Stevenage Police Safer Neighbourhood Team
As part of their plan to provide the highest level of Policing, the Police made a pledge that every citizen in Hertfordshire will have access to the services of a Neighbourhood Policing Team.
The teams are designed to operate in ‘localities’- small clusters of wards - and will be mixed, comprising Neighbourhood Constables, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and officers from the Special Constabulary. They will work closely with local authority wardens, Neighbourhood Watch groups and people and organisations accredited as partners in community safety.
Members of the teams will be additionally trained to enable officers to deal with and understand the very specific and diverse needs of their communities.
The teams aim to:
- Use problem solving techniques to address local issues and to set in place long-term and sustainable solutions.
- Continue to work closely with and provide training to our community safety partners.
- Provide training to Neighbourhood Watch members and any member of the community who wishes to actively participate in solving their local problems.
- Seek to establish with our partners Locality Based Problem Solving Teams, a multi-agency group which can form quickly and has the resources to effectively tackle local problems.
- Work with our partners to explore further ways to enhance integrated services at a local level, improving communication and accessibility.
Our team comprises of 1 Inspector who head ups the team and who is supported by 2 Sergeants, 12 Uniform Constables and 23 Police Community Support Officers.
The team not only undertakes the day to day patrol and Policing duties of each area in Stevenage, but also takes on the responsibility for various community safety initiatives. Working with Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire Trading Standards and other partner agencies, the Safer Neighbourhood team has been involved in the closure of crack houses, the closing down of cannabis farms, the continuing initiative to prevent under age drinking and several Environmental Action Days.
On top of this, each Ward Constable and their PCSO’s have specific initiatives relating to the areas they cover. These range from youth diversion schemes to limit anti social behaviour, monitoring of licensed premises, to involvement with local community groups.Several of the PCSO’s also have specific responsibilities for things such as school liason, anti social behaviour and the Stevenage Neighbourhood Watch Scheme.
Full details of each areas Constables, PCSO’s and the team supervisors are available on the Hertfordshire Constabulary Web Site, which can be accessed from the link below.
Once the link has taken you to the site, simply put in your postcode or click open the Stevenage area of the County map.
The team can be contacted either via the local Police Station on 0845 33 00 222, or you can stop and speak to your local team members whenever you see them on their beats.