Wealden

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District Commander's message: Chief Inspector Dick Coates

As we enter the New Year in Wealden and I can report that we are still seeing a 4% reduction in crime, which is 130 less victims of crime.

Our major issue continues to be theft of metal but this has seen a decrease in the last few weeks after Operation Wellhouse was put in place before Christmas.

We continue to target those people we believe are stealing items across Wealden and will use all methods available to us to prevent and detect such offences and this includes placing bait for the criminals to steal. We can then track this bait and arrest the offenders. Criminals will never know if what they are stealing can be tracked - therefore I would urge them not to steal in the first place. Otherwise we will come knocking at their door.

I had the pleasure of working with my team on Operation Blitz on New Year's Eve. It was a fairly quiet night until after midnight when a flurry of calls came in. These as you would expect were mainly drink related. Operation Blitz has been instrumental in Wealden for a 14% reduction in criminal damage this year and antisocial behaviour being dealt with in quick time. If you would like to join Operation Blitz or find out more about it email district.wealden@sussex.pnn.police.uk
I would like to thank the Safer Wealden partnership for their continued funding and support of this initiative.

We held a number of road safety events over the last month with our partners from the Fire Service. Offenders were given the chance to be spoken with and shown videos showing what their actions could lead too. We hope this will correct the error of their ways. Using mobile phones whilst driving, speeding and drink driving should not be acceptable in our modern society.

We are now four months into the restructure on East Sussex and I hope you are still seeing the benefits. We are still working hard to deliver the best levels of service for you all.

The year ahead will bring new challenges but your local team within Wealden are more than ready to face them. Our partnership working is strong and this will enable us to continue to deliver a first class service to you all.

I am always contactable via my email address and I am happy to be contacted with your views regarding our service. If I can help in any way please email me at richard.coates@sussex.pnn.police.uk

Chief Inspector Dick Coates

District Commander