Police teams in Gedling borough have vowed to crackdown on drug dealing, shop-lifting and anti-social behaviour in town centres over the next few months.
Gedling Policing Neighbourhood Team have announced their new priorities that they will focus on over the next three months.
They will work with Gedling Borough Council and other partners on a number of dedicated operations to help reduce crime in the area.
Operation Spearshaft will see officers focussing on tackling anti-social behaviour and associated drug dealing in Calverton.
Police teams will continue to crackdown on shoplifting in Arnold and Netherfield.
Operation Silverbirch has been started to tackle anti-social behaviour involving young people in Arnold.
A spokesman for Gedling’s Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “It feels that these issues affecting local people that we have been keen to address over previous months need to be maintained.
“Some of the individuals involved in ASB and crime in our neighbourhoods need to know we are there, and we will continue to monitor and target them to reduce the likelihood of victims and keep our community safe. To keep up the momentum, the priorities for the next three months, have now been agreed with the portfolio holder at Gedling Borough Council, and council colleagues.”
The team also provided an update on their last set of priorities.
As part of Operation Silverbirch police officers carried out over 200 hours of high visibility reassurance patrols and also targeted individuals they know have been causing harm to the community. Some individuals involved in drug dealing were also arrested and police intend to continue to target these individuals throughout the next three months.
Targeted patrols have also been carried out at locations in Netherfield where the community had been experiencing ASB and associated issues. Patrols and interventions in the Victoria Retail Park area were carried out to assist businesses, particularly through the busy Christmas period.
A policing operation to address ‘car cruising’ in the Netherfield area, under Op Triplefin also continued. Police said the use of the PSPO in the area, secured by Gedling Borough Council, has continued to assist efforts to deter people driving in an erratic and antisocial manner, often causing danger to themselves and other road users.
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