Report antisocial behaviour | Suffolk Constabulary
At the recent Parish Council meeting members of the Community Team from Suffolk Police attended and advised the most effective way for the community and the Police to work together to maintain a safe village and to overcome antisocial behaviour whether from speeding, noise or any other activities.
The officer explained that there are three teams in the local Police area, Cameras, Traffic and Community Policing. Within the teams only some officers are trained in speed monitoring. There are three speed cameras between 4 people, and the teams require more intelligence to establish where and when speeding happens so that they can direct resources to manage the problem.
Whilst it is appreciated that data is sent to the Control Centre, when it is forwarded to the individual teams it is done via a third party and contact details of the originator have been removed. The Community Policing Team need an email ideally to notify dates of offences, locations, incident times, make and model of the car to enable the team to review ANPR details, a marker can then be placed on vehicles. The process will take a month or more due to operational issues and prioritising workload.
Residents can report minor traffic offences which are a nuisance including all the things reported by Cllr Wiles, the identity of the reporter will not be disclosed therefore members of the public should be confident that there will be no recriminations when reporting offences, however the reports should be as detailed as possible and include make, model of vehicle and location of the issue Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) will be used to identify the vehicle and a marker will be placed on it to ensure that it gets stopped. A section 59 notice could be placed on a vehicle doing so provides officers with the power to seize a vehicle if a warning is ignored it:.
- Deals with the anti-social use of motor vehicles on public roads or off-road.
- Is issued when vehicles are used to cause distress, alarm, annoyance, or in an anti-social manner.
- Allows police officers and PCSOs to seize vehicles being used in an anti-social manner. and stays on the vehicle if they get 2 Section 59s their vehicle can be seized.
- If the issue is with drugs, suspicious activity, or known drunk drivers the same process should be followed. With antisocial behaviour if there are a number of ASBs the Police will escalate. Reports will be treated as anonymous to protect the source.
If the village would like an engagement day, the Community Policing Team (CPT) will be happy to oblige at weekends and can also provide posters and other resources both to community groups and schools.
In conclusion Assington is a quiet rural area therefore it is identified as low priority. The Community Police Team is willing and keen to help however, they acknowledge that timely communication within the force remains a problem and ask to be copied into any correspondence with the Police Force.