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Decision Maker: North Area Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Advise on the priorities to be adopted for the next period of Neighbourhood Policing.
The Committee received a report from Sergeant Wragg regarding Policing and Safer Neighbourhood Trends.
The report outlined actions taken since the
North Area Committee of the 9th April 2015. The current emerging
issues/neighbourhood trends for each ward were also highlighted (see report for
full details).
The Committee and members of the public
asked the following question regarding the report:
Q1
Resident of Victoria Road
Concerned
that heavy goods vehicles continue to use Victoria Road in the early hours of
the morning. Can technology
be used to monitor this and seek prosecutions?
Sergeant Wragg stated that
it was hard to tell what work to date had achieved. Police would be happy to
continue with the priority and would welcome feedback for the community.
Q2 Kay Harris
Mrs Harris agreed
that lorries using inappropriate roads at night were a
problem. Histon Road also suffers.
Q3 Doug Whyte
What has happened
to the Speed Watch volunteer training?
Volunteers had been trained. Their reports generate advisory letters.
Further action could be taken against repeat offenders.
Q4 Councillor Bird
The mobile camera
outside Grumpy’s has achieved the desired results.
Could a permanent camera be considered?
Sergeant Wragg noted the
request.
Q5 Councillor Bird
A horse and trap
was again being used in Chesterton Recreation Ground and is dangerous for
children.
Sergeant Wragg requested
more information on this matter.
Mr Bond said that
a steel fence had been removed and this allowed the owner of the horse and trap
to access the recreation ground. The City Council’s open Spaces Manager had
been informed.
Q6 Councillor
Scutt
Bateson Road
residents report drug dealing happening in the gardens.
Sergeant Wragg stated that
the area was monitored regularly.
Q7 Councillor
Scutt
Would an
additional pedestrian crossing on Arbury Road help reduce speeding and if yes
where should it be?
Sergeant Wragg suggested a
crossing near the Manor School and Arbury Court would have a visual impact.
Q8 Councillor
Austin
Residents of
Arbury Road and Orchard Road complain that vehicles are rat running in
residential streets.
Sergeant Wragg would look
into this.
Q9 Councillor
Austin
Can Sergeant Wragg
comment on why the crime figures for West Chesterton all show an increase?
Sergeant Wragg suggested
that housing in West Chesterton was as easy target due to the layout of the
street and the feature of the housing. Overall crime figures were low so the
activities of a few individuals could skew the figures.
Q10 Councillor
Austin
Drug dealers are
reported to be targeting younger children. Is advice being targeted at the 14
plus age group?
The police had not seen an increase in young drug
users. Educational teams do target this age group in schools.
Q11 Richard Taylor
Do you have to return to
the area of the offence to undertake a speed awareness course?
Councillor Todd-Jones had investigated this and
confirmed that the courses could be taken anywhere.
Q12 Richard Taylor
The statistics in the
Police report continue to be broad brush strokes and do not offer sufficient
details.
The Safer Communities Section Manager stated that it was not possible to break down the statistics at present. This would have to be done manually and was not considered the best use of Police time.
Q13 Councillor Pitt
Is the rise burglary
and violent crime seasonal?
Sergeant Wragg stated that
a change to crime recording was a significant factor in the increased crime
rates. Police are being encouraged to log incidents that might previously have
been dealt with by the individual officer. However, the darker evening do
contribute to increased crime figures. In addition, prison releases of serial
offenders can produce a spike in crime figures.
The committee discussed on-going priorities around traffic concerns.
Sergeant Wragg requested
that the priorities were limited due to resourcing issues. Councillor Manning
suggested that this was a political discussion and that the Committee should be
free to set priorities. If those priorities were not achieved, the Police should
give an account of the reasons why at the next meeting.
The Committee:
Resolved unanimously to prioritise the following:
i. Continue the safeguarding / enforcement work around the supply of Class A Drugs (Op Hexham).
ii. Road enforcement action (to include overnight use of Victoria Road by heavy goods vehicles).
Publication date: 25/02/2016
Date of decision: 10/09/2015
Decided at meeting: 10/09/2015 - North Area Committee
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