Swanscombe ASB Operation Update

Dear residents of Swanscombe, 

You may have noticed a higher police presence in your area over the last few weeks and we wanted to share why and our results with you. 

Kent Police Officers have been deployed on an operation to Swanscombe, Dartford to target issues raised by residents of Swanscombe following recent door to door surveys. These issues include, Anti-social behaviour, specifically relating to off‑road bikes, e‑scooters, nuisance youths, and drug supply. 

Officers have had some brilliant results that I wanted to share displaying the good work of officers who are working hard to tackle the problems you have raised in your area. These are the results from just ONE shift:

3 x Possession with intent to supply drugs arrests - all separate arrests/incidents, in the space of 1 hour in Swanscombe.
1 x Arrest for Possession Offensive Weapon, Common Assault, Section 4 Public Order

2 x Knife seizures 
3 x Victim statement obtained

1 x Arrest – Threats to Kill, Common Assault x 2, S4a Public Order
7 x E Scooter Seizure 
1 x E scooter Traffic offence reports. 
5 x Traffic offence repots. For careless driving - Surron Bike, No MOT, Cords exposed, insufficient tread

1 x Arrest for Drug drive 
2 x Vehicle section 23 Misuse of drugs act search

6 x Person Section 23 Misuse of drugs act search 

4 x Section 1 PACE search

1 x Community resolution for possession Class B cannabis. 

These are the kind of results we can get with your intelligence and reporting. This is a brilliant result for Swanscombe. This operation is on going and we hope to share some further results with you in due course.

Kind regards, Your beat officers. 

Jodie & Simon 

PC 15680 DALY & PC 15800 HODGE