Operated by: Thames Valley Police
https://www.thamesvalley.police.ukEvery neighbourhood in Thames Valley has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing team.
Neighbourhood Policing teams can be contacted via 101, the Thames Valley Police non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.
Neighbourhood Policing teams…- Are led by senior police officers and include police community support officers (PCSOs), often together with volunteer police officers, volunteers and partners.
- May serve one or several neighbourhoods.
- Work with local people and partners to identify, tackle and prevent local, low-level crime, anti-social behaviour, and any ongoing concerns.
- Provide you with a visible, accessible and accountable police service and aim to make your neighbourhood safer.
- Have been present in every Thames Valley neighbourhood since 1 April 2008.
- Focus all of their efforts on their dedicated neighbourhoods, building relationships with local people.
- Needs you to tell us about the issues that concern you in your area.
- Has transformed policing at a local level, to meet the needs of local communities.
- Is known as ‘Safer Neighbourhoods’ in Milton Keynes.
From the start of 2010, Thames Valley Police extended its neighbourhood consultation by introducing a wider range of publicised opportunities to meet neighbourhood teams.
We will provide open monthly meetings to allow the public to influence our priorities. These meetings will be branded as Have Your Say opportunities, and in many cases will be held in conjunction with partners.
Once local priorities have been identified, a broader ‘toolkit’ of problem-solving tactics is being made available to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is tackled effectively.
Across the Thames Valley area, there are many successful Neighbourhood Action Groups which will continue to deliver local problem solving, but the introduction of Have Your Say meetings will allow neighbourhood teams to identify more quickly those specific local priorities that need attention.
Thames Valley Police views the introduction of Have Your Say meetings as a positive step in tackling issues that matter most to the public. I welcome your support and engagement in this endeavour.
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 101
Website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
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E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
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Current Priorities
Issue
In our recent neighbourhood priorities survey, residents of Marlow highlighted Burglary as one of their top 3 priorities. While burglary investigations are routinely owned by other departments, the neighbourhood team can work on burglary prevention.
Action
The neighbourhood team will carry out high visibility patrols in locations a burglary has taken place or in locations where there has been increased report.
In light of burglaries, the team will also carry out a process called cocooning, where they will seek to visit the victims and engage with households in the proximity of the area, either via door knocks or leaflet drops.
Have your say events also continue to be conducted in locations around Marlow. Usually conducted by PCSOs and sometimes PCs, these events give members of the public the opportunity to pick up crime prevention material and speak with their local neighbourhood team about any concerns they may have.
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.
Issue
Speeding was highlighted as another priority by residents in the recent neighbourhood priorities survey. It has been seen this is particularly an issue around the Stokenchurch area. The team will continue to work on increasing their speed enforcement operations
Action
To address the concerns of speeding, special constable have recently completed training with speed gun equipment and how to carry out effective speed enforcement on the roads. The neighbourhood teams have also been trained on this. While road offences are typically are a priority of the roads policing unit, the neighbourhood team will be planning more days of speeding enforcement on roads identified to have the issues.
The Marlow team have recently completed speed checks in the Stokenchurch area after increased reports there, numerous tickets were issued and the highest speed recorded was 51mph in a 30mph zone.
The neighbourhood teams across Buck continue to promote the community speed watch scheme, in which local residents volunteer to monitor the speeds in their neighbourhood with support from police. If you are interested in helping out you can contact the community speed watch co-ordinator: [email protected]
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.
Issue
Anti-social behaviour was highlighted as a top priority in the recent neighbourhood priorities survey by local residents so the Marlow team will continue to focus efforts on the issue. There has been increased reports on Marlow High street, Higginson Park, Peacock Road, Shelley Road
Action
The neighbourhood team will carry out high visibility patrols at peak times, currently the issues are identified to take place in the evenings so the team will utilise their late shifts to put visibility in the area.
They will seek to stop and engage with any individuals suspected of causing issues as well as carry out stop searches where necessary. Intel will continue to be built around drug usage and drug dealing. There are a number of solutions the team utilise to tackle drug offences. While repeat offenders and drug dealing operations will face prosecution, community resolution orders can be given for lower level offending to prevent further offending. The local neighbourhood team have issued a number of these in the past 3 months, primarily for Class B drug possession.
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.