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Police Crime Maps and Reporting to the Police |
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To Arun West NHW members
This Alert is a follow on from the one issued on the 1st February which presented the role of Crime Maps produced monthly by the police for each of the fourteen districts that make up the Arun West NHW region. The crime maps, produced from reported crimes, are used by the local police Neighbourhood Teams to enable focus on crime types and priorites to be set. This Alert presents an overview of the crime reporting options detailed in the Sussex Police website that are available to the general pubic. Starting with the icon REPORT on the police website home page and scroll down to REPORT a CRIME the reporting options are presented.
(1) Is this an emergency Call 999 when the suspect is still on the scene.
(2) It is not an emergency If you have witnessed or been a victim to a crime the more appropriate reporting methods is to call 101 or use the online reporting system in the police website section REPORT A CRIME. The online reporting system is preferrable as the website takes you through the various types of crime, ie burglary, car theft , domestic abuse, antisocial behaviour etc.
(3) Persons with hearing or speech impairments Antisocial behaviour takes many forms. From aggressive noisy or abusive behaviour ( including vehicles, bicycles, e-bikes, or e-scooters )to neighbourhood disturbances involving drugs, abandoned cars or animals. If you have witnessed antisocial behaviour please report it if it is your neighbourhood where you live, work or visit often. Regardless of what type of report you have submitted to the police you should be given a CRIME REFERENCE NUMBER which enables efficient further communication with the police regarding progress updates or even providing the police additional information. If you do not have a crime reference number the police website has a form for you to request one. What happens after you have reported a crime (1) The police will asses the report information and decide if they can investigate the crime further. If the police decide not to investigate further they will contact the report writer and explain why. (2) When further investigation is initiated which could involve talking to witnesses, viewing CCTV or video footage, assessing the crime scene a decision to close or continue will be taken. At this stage the police will contact the report writer and advise the decision taken. (3) Moving forward with the investigation and investigating police officer will be assigned who will be the report writers contact point during the investigation answering your questions and keeping you updated.
Remember the police depend on crime reports to develop their monthly crime data, area crime maps and crime hot spots. Therefore no crime reports result in no police focus on the area and less chance of police visibility in the area. Police Visibility helps towards crime prevention
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