Officers engage with communities and tackle crime during Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action

Neighbourhood policing teams across Cheshire have been engaging with communities and cracking down on crime during a national week of action.

Neighbourhood policing teams across Cheshire have been engaging with communities and cracking down on crime during a national week of action.

Monday 15th June to Friday 19th June saw Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action taking place across the country, with a focus on recognising the work local officers do to keep communities safe.

Across Cheshire, neighbourhood policing teams were out on the beat speaking to local people, holding surgeries and targeting hotspot areas to help prevent and reduce crime.

Working with partners, the week of action saw a number of positive results including:

• A series of arrests following shoplifting and burglaries in Congleton, Widnes and Winsford.
• Licenced premises checks in Widnes and Warrington, with six retailers found to be selling alcohol or vapes to underage customers.
• #TheKidsAreWatching road safety in Nantwich, with drivers being stopped for speeding and spoken to by school pupils about the impact this has.
• Mini Police out and about in Ellesmere Port helping officers with road safety advice, as well as eight electric bikes and 14 electric scooters seized as part of Op Lwmaker
• Patrols at Phoenix Park and Sandymoor in Runcorn to target anti-social behaviour and drug issues, with one arrest made.
• A range of engagement work across Chester including Project Servator deployments, joint patrols with parking enforcement teams and water safety advice for locals.

On Tuesday 16th June, officers from Macclesfield Neighbourhood Policing Unit also carried out three drug warrants at Pennine Court.

More than 20 officers were supported by PCSOs, Peaks and Plains Housing Association, the local authority anti-social behaviour coordinators and designing out crime officers as they seized cannabis, weapons and an e-scooter from the three properties.

As the week came to an end Supt Andy Baker, from Local Policing, said:

“Officers out and about in our communities, talking to residents and solving local problems is a key part of the work we do every day to keep Cheshire safe.

“Neighbourhood policing has always been a cornerstone of our work and is all about early intervention and working with partners to tackle the issues that affect people every day.

“We have fantastic officers across all of our communities, and I’m pleased we have been able to shine a light on this work during Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action.

“This work will continue as we move into the summer months to ensure we are protecting victims of crime and keeping Cheshire even safer.”

Pictured - Neighbourhood Policing - Pennine Court.