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Rural Matters Rural Policing in Kent – a Magazine for Residents and Businesses Summer 2020 Rural Matters Rural policing in Kent – a magazine for residents and businesses Summer 2020 In this issue: Policing coasts and Working as a team Protecting fishing sites countryside Plus the latest news on rural and environmental policing in Kent Welcome to Rural Matters Latest news Welcome to Rural Matters. See inside for the latest on the Kent Police Rural Task Force. There are now more officers countywide Fighting crime in the countryside – Rural Crime Strategy 2020-23 dedicated to tackling and preventing crime in the countryside. We’ve the latest news on how these officers, partners and colleagues are working to protect and support Kent’s rural communities. Email [email protected] The Rural Task Force is a dedicated team of specialist police officers who Specific target areas Team Leader Rural Sergeant work in countryside communities • Working to deter and detect fly tipping, hunting with dogs, North Division – 07528 989095 and deal with rural, wildlife, Inspector Sergeant environmental and heritage crime. hare coursing, equine crime, Dave Smith Darren Walshaw environmental, agricultural, wildlife • PC Paul Williams The Kent Police Rural Policing Strategy 07800 675376 07870 252185 and heritage crime and working • PC Adrian Goodsall 2020-23 sets out the aims and objectives of policing rural areas across Kent for with colleagues against other rural • PC Nathan Southern the next three years. Rural Task Force impact offences such as arson and • PC Marc Pennicott North Division Inspector Dave Smith said: ‘We’ve organised criminality. M25 Medway Sheerness successfully worked alongside rural A2 North Kent • Effective use of appropriate Dartford & communities and will continue to do technology such as drones; marine Margate Swanley Gravesham Medway Thanet so to ensure they and their businesses ‘Needs and issues of rural capability; effective partnership Herne Bay Ramsgate M2 Sittingbourne are protected from harm and anti- working; innovative problem M20 A228 communities, businesses Swale Faversham social behaviour. The team has been solving and an intelligence- A229 A249 Canterbury M2 Canterbury supported to grow so we have even and the environment are led approach that puts victims M26 Tonbridge A2 more officers out and about acting on first will help deliver effective, M25 Sevenoaks & Malling Maidstone different and our priorities Deal information, supporting local people and accessible and visible policing. West Division Maidstone Dover East Division – 07980 978202 working to keep communities safe. reflect this’ Tonbridge M20 ‘Through good communication and East Division • PC Dan Perry Edenbridge working with residents, farmers, Dover • PC Matt Lehman businesses within rural communities to detect and disrupt criminality. The Ashford businesses, partners and heritage Tunbridge Wells • PC Harry Callaghan sites we intend to enhance our and Kent Police has a responsibility needs and issues of rural communities, Tunbridge Ashford & Wells Folkestone • PC Michael Sutton to respond to these concerns. We will businesses and the environment are Cranbrook Shepway relationships in order to protect the public, tackle rural criminality and continue to engage with those living different and our priorities reflect this. encourage communities to flourish.’ and working in rural areas to reduce We look forward to our continued work crime and anti-social behaviour and and engagement to support this.’ West Division – 07580 236308 The strategy recognises certain types of crime/incidents are more common • PC Luke Jorden Rural Crime Co-ordinator in rural areas and some offences, Rural Crime Strategy 2020-23 – key aims • PC Tom Smith such as the theft of agricultural • reduce the volume of crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) committed in Doug Robertson machinery, are almost uniquely rural. • PC Nick Lingham rural areas • PC Anna Verrall 07972 004578 It also acknowledges that the impact of crime and anti-social behaviour • continue to bring offenders to justice on victims and communities can be • visible and accessible policing greater in rural areas where people • maintain a police and volunteer presence in rural areas More rural contact information, see back page. can feel more isolated or vulnerable. • engage with communities to mitigate the impact of fear of crime caused by isolation Insp Smith added: ‘We recognise that • address road safety and speeding the fear of crime is very real and has • work with businesses around theft (of vehicles and equipment) and its impact Report non-urgent crime online Your rural PCs are a detrimental impact on residents and also on Twitter! Rural Kent factfile Two new members The rural team regularly join Rural Task Go to www.kent.police.uk/report Tweets updates on what Force team they’ve been doing and any • 85 per cent of land in Kent is live incidents. rural, consisting of 234,700ha of farmland and 50,000ha of Follow @kentpolicerural The Rural Task Force team woodland and forestry. for the latest news and has two new officers starting Report a crime, incident or non-injury • Kent has a land area of 1,368 information. work in rural communities. collision in minutes square miles and just over 350 PC Matt Lehman will be miles of coastline. joining colleagues in the East • 457,310 residents live in rural of the county and PC Luke Kent (source: Kent County Jorden is due to take up his Receive your confirmation email and Council Strategic Commissioning new role in the West. reference number immediately Statistical Bulletin 2018 Mid- Find out more about the Year Population Estimates, latest officers to join the October 2019.) dedicated team, see page 9. To remain anonymous contact Kent Crimestoppers online or call 0800 555 111. 2 3 Feature This is what we do from land to sea – Search and Marine Unit’s operational support to keep coast and county safe Joint briefing on the water Inspector Smith added: ‘Kent is such proactively tackle organised crime and a diverse environment to live, work and anti-social behaviour.’ visit with 75 per cent of its area being Unit Sergeant Neil MacAskill said: ‘We classed as rural with over 350 miles of recently took part in a marine exercise coastline and one of the UK’s busiest ports to which we supplied two crews and two providing a gateway to Europe. In order boats, including ‘Invicta’ which enabled to effectively deliver specialist policing us to show effectively what we are ‘Invicta’ is now patrolling coastal areas to rural areas which include coastal and nationally capable of. We were very proud marine communities Kent Police Search to receive some very positive national and Marine Unit engage and work closely recognition and well-deserved praise for ‘Having a specialist Search From supporting policing action against rural and marine with various community stakeholders and the team. and Marine Unit which crime, dealing with coastal incidents or conducting searches in specialist partners. This work includes ‘We regularly offer safe access hazardous environments or helping locate vulnerable missing providing a specialist search function (sometimes via partnership joint working) provides skills and equipment with the ability to locate vulnerable into most otherwise hazardous or people – the specialist Search and Marine Unit is there to help. missing people, gather evidence in inaccessible environments – as well as to enable safe access into major or serious crime investigations and supporting colleagues countywide.’ a variety of sometimes The Kent Police Search and Marine Unit’s The team’s training gives them the The team are trained to work in potentially officers are trained to safely access capability to support colleagues at hazardous environments inaccessible or hazardous hazardous environments such as heights, challenging crime scenes or to help with environments can offer real deep drops, confined spaces, tidal mud the rescue of people in distress around flats, inshore rivers and lakes, chemical or high structures, natural falls or other benefits in search situations other incidents involving non-breathable air. dangerous areas. where timing is crucial.’ The unit recently started operating a Kent Police Search Portfolio Lead, new rigid-hull inflatable boat, ‘Invicta’, to Inspector Dave Smith, said: ‘Having a Search Portfolio Lead, Inspector Dave Smith boost its offshore marine capabilities – specialist Search and Marine Unit which patrolling around 350 miles of coastline provides skills and equipment to enable and tidal estuaries. safe access into a variety of environments The Search and Marine Unit team also inaccessible or hazardous to other officers work closely in both specialist search and can offer real benefits on land and in the marine incidents with partner agencies marine environment.’ including the Maritime and Coastguard The officers in the unit have a variety Agency, Border Agency, Port Authorities of specialist skills and accreditation, both (London, Medway, and Dover), marine – vessel, navigation and marine Environment Agency, Kent Fire and advice such as tides and sea conditions – Rescue Service and KSAR (Kent Search and in a number of search environments, and Rescue volunteers), marine groups such as mud, embankments, fast water, and coastal communities, neighbouring locks and weirs, evidence gathering and Search and Marine Unit officers have forces and national partners. forensic recovery. completed specialist training such as working at heights or confined spaces 4 5 Latest news My role Equine equipment thefts – keep your property safe Can you help? Working with the Rural Task Force – PC Anna Verrall Trailers, carriages, riding tack, saddles and other What is the Rural Task Force? equipment are being targeted The Rural Task Force is made up of 12 PCs, by thieves in rural areas. one sergeant and one RTF co-ordinator. In May Kent Police received We offer daily coverage countywide across 23 reports of equipment the three county Divisions. being stolen at rural locations including Cranbrook, Marden, Where are you based? East Farleigh, Sevenoaks We don’t have a dedicated office, we and Paddock Wood. work out of Aylesford, Faversham and There were also two Nackington.
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