Road Safety.
You said: Speeding vehicles on Rutland roads is a priority you want us to address, specifically the lack of adherence to 30mph zones.

We provide a frequent high visibility policing presence to the affected areas with marked vehicle patrols and regular monitoring. We will deploy the speed gun device and deal with offenders robustly where appropriate. We also continue to work with partner agencies, such as the Road Safety Partnership mobile speed camera van, to identify areas of concern and request deployment of that resource. We will then continue to publish the enforcement statistics on the Neighbourhood Link messaging service, sign up at www.neighbourhoodlink.co.uk

In relation to road safety – Operation Numbers has been in full effect, with Dedicated Neighbourhood PCSOs and PCs enforcing at multiple locations all over Rutland. Specifically on the Rutland North this month, PC Spruce took the speed gun to Great Casterton, in crew with the Roads Policing Unit. Further to this, PC Spruce proactively stopped a driver after witnessing them driving their vehicle without any headlamps on, at just after midnight, nearby to a pub. It turned out, the vehicle had no insurance, the driver was intoxicated, and was also in possession of both class A and class B controlled drugs! After a trip to custody to complete the necessary, the driver has been charged to attend court. The team have also been seizing multiple vehicles for multiple infringements.

The beat team have conducted ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) and speed monitoring at various locations on the beat. Most recently in Little Casterton at the end of May.

PC Spruce and PCSO Lyall have attended multiple RTCs (Road Traffic Collisions) on emergency responses. On attendance the team have investigated the circumstances at the scene, which includes establishing and dealing with any driving offences committed. The beat team have also conducted school visits at pick up time, using the opportunity to engage with the community as well, engaging with parents and children on road safety issues.

Finally, the team have also been attending parish council and beat engagement meetings, using these face to face opportunities to feed back to the local communities this work and responding to queries and concerns raised.

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Vehicle Crime.
You Said: Vehicles being broken into, items being stolen and damage caused to vehicles is a concern to you.

Develop our intelligence picture around those who commit this type of crime so we that we can effectively target our resources in the right areas, at the right time, with the aim of deterring, disrupting and bringing offenders to justice.

The beat team have raised awareness of affected areas with regular night shift officers, and PC Spruce has also completed some night shifts as well to support, both the beat team and response teams are conducting targeted intelligence led, proactive marked vehicle and unmarked vehicle patrols. PC Spruce has also been out on foot patrols after dark, see our updates on Facebook and Neighbourhood Link for details!

An eagled eyed member of the public informed us of lots of property left unattended and appeared out of place. The team went out and recovered it and after some detective work the possessions have been linked to a theft from motor vehicle at Greetham Valley Golf Club a few days prior.The victim has collected all of what was recovered and very happy to do so, as the value was around £1,000. This has also opened new lines of enquiries.

The team have set up a Problem Management Plan to tackle the issue of Operation Barrick. Operation Barrick is a national Policing approach to offences related to criminals targeting HGV vehicles, either by stealing their consignments from their trailers and/or syphoning fuel from their tanks

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Rural Crime
You said: Reports of criminals stealing machinery from farms, theft of plant equipment and tools from building sites, as well as hare coursing is a concern for you.

Work closely with the Rural Policing Team, proactively patrol at all times of day and night. Robustly deal with offenders. Visit victims of crime and provide target hardening advice. Make efforts to locate and reunite stolen equipment. Respond to reports of hare coursing in progress on immediate responses.

The team have been working closely with the Rural Policing Team and attending incidents of Rural related crime. Speaking with victims face to face and following up on enquiries. Further to this PC Spruce has also been out stopping trailers moving on our road network, ensuring that they are legitimate and haven’t been stolen – thank you to the farmers for your co-operation when we complete this work!

The Rural Policing Team have had some fantastic results recently, finding stolen equipment and swiftly returning it to the rightful owner. Credit also has to go to the community for your continued vigilance, sharing of information and reporting – thank you.

We still need your support with this though, please ensure your equipment is security marked and registered, so that in the unfortunate circumstance of it being stolen, we can get it back to you effectively and effciently when it is found, thank you for your support on this.

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