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Arson Reduction Group
Arson Reduction Group is made up of Local Fire Crew, Warwickshire Police and other agencies including Warwick District Council ASBO Officer, Environmental Health Officer and Housing Officer.
Fire officer and Police Community Support Officers will patrol areas highlighted as "hot spots" together to give advice to any persons who are or look like they are about to cause fire.
Targets are derelict buildings both business and residential. Overflowing skips. Rubbish bins. Wooded areas and park land.
Fire officer and Police Community Support Officers will patrol areas highlighted as "hot spots" together to give advice to any persons who are or look like they are about to cause fire.
Targets are derelict buildings both business and residential. Overflowing skips. Rubbish bins. Wooded areas and park land.
The Arson Reduction Team would ask members of public to report any of the above they may see as a fire risk.
Next meeting May 20th 2008.
Contact Wendy Burrows Town Centre PCSO 6023.
Next meeting May 20th 2008.
Contact Wendy Burrows Town Centre PCSO 6023.
Operation Odell
An operation run by Town Centre SNT in March - Targeting a premises that had suffered a high number of burglaries. With the assistance of officers and WDC CCTV after a weeks operation an individual was caught in the act of a commercial burglary, who subsequently admitted to over 100 burglary offences.
Geared Up Project goes from strenth to strenth
Leamington Town Centre Safer Neighbourhood Team have joined forces with Connexions, YOT, Bath Community Venture, WCVYS and other youth projects to create the Geared Up Project which will be run with Brakes Automotive Coventry. And held at Bath Place Community Centre Work Shop.
The project is aimed at young people who are not in education, employment or training and are potentially at risk of being pulled into anti social behaviour or crime. The group of selected young people will attend a 10 week course with Brakes Automotive project, which has over 5 years experience and success in running courses for such groups, where they will learn basic mechanics skills, but also social and integration skills, drugs & alcohol awareness, and legal requirments for motoring.
This is a prestigious course, and the young people who have been selected for the next course all feel privilaged to have been selected, there were over 20 young people that were put forward for the course from Warwick District, all of whom requested themselves to be considered.
The project is aimed at young people who are not in education, employment or training and are potentially at risk of being pulled into anti social behaviour or crime. The group of selected young people will attend a 10 week course with Brakes Automotive project, which has over 5 years experience and success in running courses for such groups, where they will learn basic mechanics skills, but also social and integration skills, drugs & alcohol awareness, and legal requirments for motoring.
This is a prestigious course, and the young people who have been selected for the next course all feel privilaged to have been selected, there were over 20 young people that were put forward for the course from Warwick District, all of whom requested themselves to be considered.
At each date on the course the group will be accompanied by a member of the SNT team. They will be able to seek advice on a range of issues that concern them. The course is run by extremely experienced youth workers who have a vast amount of experience and success under thier belts. The aim at the end of the course is to be able to assit the young people in gaining employment, training or further education and the prospect of future long term employment or greater qualifications.
The project is something the SNT are extremely passionate about and have been running for the past year.
The project is something the SNT are extremely passionate about and have been running for the past year.
Graffiti - criminal damage
As many members of our community are aware, at present, much like the country as a whole, we are suffering from our fair share of criminal damage by graffiti – also known as “tagging”,
As a Safer Neighbourhood team we do take this issue seriously and would like to make the following points to our business community, visiting community and the offenders themselves:-
1. Graffiti is a criminal offence, and falls under the Criminal Damage Act, and as such offenders will be dealt with according to those powers.
2. We would request that local businesses reconsider how they sell such items that can be used for graffiti, to make them less accessible to those offenders. Placing the items behind counters rather than on display, considering placing an age limit to who they sell too, i.e. not under 18 years.
3. businesses to consider displaying warning notices next to items they sell that maybe used for graffiti. Lets not forget many of these items do have a legitimate use.
As a Safer Neighbourhood team we do take this issue seriously and would like to make the following points to our business community, visiting community and the offenders themselves:-
1. Graffiti is a criminal offence, and falls under the Criminal Damage Act, and as such offenders will be dealt with according to those powers.
2. We would request that local businesses reconsider how they sell such items that can be used for graffiti, to make them less accessible to those offenders. Placing the items behind counters rather than on display, considering placing an age limit to who they sell too, i.e. not under 18 years.
3. businesses to consider displaying warning notices next to items they sell that maybe used for graffiti. Lets not forget many of these items do have a legitimate use.
4. Members of the public to report graffiti as it happens to enable police to act quickly and catch offenders in the act, or with the items used in their possession.
To all those involved in this criminal act, we would like to remind them, there are NO LAWFUL sites for Graffiti, it is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE and they will be prosecuted and result in a criminal record, whether via courts, cautions or £80 fixed penalty tickets.
If you would like to report graffitti whether it be on Council, Business or Private property contact Paul Garrison of Warwick District Countil 01926 450000
To all those involved in this criminal act, we would like to remind them, there are NO LAWFUL sites for Graffiti, it is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE and they will be prosecuted and result in a criminal record, whether via courts, cautions or £80 fixed penalty tickets.
If you would like to report graffitti whether it be on Council, Business or Private property contact Paul Garrison of Warwick District Countil 01926 450000
Operation Frampton
An operation was run in Leamington Town Centre in March for a Friday and Saturday night with an aim of combating drink related crime and disorder. The operation was lead by PS Calver and involved officers coming into work on their days off to police a special van to patrol the town centre streets as a Police Support Unit (PSU). these officers were all qualified and had expertise in public disorder policing. The aim of the operation was conduct a robust zero tolerance policing of the town. As a result of the operation 9 arrests were made for low level public disorder, but resulted in a drastic reduction of violent crime for that weekend, with only 3 incidents reported over the two nights, of which 2 had persons prosecuted. PS Calver is planning to run the operation again around June. the officers on the operation consisted of officers from the Town SNT and other officers from response teams around the district. It also utilised the newly formed Force Operation Task Group, to complete vehicle checks, targeting street racers and drink drivers.
Operation Tregaron
1st April - Fossil Fools Day - Town Centre Team - policed the demonstration in town centre to prevent disorder and disruption to town centre. Over all was successfully policed with the demonstrators behaving respectfully whilst still getting their point across.
