The Public Safety Foundation
Each week we select a sample of the excellent crime-fighting work that is taking place across the country. This week is no different, with examples from as far afield as Lyme in Dorset and Gateshead in Northumbria.
Foot Patrol of the Week
This week we shine a light on foot patrol in Lyme, where Special Constable 3066 has been on patrol with colleagues, looking smart, professional and responding to a range of calls for service – including road traffic collisions and a suicidal male. Foot patrol is an important foundation for neighbourhood policing and public safety.
👮 Our foot patrol of the week goes to Dorset Police Special Constable 3066 in #Lyme, helping tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. Specials do great work making our streets safer. Find out more about becoming one in Dorset: https://t.co/g0my4K7FdA https://t.co/wskUpfuGei
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) July 14, 2023
Community Payback
London Probation doing more great work cleaning up litter and rubbish in Tower Hamlets (again!). We know that cleaner streets are safer streets, so it is great to see this sustained effort to clean up Tower Hamlets. Excellent work in this 50th Anniversary Year of Community Payback.
👷 Great to see #CommunityPayback being put to good effect this week in Tower Hamlets, with litter being cleared. Cleaner public spaces are safer public spaces. Good work! #CP50 https://t.co/ESVjJSNBqh
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) July 21, 2023
Arrest of the Week
In Dartford, Kent, Police Dog Jagger had a whole lot of fun assisting firearms officers with a search of a vehicle. The vehicle contained cannabis, a knife, and hammer. Another fine example of police officers and their police dog colleagues helping make us all safer and dealing a blow to criminals in Kent.
🎖️ Arrest of the week goes to police in #Dartford, Kent, who were ably assisted by Police Dog Jagger while stopping and searching a vehicle. Both occupants were arrested after drugs, a hammer, and a knife were found. Good job! https://t.co/kqPAz6BkLm
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) July 20, 2023
Stop and Search
A member of the public called in reports of a young person with a knife in Solihull this week, with the result that police swiftly pounced and arrested a suspect for possession of a pointed or bladed article after efforts were made to conceal it during a stop and search. Another excellent example of stop and search being used to make our streets safer.
🎯 More great crime-fighting from police in #Solihull where they used their #stopandsearch powers to take a knife off the street and arrested the person carrying it. Well done to them and the member of the public who called police! https://t.co/UVIlDJaRCP
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) July 19, 2023
Warrants and Raids
Northumbia Police have been putting in the graft recently with Chief Constable Jardine’s Operation Impact resulting in a surge of police activity, putting in the doors of drug dealers right across the force. This week we applaud those police officers who took a door in Saltwell, and arrested two suspects for possession with intent to supply drugs. Excellent work!
💥 Our #WarrantOfTheWeek goes to the various officers in @NorthumbriaPol putting in the doors of suspected criminals across #Newcastle, #Gateshead and beyond as part of Chief Constable @CCJardineNP's #OpImpact. https://t.co/MoxQzSaQ9c
— The Public Safety Foundation (@PublicSafetyFdn) July 17, 2023
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