North Wales Police ( UK ) Gwynedd Division. Repeat Address Calls North Wales Police ( UK) Gwynedd Division Contents CONTENTS Profile Gwynedd Division 2-5 Mission Statements 6-7 Abstract 8 Description 9-23 Appendix A S.A.R.A. Forms Appendix B Scanning Sources Appendix C Target Addresses Appendix D Graph's Appendix E Sample P.O.P. Package North Wales Police ( UK ) Gwynedd Division Profile of the Division The mountainous heartland of Wales, and of the County of Gwynedd in particular has long been recognised as being of special significance because of its spectacular scenery and cultural traditions. Its dramatic beauty, however, is not - and has not been for many generations - completely natural, but is rather a blend of the forces of nature and the hand of man, both of which continue to shape its development. It is an area steeped in great history, but nevertheless subject of national contemporary socio-economic pressures, and the effects of a vibrant tourist industry. Gwynedd covers by far the largest geographical area (629,000 acres) of the six Unitary Authorities in North Wales, and it extends from the City of Bangor in the North to the Dovey Bridge near Machynlleth in the South, and from Aberdaron near the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula in the west to Abergwyngregyn in the East. (The Gwynedd Police Divisional boundary is coterminous with the limits of the Gwynedd Council Unitary Authority area). Gwynedd's neighbouring Unitary Authorities (and Police Divisions) are Anglesey to the North, and Conwy and Denbighshire to the East, whilst its Southern and South Eastern borders mark the boundary between the North Wales and Dyfed-Powys Police areas. The island of Anglesey is linked to Gwynedd at Bangor by the Telford-built Menai Suspension Bridge and Stephenson's Britannia Rail Bridge - over which a new road deck was constructed in the 1970's to carry the diverted A5 road which runs from London to Holyhead. In terms of static population size the County of Gwynedd - with a resident population of 113,037 - stands in third place to the Unitary Authorities of Flintshire and Wrexham, which have resident population figures of 141,387 and 126,787 respectively. Gwynedd, however, attracts large numbers of tourists throughout the year, but particularly during the summer months, when its population levels are massively increased by the influx of tens of thousands of visitors and holidaymakers to this spectacularly beautiful and largely unspoilt region of Wales. An indication of the effects of tourism on the County's population levels is given by recorded increases in the population of the Dwyfor area alone in the summer period from a static figure of 27,000 to between 120,000 to 130,000. In the Southern part of the County, huge numbers of holidaymakers (mainly from the Midlands area) visit Meirionnydd, many of whom are drawn to the caravan/camping sites along the Cambrian Coast stretching from Harlech to Aberdovey. North Wales Police ( UK ) Gwynedd Division Profile of the Division The Starcoast Holiday World, located between Pwllheli and Criccieth and recently refurbished at a cost of £21 million, is major tourist centre - attracting in the order of 8,000 residents a week at the height of the season, and an average of 2,000 visitors on a daily basis throughout the summer; this holiday complex is also a significant source of local employment, with about 1,000 people on its payroll throughout the summer season, and a lesser number during the winter. Most of the County's area lies within the Snowdonia National Park, which was designated in 1951, in recognition of the importance and special character of the area - the highest status of landscape possible within England and Wales. In addition to its outstanding aesthetic appeal, the Snowdonia National Park offers splendid outdoor pursuits opportunities and challenges to satisfy a wide range of interests. Mountaineering, climbing, hill-walking, fishing, pony trekking and cycling are just some of the activities which are widely enjoyed within the National Park and additionally, impressive water-sports facilities are available at such centres within Gwynedd as Pwllheli, Abersoch, Porthmadog, Barmouth, Aberdovey, Bala Lake and the River Treweryn. The resident population is widely distributed throughout Gwynedd's mainly rural area, but with the City of Bangor, and the towns of Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bala, Dolgellau, Barmouth and Tywyn as relatively small urban communities comprising the main centres of population. Bangor is the main shopping and social centre for North West Wales, and the City is currently benefiting from the development of a number of large out-of- town sites for national retail outlets. The County supports a limited but growing element of light industry. Local income, however, still remains very dependent on its traditional links with agriculture, tourism and Local Authority employment. There are relatively high rates of public unemployment in many areas of the County - due very largely to the contraction in the traditional rural and mining economies in recent years and the slow pace of growth of replacement industries. The Welsh Development Agency has invested heavily in the area's main population centres, with the result that small to medium sized factories are to be found employing numbers of people from as little as five to as many as two hundred. The slate quarrying industry, centred on Bethesda (Penrhyn), Blaenau Ffestiniog and Corris - though a shadow of its former self in employment capacity terms - continues to provide work for relatively large numbers of people in those particular areas. Such rural organisations as the Forestry Commission, the Rivers Authority and the Snowdonia National Park Authority also provide an appreciable number of jobs throughout the communities of Gwynedd. Most of the agriculture which continues is on a very modest scale, and sheep farming understandably tends to dominate, since much of the terrain is rugged and mountainous pasture. North Wales Police ( UK) Gwynedd Division Profile of the Division The County is predominantly Welsh speaking, and many Town and Community Councils within it conduct their business through the medium of the Welsh language. The delivery of any quality public service in tune with what the local people want, therefore, requires a sensitive appreciation by the relevant provider organisation of this important factor. The continuing growth in the use and influence of the Welsh language, and the consequent increase in popularity of Welsh medium television and radio programmes, has resulted in Caemarfon Town developing into a recognised centre for the production of such electronic Welsh media programmes. The town of Caemarfon is also, of course, the administrative centre for the County of Gwynedd. Some parts of the County have seen an influx of non-Welsh speaking people who have taken up local residence, particularly in and near to the City of Bangor, where a large student population at the University, and professional staff at both the Regional General Hospital and the University, represent a fairly cosmopolitan mix of people. To a lesser extent, other areas of the County have also seen an in-migration of people, particularly retired people who have previously visited and become attracted to the area. During the winter months, the County has large numbers of unoccupied holiday homes and caravans used for holidays and weekend breaks, which all too frequently, when unattended, attract the unwanted attention of both local and travelling criminals. The Division consists of seven smaller areas selected to correspond to natural communities and geographic areas of the Division, which are referred to as Policing Districts. BI.aeh.au Ffestiniog North Wales Police (UK) Gwynedd Division Mission Statement The Gwynedd Division's Mission Statement is: North Wales Police ( UK ) Gwynedd Division Mission Statement The Force Statement of Purpose We, the North Wales Police, accept responsibility for policing our localities impartially, courteously and efficiently, and in so doing we will consult with our communities and seek to reflect their needs. Our law enforcement policy will be professional, firm and fair. Our aim is to provide assistance, reassurance and a true quality policing service to the public of North Wales. The National Statement of Common Purpose and Practice The purpose of the Police Service is to uphold the law fairly and firmly; to prevent crime; to pursue and bring to justice those who break the law, to keep the Queen's peace; to protect, help and reassure the community; and to be seen to do all this with integrity, common sense and sound judgement. We must be compassionate, courteous and patient, acting without fear or favour or prejudice to the rights of others. We need to be professionals calm and restrained in the face of violence and apply only that force which is necessary to accomplish our lawful duty. We must strive to reduce the fears of the public and, so far as we can, to reflect their priorities in the action we take. We must respond to well-founded criticism with a wilhngness to change. North Wales Police (UK) Gwynedd Division. Abstract Repeat Address Calls P.O.P Initiative Scanning: A large number of the calls made to the Division's Area Control Room were found to originate from common addresses; Operational Information System ( O.I.S. ) statistics revealed appreciable resources were being expended on the calls with very few positive end results. Although patterns suggested other crime problems were evident at these addresses, very little * follow up' to individual responses was being made, and resources continued to attend in a merely reactive way. Analysis: The problem has existed for many years, but new information technology has been able to highlight to a better extent the seriousness that was evident in such calls of a repetitive nature.