Today is Wednesday, June 19th 2013
City Weekly Brief - April 2 to April 8, 2012
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012
City Weekly Brief - April 2 to April 8, 2012
It seems incredible that last week my report began with comments regarding the good weather we were enjoying, with temperatures in the mid 20s, and then the week which followed saw snow flurries, rain and cold temperatures. Still, the UK is famous for its miserable weather, especially on Bank Holiday weekends! On a brighter note, I hope you all had a good Easter holiday. I enjoyed the break from work and spending time with my family.
I am pleased to report the City had a relatively quiet period with low levels of crime and anti-social behaviour over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Safer Neighbourhood officers were able to catch up on paperwork and follow up crime enquiries with a number of arrests made. Even in our so-called ‘quiet’ periods policing goes on as normal. Over the past week officers arrested 338 people for a total of 745 offences, and answered 2,166 calls for assistance. I was pleased to note that disorder in the city over the weekend was also at low levels.
On Wednesday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting up with nearly 200 neighbourhood officers. I personally found this really useful as I was able to re-affirm our commitment to neighbourhood policing and explain why some specialist officers are being re-aligned to work within larger Safer Neighbourhood Teams. I would like to thank everyone who took part and it was particularly nice that we were able to allocate individual Diamond Jubilee medals and commemorative coins to those colleagues who have served over five years.
I would like to offer my congratulations to members of the Safer Leicester Partnership who worked in conjunction with PC Alan Cook, the City Crime Reduction Officer, to deliver a citywide vehicle crime initiative. Events to raise awareness of crime prevention measures were held in four supermarket car parks over the last two weeks with over 250 motorists taking the opportunity to get their number plates fixed for free with anti-tamper screws. Over a thousand crime prevention packs were distributed to drivers and four people each won a steering wheel lock as part of a crime prevention competition. I am delighted with this result which demonstrates the value of working in partnership with local agencies. My thanks to you all.
Officers working in the Riverside neighbourhood of the city centre have also been raising awareness of crime prevention measures after identifying a small but noticeable increase in burglaries in the areas of Jarrom Street and Windermere Street. A letter containing crime reduction advice has been posted through residents’ letterboxes by the neighbourhood team and information circulated to the university. For more information about this article, follow the link:http://www.leics.police.uk/news/6222_police_give_burglary_advice_to_students/
I would like to remind all residents to consider using the property registering service called Immobilise which is freely available to everyone. If you’d like to find out more about this service, please follow the link: http://www.immobilise.com/
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any comments you would like to feedback to me, please contact me via this link to the Force website: http://www.leics.police.uk/policing/8_city_bcu/commander/
Ch/Supt Rob Nixon
Leicester City Commander
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