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Councillors, police and marshals speak about Hotspot Policing in Tiverton (OPCC)
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Hotspot policing, at its core, is about focusing resources into areas of higher levels of crime and antisocial behaviour.
00:08
There are a couple of hotspots in the town where we have antisocial behaviour.
00:11
It might be street drinking, it might be sometimes drug use, or just shouting at people and being antisocial.
00:17
Certainly the traders in the town have had issues with a certain element of people who come in and cause some disruption
00:25
with antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, is an issue as well.
00:31
So we do see some nuisance behaviour in the town centres, which is reflected probably across Devon and Cornwall.
00:38
So we're not dissimilar to other sized market towns.
00:41
So we work with Devon and Cornwall Police.
00:44
They identify their own, what they would call, hotspots.
00:49
Once we've established those hotspots, that area, we then establish a patrol route that encompasses those
00:54
as well as the rest of the town.
00:57
And then our teams work throughout the day, you know, on a rotation throughout the week as well,
01:02
patrolling the town and making sure that we are visible and seen in those hotspot areas.
01:07
So for Tiviton, what that will mean is you'll see street marshals supported by local police officers
01:12
and community support officers patrolling the streets, engaging with businesses, engaging with the public.
01:18
And it also will involve problem solving.
01:21
So dealing with the root causes of the issue as well.
01:23
So understanding what is causing this and can we actually design this out?
01:27
Can we do something about it to make sure it doesn't continue?
01:30
So we make a point of engaging very closely with the local community,
01:33
whether that be businesses, members of the public, visitors to the town.
01:38
You know, we walk around in very visible outfits.
01:41
We encourage people to approach us.
01:44
You know, we can answer questions they have on what we're doing, why we're there, what powers we have.
01:49
If they have got any intelligence to report to us on low-level crime and ASB,
01:53
that we can then deal with ourselves as we can.
01:56
If not, then we can advise them on the best routes of how to report that.
02:00
So my advice to the public is approach them, have a chat with them,
02:03
as it would be for my team as well.
02:05
If you see my team out with them, of course, come on over, have a conversation.
02:07
Well, the main benefit will be the reassurance from having the public visibility
02:12
of having these marshals and the police as well.
02:15
It will also, I think, be good news for visitors to the town.
02:18
It will help them feel safer.
02:21
And to see that uniformed presence, I think, is always welcomed.
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