Your neighbourhood policing team
Chief inspectors manage large teams of inspectors, sergeants, constables and police staff. They may be the most senior operational response officer or manage assigned specialist policing functions such as investigations. This role carries specific legal powers in line with inspector rank enabling the maintenance of law and order.
Chief inspectors plan, manage and monitor operational policing activity. They effectively and efficiently set the plan for deployment of resources to incidents, including major and/or critical incidents. Chief inspectors manage and mitigate risk effectively in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of officers, staff and the public and to respond effectively to problems, incidents and crime.
Chief inspectors manage large teams of inspectors, sergeants, constables and police staff. They may be the most senior operational response officer or manage assigned specialist policing functions such as investigations. This role carries specific legal powers in line with inspector rank enabling the maintenance of law and order.
Chief inspectors plan, manage and monitor operational policing activity. They effectively and efficiently set the plan for deployment of resources to incidents, including major and/or critical incidents. Chief inspectors manage and mitigate risk effectively in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of officers, staff and the public and to respond effectively to problems, incidents and crime.
The Neighbourhood Sergeant provides frontline leadership to coordinate neighbourhood team activity, and works with the community, partners and other colleagues to deliver safer neighbourhoods.
This includes directing problem solving and engagement activity, and being responsive to community needs.
PCSOs provide a visible, accessible and approachable uniformed presence in the community, using designated powers where needed, deterring and preventing crime, and tackling antisocial behaviour.
They are problem solvers and work with partners, where needed, to address local issues.
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Drug Harm Reduction.
Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.
Action taken:
• Continued targeted patrols to tackle drug related harm, including high visibility patrols of known areas of drug use and drug dealing including in areas of Devonshire Tennis courts and the pier to deter and identify those involved.
• A number of arrests made in the past few months in relation to drug harm, with referrals made to partner agencies to provide support and prevent further harm from known drug users in the area.
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Priority:
Anti-social driving (e.g. speeding, nuisance or noisy vehicles, cycles or e-scooters on the pavement)
Responding and taking action to tackle road and driving related offences that fall under the fatal 5, including excess speeding, mobile phone use, as well as tackling anti-social driving.
Action taken:
•Officers for Meads continue to commit to additional patrols and targeted police operations in areas of reported ASB driving, including areas of King Edwards Parade and the roads across Beachy Head.
•Future partnership road safety checks to be planned, including checks alongside volunteers from your Meads Community SpeedWatch Groups (CSW).