New local policing priorities for East Herts

Tackling shoplifting, vehicle nuisance and disorder in the night time economy are the issues the public have said they would like local policing teams across East Herts to focus on over the coming months.

Thanks to feedback from residents, each of the four Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNT) across the town have set their next round of local policing priorities for December to March.

SNTs consist of officers and PCSOs who work alongside local partners, to focus on solving long and short-term neighbourhood issues, such as anti-social behaviour, speeding, criminal damage, theft and drug related crime.

They are in addition to the 24/7 response officers, who deal with emergency calls, and the teams of detectives in the Local Crime Unit, who investigate the more serious crimes.

Over the coming months, residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working to address the following issues, through increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement:

Bishop’s Stortford and Sawbridgeworth

• Reduce reports of motor vehicle related anti-social behaviour in South Street and The Causeway in Bishop’s Stortford town centre.
• Reduce reports of speeding on the A1184 London Road.

East Herts Rural

• Reduce incidents of anti-social vehicle usage in Buntingford town.
• Reduce road crime and increase safety for all road users in the Hadham wards.

Hertford

• Reduce incidents of violence, disorder and anti-social behaviour in the night time economy in Hertford town centre.

Ware

• Reduce incidents of shoplifting at retail locations across Ware town centre.

Neighbourhood Inspector Mark Collins said: “Feedback from members of the public plays a big part in our decision making and information provided via our community voice platform ‘echo’ is used to help shape the priorities, alongside an analysis of local data.

“We want to ensure that local policing resources are focusing on the issues that matter most, so I’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to share their views with us.”

You can keep up to date with the work of your local SNT on Facebook by following the ‘East Herts Police’ page.