Your neighbourhood policing team
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Retail Crime
Action taken:
The Neighbourhood Policing Team continues to target persistent offenders and engage with partners and local businesses to offer support, conduct preventative work where appropriate and patrol areas of concern.
Our PCSOs visit local retailers offering advice on how to report retail crime which includes shoplifting and abuse towards staff and customers.
Additionally, we support Shop Kind campaigns throughout the year, raising public awareness on retail crime.
We continue to provide support to retailers on signing up to the retail crime reporting system DISC
The team will conduct foot patrols in the area and if possible, park a marked police vehicle in the town.
They will engage with any shoplifters and deal with any offences robustly.
They will take a pro-active stance in preventing shoplifters from offending by giving out CPW,CPN and CBO’s where possible.
They will assist with any investigations by gathering CCTV and collecting statements when possible.
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Priority:
Antisocial Behaviour
Action taken:
The Neighbourhood Policing Team continues to carry out regular patrols, focusing on areas where reports of ASB have been made.
The team will:
Conduct visible foot patrols in the hot spot areas such as West Street and The Forum.Engage with youth ASB offenders.
Park a marked vehicle in town to act as another visible deterrent.
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Cycling on pavements
Action taken:
Our Horsham Town Team continues to work in partnership with Horsham District Council and West Sussex County Council Highways, to improve signage and cycling routes around the town.
We continue to engage and educate cyclists on where they can cycle and issue fines where appropriate.