Shettleston Multi Member Ward Plan 2014

Our focus. Your priorities.

This plan sets out local policing 4. Road Safety priorities to deal with concerns You told us your concerns about raised in our consultation survey, road safety, particularly speeding numerous community meetings motorists and antisocial driving. and via your local elected members. It also outlines how we intend We have already begun acting on to tackle these priorities. your concerns and we are sure you will have already noticed some Our focus is to reduce crime and improvements in the area. disorder to create safer communities. We aim to work closely with our partners to find effective long-term solutions to the issues raised.

Local Priorities

You identified concerns about the following:

1. Drug Dealing and Drug Misuse You told us that you were concerned about the levels of drug dealing and drugs misuse which affected your area.

2. Violence and Antisocial Behaviour You told us your concerns regarding the level of violent crimes and antisocial behaviour within your community.

3. Dishonesty You told us your concerns regarding crimes of dishonesty within your community. Our actions to date.

Drugs This has included working closely We have acted on the information with partners, the media and the provided by you, the community, local community councils and to target those involved in the community groups. This activity production and supply of controlled has resulted in significant arrests drugs. By working in partnership and crime prevention measures with other agencies we have being put in place to reduce maximised disruption opportunities these crimes in your area. and have seen an increase on those detected for drugs supply Road Safety and production offences. We have deployed officers to focus on issues affecting road safety Antisocial Behaviour and road crime such as speeding We have targeted those engaging in motorists, driving whilst using mobile street drinking and the disorder and phones, driving without seatbelts, violence that can often accompany antisocial driving and driving under such behaviour. By adopting an the influence of drink or drugs. The intelligence-led approach to local community have clearly highlighted policing, we have helped reduce these areas as a real concern the level of violent crime in the and we believe our efforts will community. As a result, the number contribute to keeping people safe. of assaults and other serious crimes of violence have decreased. Your community policing officers have continued to work closely with our partners including local housing officers and Community Safety in dealing with those people engaging in disorder and antisocial behaviour.

Dishonesty We are aware of your concerns regarding homes being broken into, vehicle crime, bogus worker crime and theft of personal property. Your local policing team has dedicated significant resources to target these issues. In the coming months.

Drugs We will also seek to identify and We will continue to work with support vulnerable members the public, partner agencies, of the community who may be local businesses and community targeted by bogus workers. groups to maximise the capture of information and intelligence to Road Safety enable us to identify and target We will listen to community concerns the most appropriate areas and regarding road safety and road crime crimes. We will continue to focus and deploy resources to the local on those who are supplying and areas highlighted by the community, abusing drugs in the area. community groups and elected members. Our consultation survey Antisocial Behaviour highlighted concerns relating to We will carry out high visibility foot speeding motorists, driving whilst and cycle patrols throughout the using mobile phones, driving without area and will implement regular seatbelts, antisocial driving and driving visits to licensed premises to tackle under the influence of drink or drugs. violent crime, disorder and drunken We will attempt to influence road user behaviour. We will continue to behaviour to help keep people safe. target under-age drinking and the illegal sale or supply of alcohol to young people through test purchase operations and other police and partner activity. Our Police Campus Officers will continue to work closely with local schools and community groups to engage with young people regarding alcohol, drugs, violence, gangs and antisocial behaviour.

Dishonesty With a view to reducing incidences and detecting offenders, we will establish a team of officers dedicated to targeting acquisitive crimes such as housebreaking. Keep up to date. Follow us.

Shettleston Multi Member Crimestoppers Ward Team If you have information about Our team covers the areas of crime in your area and wish Shettleston, Tollcross, , to provide it anonymously, , Mount Vernon and call the independent charity areas of Glasgow. CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111.

Contact Details Further Assistance Shettleston Police Office Service users who are deaf or have 1051 Shettleston Road a hearing impairment can contact Glasgow G32 7PE Police via TextRelay in an emergency on 18000 or (Open 0700-0000hrs every day) non-emergency on 18001 101.

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