Neighbourhood officers engage with thousands in NPT week of action

Over the week, officers and staff have visited 23 schools, helping to educate and reassure young people in the classroom; hosted 13 drop-in and planned community consultations, ensuring local voices are heard and acted upon and attended 10 local authority meetings, including parish councils, area boards, pub watch sessions and town council forums; strengthening our partnership approach to keeping communities safe.
In addition, neighbourhood policing teams further engaged with our communities, including attending meetings at places of worship, reinforcing our commitment to inclusive policing.
As well as carrying out a range of community engagement activities, teams have worked with partnership organisations to target prolific offenders, retail crime, human trafficking and modern slavery, immigration offences as well as licensing infringements and organised crime.
T/Chief Inspector Leighton Williams said: “Neighbourhood teams have made a number of visits to commercial premises to conduct immigration and welfare checks with a view to safeguarding the most vulnerable, who may have found themselves trafficked into the country.
“In addition, officers and staff visited 120 properties with partners from Trading Standards and visited several retail units to offer the reassurance that we are taking theft and assaults on staff seriously.
“Patrols across our rural community were undertaken in direct response to non-dwelling burglaries, with target hardening advice offered where suitable.”
These activities, the force says, reflect the commitment of its neighbourhood policing teams to be visible, accessible and responsive.
More information about the neighbourhood teams serving your area can be found at https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/police-forces/wiltshire-police/areas/about-us/local-policing-in-wiltshire/
 

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