You Said – You have said that there are issues surrounding drug dealing and associated ASB in and around Park Road and Forest Road Coalville.

We Will - We have developed a patrol strategy to target and disrupt those causing harm. We will continue to monitor and develop intelligence and will look at enforcement options where able. We will also work with partner agencies to ensure we are working effectively.

Officers completed a warrant on Park Road in line with our priority which was successful, with over 500 cannabis plants recovered. The occupant of the address was arrested and has been charged with drugs offences and is bailed to court.
We will continue to take action in this area and are working with partners.

Following information from partners, response officers have attended an address on Forest Road and have located a cannabis factory where 70 plants have been recovered. Our investigation continues to bring those responsible to justice.

We have received numerous reports from the Belvoir Centre and local area relating to general anti social behaviour from young people who are meeting in large numbers at the shopping centre. This is causing issues to local security and also members of the public using the facilities within the centre.

We Will – We have completed a lot of work in relation to this issue, both from a policing view and also working with colleagues in various agencies. As we are approaching our school summer holidays and have seen the weather improve we will continue to monitor this aspect. We are aware of issues surrounding the illegal sale of alcohol and vapes and as such will also look at this.

We are continuing to patrol this area and are working with partners to engage with local young people using our public spaces. We have run several events in the town centre working with our community safety partners from NWLDC to ensure we are visible and a deterrent to ASB, whilst encouraging the use of the spaces by those respecting the areas.

Together with partners, we have worked to achieve a reduction in the issues being reported with young people. We are still working closely with partners in our CCTV office and the centre security at the Belvoir Centre and we will continue to work together to ensure there is provision for our young people, to reduce incidents of ASB.

We have had issues associated with youths purchasing alcohol and vapes at local retailers raised to us. These being underage and illegally sold.

We Will - we have completed a number of test purchase operations which have identified further issues within the area. As a result, we will continue to complete these operations in the coming months. We will work with colleagues in neighbouring beat areas and in Licensing and are committed to making our areas safer in line with our Safer Summer Campaign.

We are continuing to run test purchase operations throughout the summer season, linking in with our safer summer streets campaign and officers dedicated to this.

We have conducted further test purchase operations which have been completed at both licensed premises and also local shops. This has revealed that some establishments are still lacking in appropriate training. This has been addressed with both police enforcement and on-going work with licensing.