Neighbourhood Policing Team Weekly Update - Safer Business Action Week

Neighbourhood Policing Team Weekly Update - Safer Business Action Week

👮‍♂️ Neighbourhood Policing Team - SaBA Week 🚔

Poole NPT have been supporting Safer Business Action Week #SaBAWeek, a national campaign to equip business owners and security staff with the tools they need to tackle crime and raise awareness of the support that’s available. During this week, local policing teams have been carrying out crime prevention activities with businesses and retail outlets, as well as groups like Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). The week provides national policing with the opportunity to engage with businesses, better understand their issues and work in collaboration to develop long term solutions. 

Over this week the team have been out in full-force in #PooleTown #AshleyRoad and Redlands Retail Park. We’ve been working in partnership with UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC), their partner SWL Security and other loss prevention departments and security companies. This multiagency approach enables us to information share, link communications and receive live reports of businesses experiencing antisocial behaviour or crime.

The operation brought together both overt and covert officers who worked alongside local businesses and retailers to identify, deter and apprehend offenders responsible for theft and related offences. Through a combination of plain-clothed deployments, uniformed officers monitoring CCTV and intelligence-led activity, we focused on protecting retailers, preventing crime and bringing offenders to justice.

Here's a summary of some of the positive work achieved over this week of action 👇

😡 8 x Arrests

🥸 13 x Stop Searches (1 positive for Class A drugs, 2 positive for Class B drugs, 2 weapons and 4 lots of stolen goods)

🎟️ 5 x Community Resolutions/Conditional Cautions issued (a caution is not technically the same as a conviction, but it comes with similar consequences)

🎫 2 x Notice of intentions served for Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO's)*

🔦 4 x Address checks and reassurance visits conducted to victims of crime/vulnerable persons and known offenders

🚔 2 x Reports of antisocial behaviour attended and positive action taken

🔍 3 x Pieces of crucial intelligence (Used for future operations and actions)

🚙 1 x Vehicle Seized (including e-scooters/e-bikes)

🗣️ 4 x Community engagements attended/hosted

🥾 A large number of hours on foot and mobile patrol targeting our high harm areas and locations subjected to antisocial behaviour and crime

*A CBO is a court order that can be imposed following a criminal conviction. It aims to prevent further anti-social behaviour and offending by prohibiting specific conditions, if these conditions are breached, the offender is likely to serve a short prison sentence. CBO's can last between 2 years - indefinitely.

Poole NPT will continue to conduct focused ‘Days of Action’ throughout the year working collaboratively with partner agencies to tackle antisocial behaviour and crime.

Visit our website or the National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) for advice about keeping your business safe from crime: dorset.police (search "business crime prevention") and https://nbcc.police.uk/crime-prevention/business-security

If Police are unable to attend shopliftings at the time due to other dynamic threat, risk and harm in the area, it is imperative that any witness details and CCTV footage is retained and any safety protocol is adhered to from management. Enquires are carried out retrospectively, identities are sought and offenders are being brought to justice, however the process may take longer than expected which we understand can be disheartening. Reporting shoplifting is vital! Internally (within the business) and externally (Dorset Police). 

You can report anti-social behaviour or intelligence directly to us by visiting our website and clicking on the ‘Report your intelligence’ button. You can also report information anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their website.

If a crime is in progress or life is in danger, dial 999 ☎️ 

Keep an eye on our social media page (Poole Police) for further, open and positive weekly updates from your friendly Neighbourhood Policing Team!