Beat Priorities July, August, September

Beat Priorities July, August, September

Bardon Beat Team – Your Priorities, Our Work

Over the past three months, the Bardon Beat Team has continued to work on the policing priorities that matter most to our communities.

Here’s a roundup of the work we’ve carried out and the action we’ve taken in response to the concerns raised by residents.

Road Safety & Speeding

Over the last three months, your local Neighbourhood Policing Team has continued to respond to concerns from residents about speeding and poor standards of driving across our beat.

Officers have carried out a mixture of dedicated speed operations, roadside monitoring, targeted patrols and interventions with individual drivers across areas including Whitwick, Thringstone, Hugglescote, Ibstock, Ellistown, Heather, Greenhill and Agar Nook.

Our work has included:

Dedicated speed checks at locations highlighted through community concerns.

During one operation on Greenhill Road, 110 vehicles were monitored, with three motorists detected travelling at 35mph. Verbal warnings were given to the drivers.

Speed monitoring has taken place on roads including Grange Road, Meadow Lane, Leicester Road, Loughborough Road, Swepstone Road and other identified locations.

Encouragingly, during many monitoring sessions all motorists were observed complying with the speed limit.

Where officers have witnessed inappropriate driving, motorists have been stopped and given words of advice where appropriate.

Officers have also made use of Section 59 Police Reform Act powers, with a vehicle seized following previous concerns around the manner in which it was being driven.

We have also used our social media channels to share speeding information and road-safety messages with the wider community.

Our work continues

Not every patrol or speed check results in an offence being detected, and that is a positive result. Our aim is to prevent collisions, encourage responsible driving and provide reassurance, as well as taking enforcement action when necessary.

We know speeding remains an important issue for residents, so we will continue to use community information to identify locations for future patrols and speed enforcement.

Please remember: the speed limit is a maximum, not a target.

Help us keep our roads safe.

HGVs Breaching Weight Limits – Ellistown, Ibstock & Heather

Over the past three months, your local policing team has continued to focus on concerns surrounding HGVs using weight-restricted routes through Ellistown, Ibstock and Heather.

Following concerns raised by local residents, officers have carried out a significant number of targeted patrols and traffic monitoring sessions, at different times of the day and evening.

Our work has included:

Regular patrols across Ellistown, Ibstock and Heather, concentrating on known HGV routes and weight-restricted areas.

Stopping and checking HGVs found within restricted areas. Many were found to have legitimate reasons to be there, including deliveries and collections from local businesses and construction sites.

Enforcement where offences were identified. Traffic Offence Reports have been issued to drivers found breaching weight restrictions without a legitimate exemption, including enforcement against a 32-tonne HGV.

Monitoring problem locations, including Leicester Road, Swepstone Road, Victoria Road, West Lane and the approaches through Ellistown.

Working with local businesses and partners, including discussions regarding HGV movements and the management of vehicles travelling to and from local sites.

Speaking directly with residents to establish whether concerns around HGVs parking and queuing have improved. 

Keeping the community informed through social media updates following enforcement activity.

Improving our local knowledge and patrol planning, with weight-restriction route maps shared across the local policing team to help officers identify potential breaches.

Importantly, during a large number of our patrols no HGV offences were identified. Where HGVs were stopped or observed within restricted areas, officers established whether they had a lawful reason to be there before considering enforcement.

Our work continues

We understand that inappropriate HGV movements can have a significant impact on residents.

Our aim is not to penalise drivers who are legitimately delivering to or collecting from businesses within restricted areas, but to identify those using restricted roads when they have no lawful reason to do so.

We will therefore continue our patrols, engagement and enforcement across Ellistown, Ibstock and Heather.

Thank you to residents who continue to raise concerns and provide us with information.

You said. We listened. We acted.

Anti-Social Behaviour – Agar Nook & Greenhill

Over the past three months, your local policing team has carried out regular targeted patrols across Agar Nook and Greenhill in response to concerns from residents around anti-social behaviour, off-road bikes, e-scooters and associated activity.

Our work has included:

Off-road bikes & e-scooters
 

Officers have responded to numerous reports and sightings of off-road bikes, Sur-Ron style bikes, quads and e-scooters. Riders have been engaged with where possible, words of advice and warnings have been given, and intelligence has been submitted to help identify those responsible.

Enforcement activity
 

Our patrols and enquiries have contributed to bikes being seized and recovered, including a stolen motorcycle. A Section 59 warning was issued and a bike seized following an incident involving a pit bike being ridden on a footpath. Officers have also identified vehicles of interest during patrols and submitted intelligence for further investigation.

Targeted patrols
 

Regular marked and unmarked vehicle patrols, together with foot patrols, have been conducted around Greenhill, Agar Nook, Twyford Close, Stamford Drive, Stretton Drive and surrounding areas. 

Youth engagement & prevention
 

Officers have spoken with numerous young people in the area. In many cases they were simply socialising and causing no issues. Where concerns were identified, advice was given around behaviour, e-scooters and potential criminal damage.

Working with our partners
 

We have carried out joint work with NWLDC and EMH, including patch walks and discussions around longer-term preventative measures. This has included looking at environmental improvements, CCTV and activities for young people.

Taking action at addresses
 

Following information about suspected off-road bikes, advisory letters were delivered to identified addresses explaining the legal requirements surrounding their use. Further visits and enquiries have also been conducted where appropriate.

Intelligence gathering
 

Patrols have generated valuable intelligence around individuals, vehicles, off-road bikes and locations of concern. Officers have also responded to information supplied directly by local residents.

Wider policing activity
 

While conducting these patrols, officers have also dealt with other incidents, including locating missing children, arresting wanted individuals, recovering vehicles and carrying out enquiries connected to suspected criminal activity.

We know that off-road bikes and anti-social behaviour remain concerns for some residents, and our work does not stop here.

Information from the community plays an important part in helping us build the intelligence picture and target our patrols where they are needed most.

See it. Report it. Help us tackle it.

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