Neighbourhood Policing Team set their local policing priorities for the coming months

Dear Resident

Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) across Dacorum have set their local policing priorities for the coming months. 

NPTs work alongside partners to focus on solving long and short-term neighbourhood issues, such as anti-social behaviour, vehicle nuisance and drug-related crime. 

Using an analysis of data, they set local policing priorities every four months, to provide a specific focus on the issues which are currently causing the most concern. Feedback from members of the public also plays a vital part. 

Residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working alongside partners to address the agreed priorities, through an increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement. 

In Hemel Hempstead North Rural, West and Central the priorities for the coming months are anti-social use of vehicles, e-bikes and e-scooters around shopping precincts and shoplifting enforcement across the locality. 

Previously, members of the public had asked us to focus on anti-social behaviour in Marlowes and Riverside and anti-social behaviour and associated crime at Stoney Croft and Rossgate shops. 

✅ Regular patrols have been carried out. 
✅ Arrests have been made.  
✅ Community Protection Warnings have been issued to prolific offenders. 
✅ Illegal e-bikes and e-scooters have been seized. 
✅ Feedback and information has been gathered through surveys. 
✅ Engagement events have been carried out to discuss local issues. 
✅Officers are continuing to work with retail management, the council and the Business Improvement District (BID) to address the issues in the town centre. 

Further information about local policing priorities can be found here - https://www.herts.police.uk/police-forces/hertfordshire-constabulary/areas/about-us/local-policing-priorities/local-policing-priorities/