pm. Saturdays ■ Post Office, 9 - 11 Town ■ Morrisons, 69 Town Street, Street, LS12 1UG. 11am - 12pm. Horsforth, LS18 5BP. 10am - 11am. ■ Otley Town Council Office, Otley ■ Library, Church Lane, Core Resource Centre, Unit 11, LS28 7TY. 11am - 12pm. Orchard Gate, Otley, LS21 3NX. 11am - 12pm.

Local officers Memory Lane will drop in and show their Dementia Café support too! ■ Do you have memory problems or dementia? ■ Are you supporting a relative or friend who has memory problems or dementia? ■ The Memory Lane Café is chance to make friends with other people from Armley & Wortley living with memory problems and dementia

Come join us every third Thursday of the month at: Armley Helping Hands Strawberry Lane Community Centre, LS12 1SF 12 noon until 2.30pm

For more information contact Karen Catterill on 0113 2799 292

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Bike enthusiasts and the community The race will then head out North Are you ready for the race coming in to of Leeds and beyond are gearing through and , before your area? Get the latest information, themselves up for the upcoming Tour heading up in to . The including race maps and timings at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/tour de Yorkshire. race with then head back south again -de-yorkshire and back in to the county, coming Sunday 6th May sees the 4th stage of through Otley, Pool in Wharfedale and the leave the Piece Headlingley, ending up at the end of the Hall in . The caravan will leave at day, at about 4.45 in about 10am and the race riders about on the Headrow. 12pm.

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Puppy in the

Park

Sunday 22nd July 2018 11am - 3pm Queens Park, Victoria Road, Pudsey

We’re ‘on the tail’ of rat-running

Leeds West NPT officers have been shortcuts, often at speed and out and about in Calverley recently, dangerously, through prohibited areas. proactively dealing ongoing ‘rat- running’. Please be aware that there is a local order in place and be warned – Rather than this being a case of rodents contravening this order carries a £50 taking up jogging, it is something of a fine! more serious matter - drivers taking

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Looking at indecent images of relationships with wife/husband/partner Stop It Now Confidential Helpline – 0808 1000 900 children is a crime. Anyone who is and abandonment of friendships www.get-help.stopitnow.org.uk caught looking at indecent images of  Disclosure to work, clubs and someone under the age of 18 years- organisations they are involved in and NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 old will be placed on the sex potential loss of employment. www.nspcc.org.uk offenders register.  Social stigma, social isolation and To read our campaign launch press mental illness release, click here. As well as sentences handed down in court this can result in the following If you are concerned about your own We have a live webchat on consequences for the offender – behaviour or that of someone you know, Wednesday 2nd May at 6pm-7pm there is help and support available from 2018 - click here for more  Social care referrals for any children a number of charities and not for profit information. they have access to. organisations, including the Lucy  Potential breakdowns in Faithfull Foundation and NSPCC.

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Diminishing drug dealing

Local officers were out early one Addresses off Armley Town Street were area please contact us at: morning in April executing search searched to combat street level drug [email protected] warrants under the Misuse of Drugs dealing. Act. If you have information about drug

dealing or active criminals in the West

Paying visits and listening to you

Following on from some crime prevention patrols around Armley Town Street, approximately 200 addresses were visited by neighbourhood officers and the crime reduction team.

Direct feedback was received from residents about what they would like to see in the area and these results will be actioned. At the same time a vehicle failed to stop for officers in the area. The driver abandoned the vehicle and was pursued by PCSOs through gardens. The man, who is from East Leeds, was arrested whilst trying to hide in a bin yard. His vehicle was also seized for the offence of having no insurance.

All in all, it was a good day of results!

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Cadets in the community

Once again Horsforth was delighted leaflets and assisted the President of But perhaps the highlight of the day was to play host on a day of community Leeds Trinity Student Union, Charles meeting members of the community, action for our Leeds West Police Isherwood, with preparing student young and old, at Cragg Baptist Church's weekly drop-in. Cadets. welfare media and materials ready for the next academic year. Cadets took part in a speedwatch deployment, delivered crime prevention

Cannabis: Weed always take action

Sunday is a day of rest, so whilst the residents of the West Park area of Leeds slept, NPT officers were seizing a large amount of cannabis and dismantling a cannabis farm.

We’re pleased to report that this has stopped over 100 plants from making their way onto the streets of Leeds. If you have any concerns about drug crime in your area, you can report it via Crimestoppers or us.

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Leeds West: News-in-brief

Neighbourhood Officers have targeted Officers in Bramley have supported the The Neighbourhood Policing Team the anti-social use of vehicles in the Police Helicopter and Dog Unit after four recently responded along with West Burley and areas. One vehicle men made off from a vehicle. They Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and which originally failed to stop for Police were chased along the Gotts Park Golf Yorkshire Ambulance service to a house has been recovered and seized, taking Club and finally down to the river where fire in Bramley. Firefighters entered the it off the roads and stopped from one of the men entered the river and address and extinguished the fire. One blighting the lives of others and causing was followed and detained on a island in man was treated for smoke inhalation. a further danger to other road users and the river with two wet Police Officers and Leeds City Council Housing were also in pedestrians. a wet Police dog. Four men were in attendance, assisting the occupants. arrested, with one for a recall to prison.

No need for speed!

Local officers continue to respond to community concerns in relation to speeding vehicles in Leeds West.

At the request of the Council, Police Community Support Officers have been conducting speed checks on Lane in April.

More checks will follow along this 30mph route through the village.

Please stick to the limits!

Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Leeds North West NPT (a merge of Inner North West & Outer North West Leeds) Covering Adel, Guiseley, , Horsforth, Hyde Park, Rawdon, Otley, , Woodhouse, Yeadon and surrounding areas.

Leeds West NPT Armley, Bramley, Calverley, , Farnley, Kirkstall, Pudsey, , Wortley and surrounding areas.

• West Yorkshire Police - Leeds Inner West @WYP_LeedsWest • West Yorkshire Police - Leeds Outer West @WYP_LeedsNW • West Yorkshire Police - Leeds Inner North West • West Yorkshire Police - Leeds Outer North West

The above Facebook pages remain, but are in the process of being merged/renamed to reflect the new team restructure. We’ll keep you posted,

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