The Public Safety Foundation
This week saw police get out on foot with their Volunteer Police Cadets in Birmingham, and taking out car criminals in Britxon. An action-packed week of crime-fighting!
Traffic Stop of the Week
Starting in Brixton, police officers spotted a stolen car. When they went to stop it, it made off and was later found to have crashed into a tree. Police officers on cycle patrol pursued and caught the driver. Great teamwork taking a dangerous criminal off the road!
🚔 Great teamwork in #Brixton where police went to a stop vehicle, it made off, was found crashed into a tree – and the driver detained by officers on cycle patrol. It's vital that criminals are caught and face justice. https://t.co/y7847COrq7
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) June 17, 2023
Foot Patrol of the Week
Great to see police officers out on foot and being joined by local Volunteer Police Cadets. This week’s example comes from Birmingham, featuring PC Wedderburn and colleagues!
👮 Our #FootPatrolOfTheWeek goes to PC Wedderburn and colleagues in #Birmingham – joined on this occasion for an hour by local police cadets! Find out more about the police cadets https://t.co/Rl1S6ri6mE https://t.co/37bgcKxaVZ
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) June 18, 2023
Community Payback
Haltwhistle received the visible benefit of Community Payback this week, with offenders made to clear up litter, paint benches, edge paths, and generally improve the quality of the public space. We know that cleaner streets are safer streets, so great to see Probation making excellent use of Community Payback!
🚧 Great work from probation in #Haltwhistle, using #communitypayback to clear up litter, paint benches, edge paths and generally improve the cleanliness and quality of public spaces. Cleaner streets are safer streets. #CP50 https://t.co/82dmhSMiKq
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) June 17, 2023
Stop and Search
For two weeks on the trot, our stop and search of the week has gone to police officers in Glasgow – repeatedly taking knives and offensive weapons off the streets. The much-heralded “public health approach” and the “success of Glasgow” often overlooks the vital role that stop and search plays in reducing serious violence. Great to see the cops in Glasgow demonstrating just how vital a tool it is to make the streets safer!
🎯 More great proactive policing from officers in #Glasgow who used #stopandsearch to take two weapons and the two people carrying them off the streets. This important work is an essential part of driving down violent crime. https://t.co/5b36GYTBpi
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) June 17, 2023
Warrants and Raids
Drug dealers make our streets less safe and peddle misery, so we were delighted to see police in Northampton raid another address and take out a crack cocaine drug dealer. This example was from April, but the dealer was sentenced this week and the following body worn video has now been released. Great work from Northamptonshire’s finest.
🏠 Our #WarrantOfTheWeek goes to police in #Northampton taking the door of a crack cocaine dealer back in April – recovering drugs, phone and other evidence. Drug dealers make our streets less safe and peddle misery. https://t.co/6mHiVDfzTp
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) June 19, 2023
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