Decision details

Advise on the priorities to be adopted for the next period of Neighbourhood Policing.

The Committee received a report from Sergeant Colin Norden regarding the policing and safer neighbourhoods’ trends.

 

The report outlined actions taken since the Committee on 8 January 2015. The current emerging issues/neighbourhood trends for each ward were also highlighted (see report for full details).

 

Previous priorities and engagement activity noted in the report were:

i.             Tackling the supply of drugs in the East area

ii.            Anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the Petersfield and Mill Road areas.

iii.           Speeding and anti-social cycling

 

The Committee discussed the following policing issues:

     i.        Work to address antisocial behaviour in Petersfield open spaces.

    ii.        Public Space Protections Orders. These addressed a lot of anti-social behaviour issues associated with street drinking in the Mill Road area. They were being monitored to ensure that anti-social behaviour was not being moved from one area to another (i.e. somewhere without a Public Space Protections Order.)

   iii.        Measures to address street drinking:

·        Reduce the strength campaign.

·        Review of premises licences where alcohol was knowingly sold to intoxicated people.

·        Intelligence/evidence from residents very much welcomed.

·        The street life community needed space too.

  iv.        How to report issues by email instead of using the 101 telephone number.

 

ACTION: Lynda Kilkelly to circulate email contact details.

 

   v.        Tenison Road residents to meet the Speedwatch Co-ordinator to address speeding in Tenison Road.

  vi.        Bike thefts in Petersfield ward.

 vii.        Residents could register details about their property (e.g. serial numbers, descriptions, photos etc) on https://www.immobilise.com/ to give the Police sufficient details to identify and return stolen property.

viii.        Drug dealing in Romsey Recreation Ground toilets.

 

Members of the public and Councillors asked a number of questions, as set out below.

 

1.      Mr Richard Taylor asked whether statistics were kept on the use of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) and if fixed penalty notices were issued how many people went to court.

 

Sergeant Norden responded that a common sense approach was being taken to the issuing of fixed penalty tickets.  Police Officers carried a pocket notebook should an incident need to be recorded. 

 

Lynda Kilkelly stated that a procedure was in place to collect statistics however because the Order was new there were currently no statistics.  The statistics would be reported back to the Committee.

 

2. Ms Cranmer asked what action was being taken against people who drove across the pavement at Tenison Road. 

 

Sergeant Norden said that the Police would issues tickets or warnings if they witnessed an incident. Residents had passed a film of pavement parking to the Police which was being processed. A notice of intended prosecution is likely to follow.

 

3. Councillor Owers requested confirmation what the fixed tickets were usually issued for in relation to anti-social cycling.

 

Sergeant Norden confirmed that tickets for anti-social cycling were usually issued for cycling on the pavement or cycling through a red light.

 

4. Councillor Sinnott asked whether a breakdown of domestic violence statistics and data could be provided.

 

Lynda Kilkelly confirmed that this information would need to be found manually and would therefore be an issue surrounding resources.  However this may be able to be provided as a separate item in the future. 

 

5. Councillor Benstead stated that it appeared that there had been an increase in violent crimes and asked whether there was a reason for this.

 

Sergeant Norden confirmed that the Police had changed the way in which violent crimes were recorded and this might account for the increased figures.

 

Resolved (unanimously) to agree the following priorities:

 

i.        Continue with the work against the supply of Class A drugs and the presence of persons linked to organised crime groups from the London area.

ii.       Continue to target street drinking and alcohol-related ASB in the Petersfield and Mill Road areas.

iii       Continue to address road safety matters such as vehicle speeding and anti-social cycling.