South Leicester Police - Beat Priorities.

South Leicester Police - Beat Priorities.

Dear South Leicester Resident

You are receiving the following email as you are a resident living on the area covered by the Freemen Police Beat team.

Based on data collated from the “your views” surveys, beat knowledge, local intelligence and problems that are repeatedly reported the following have been identified as issues that are affecting people within the community the most. 

These will therefore form our beat priorities for the final quarter of the year with the local team ensuring these issues are focused on, targeted and in course acted upon/dealt with, we will work closely with members of the local community and partner agencies to do so.  

More details on the beat priorities and how the local team intend to tackle them as below.

Priority 1 Drugs. 

You have said that drug use in the community continues, to tackle this, proactive patrols and intelligence gathering is ongoing by local officers. The team continues to target those who are known to be dealing and taking illegal drugs. We will also investigate any report of properties being used to cultivate drugs.  

Priority 2 Tackling Rogue Traders. 

During the late Autumn and into the winter there is often an increase in reports of rogue traders targetting vulnerable individuals, they often go door to door charging high prices for conducting work on gutters or in gardens sometimes they claim to be sent by the local council. To combat this officer’s will be visiting areas that have previously been targeted and speaking to people directly, we will be advising on how to prevent this and encouraging people to report any suspicious activity. 

 Priority 3 Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB).

With a few key celebrations set to occur in the coming months such as Halloween, Diwali and Bonfire Night officers will be out conducting visible patrols to deter and prevent issues during these times, work will be done with local schools to educate young people on not only how to celebrate sensibly but to ensure they are safe and understand the dangers surrounding these events. Any report of repeat ASB will be investigated and work will be done with partner agencies to identify those involved. 

If you are being affected by any of these issues or have information that may assist the local team then please do report it to us online, by contacting 101 or speaking to an officer from the team at one of the upcoming beat surgeries, please always report any immediate emergencies by calling 999.

Kind regards.