Gillingham NPT Weekly Update 26/08/2026

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Gillingham Neighbourhood Team have been dealing with anti-social behaviour (ASB) and trying to proactively stop it from taking place as much as we can. This means we have been out on foot later on in the evening of our late shifts this week. 

On our patrols at around 10pm on Monday we spoke to various individuals in cars who had loud exhausts, giving words of advice about driving responsibly and turning their engines off when they are parked up. We have had various reports from the community that this is something you have to deal with a lot, so we are working with the council and our Patrol Teams to tackle these problems for you. 

PCs Brad and Ash have been engaging with individuals who have been named in these types of incidents, educating them on our powers we have to discourage them from doing this in the future. 

We also spoke with various groups of teens on the Meadows and at the skate park, they were all on their best behaviour and we advised them about keeping the noise down and being respectful to people living in the area. Everyone we spoke to was very receptive of our advice, and we had no reports of ASB that evening. 

Sgt Dimmack also assisted our Rural Crime Team with a Warrant they had on, as well as the team working with Station Desk Officer Alix who became aware of a theft of a bike. We have been looking at CCTV in the area and have been working to try and reunite the victim with his bike. 

We have also been in contact with our colleagues over the border in Wiltshire, information sharing and speaking about incidents and trends which have been taking place locally. 

PC Brad will be at Waitrose, Gillingham tomorrow morning at 10:30am to hold the monthly Community Contact Point (CCP).

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