Your Neighbourhood Policing Team
Dorset Police is committed to delivering exceptional local policing, putting local communities at the heart of everything we do and to providing a safe county for everyone.
Each ward area has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team, supported by a Neighbourhood Enforcement team and Rural crime team that collaborate with partners and stakeholders to target activity, tackling issues that are important to local communities.
We are committed to ensuring our teams are visible, connected, and accessible, through regular engagement opportunities.
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Crimes and priorities
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ASB (Anti-Social Behaviour) in Corfe Mullen
Location:
Corfe Mullen.Issue:
Youths in the local area have been causing a range of issues affecting the local area. Children have been using catapults to shoot are various pieces of road furniture and private property causing damage. Other issues relate to knocking on doors of vulnerable people and frightening them.Planned action to tackle this issue:
- Conduct high visibility patrols,
- We will hold engagement with the local community, through interaction of foot patrol and Community Contact Points,
- We will cork in collaboration with local schools,
- We will work in collaboration with partner agencies such as the community safety partnership, working on education and interventions.Action taken:
June Update:
- Individuals identified for ASB. Police and partners are working together on interventions to address behaviours.
- A key pair, who have targeted vulnerable people, have been arrested and the investigation is ongoing.
- Community Contact Points (CCPs) have taken place in collaboration with Local Councillors to engage with the community.
- Work with local schools is taking place.
- A number of dispersal notices have been issued and arrests made.May Update:
- Community contact points (CCPs) have been placed in Corfe Mullen to support engagement with the public to listen to concerns, obtain intelligence and share the work we have already completed.
- Joint working with you social services and schools.
- Hi-visibility foot patrols in key locations.
- Disruption of planned ASB by youths. -
Priority:
Shoplifting
Location :
Ferndown.Issue:
Ferndown has seen an increase in reported shoplifting leading to losses to businesses and concern for the public.Planned action to tackle this issue:
- We will complete high visibility patrols,
- Targeted action on offenders,
- We will hold engagement with local stores on crime prevention.Action taken:
June Update:
- Reports in offending have decreased, though we are alive to the fact this problem is not resolved. In the past 31 days only 4 reports have been made to Police,
- A number of reports are undergoing investigation,
- Hi-Visibility patrols will continue,
- Engagement with shops will continue