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JAN
2022
Artwork by Adam Dennington
INTRODUCTION
Firstly, I really hope that you were please don’t be put off approaching Setting the policing budget is one of I believe meets the needs of the
able to enjoy a relaxing festive them, but please respect maintaining my most important responsibilities council taxpayer.
season, and wish you all health and a distance to keep yourself and them as your PCC. I must ensure that the
happiness for 2022. I look forward safe. I know it goes a long way when Chief Constable has the resources Depending on the council tax band
to working for you as your Chief people thank them for what they are he needs to provide an efficient and your home is in, this means you will
Constable. doing! effective service, whilst ensuring pay in the range of £6.66 to £19.98
that I use Suffolk taxpayers’ money extra each year for the policing
Christmas and New Year is always a As a result of additional funding resourcefully. service you receive. This will give
busy time for the police in Suffolk. through last year’s precept, a us an extra £2.5m for policing in the
This year was no exception, and we significant amount of work has Setting the level of council tax for county. Over £1million will be used
were out in numbers across Suffolk to taken place with the implementation policing is one part of this budget to fund existing commitments, such
provide reassurance and to respond of a number of crucial roles into setting and late last month I presented as inflation and pay, which leaves
to incidents. The Omicron virus has the Constabulary. This investment my proposal to increase the policing £1.4m to invest in the control room.
also caused us some challenges has enabled resources dedicated precept by 4.2% to the Police and
and inevitably some of our teams to working with partners across Crime Panel. The panel supported my This extra £1.4m will improve 101 call
have been affected. We are doing education settings in protecting and plan to fund major improvements to answering and digital opportunities
our best to keep our police stations safeguarding vulnerable children, has the contact and control service. Prior for multi-channel contact . It will
as clean and safe as possible, and seen an increase in detective officers to presenting my plans to the Panel I enable our force to recruit additional
when we get an outbreak in an area countywide, and provided two further sought the views of Suffolk residents staff to deal with calls and contact
we move quickly to try to prevent it proactive policing teams addressing and of the 1166 that responded, 62% from the public more quickly and
volunteered for the constabulary visibility countywide.
from spreading across teams. We and dealing with community- also supported my proposal. I’d like manage resources responding to
for over 30 years, is a proven leader
have managed so far to maintain our based issues. Extra funding has also to take this opportunity to thank calls for service more effectively.
and consistently manages to work a As in previous years I will monitor
policing service. made it possible to introduce some everyone who took time to share
staggering average of 70 voluntary the implementation of the plans
additional resources within the CCR. their thoughts with me, it is really Furthermore, additional Police
hours per month, despite having to ensure you receive value for
The police control room have been Work continues into 2022 to attract important that I hear your views. Sergeants will be recruited to manage
a full-time role with the MOD money. This monitoring document
particularly resilient with very high and recruit specialist posts focussing operations and the Constabulary will
Police. This recognition for David’s will track the progress against the
demand on 101 and 999; there is a on income generation, investment in In all my public engagement, be able to create a digital desk to
outstanding work is thoroughly precept plans and will be available
lot of information available on our environmental and bio-diversity and including last year’s consultation on ensure it has the required capacity
deserved. on my website at the end of each
website now, including reporting business crime and fraud prevention. my new Police and Crime Plan, the and capability to deal with public
many kinds of crime or incident, so one thing that came through loud and expectations regarding online and quarter.
please look there for information Finally, a couple of proud moments clear was the public’s dissatisfaction social media contact.
before calling us. Alongside I would like to share with you. I was Chief Constable with the 101 service. I knew I had to Police and Crime Commissioner
recruitment and training of new delighted to attend the Federation Steve Jupp address these concerns. In addition to the extra precept Tim Passmore
police officers in December, we have Police Bravery Awards in London investment, the funding we receive
also welcomed twelve new control in December with PC Chris Clerk I can assure you I did not want to through the national Operation
room staff to take calls from the who was nominated following increase this precept but our funding Uplift will give us 72 more police
public and get help to people. I an incident where he dealt with a from Government this year is just officers in the next financial year
think the public are getting used violent male who was threatening not enough, even with the savings which will bring the establishment
to seeing police officers in uniform to run into traffic on a major road programme already agreed. to over 1400 fulltime officers in
while wearing masks now; in some in Suffolk. And congratulations to Suffolk by the end of March 2023
circumstances, like crowded places, Special Superintendent Paul Booker I have worked closely with the Chief – many more than there has ever
they may even be wearing protective on his British Empire Medal in the Constable to agree exactly how the been since I was first elected. This is
aprons and goggles. So if you see New Year Honours List for voluntary additional funding will be allocated. very good news for Suffolk because
your police officers out in Suffolk, service to policing. David, who has It is a difficult balance but one that it will clearly help improve policing
POLICE EAST Area Commander
EAST
Superintendent
Matt Carney
CADETS BECCLES & BUNGAY
PC Amy Yeldham, Community Engagement Officer
As Valentine’s Day draws closer let’s talk concern and traffic offence reports
NOW RECRUITING! about romance fraud. This is much more
common than you think. Fraudsters
will spend weeks gaining their victims’
have been issued to those driving over
the speed limit in the local area. We
will continue to conduct further speed
trust, feeding them fabricated stories enforcement throughout February.
about who they are and their lives - and
initially make no suggestion to ask for A burglary in Farm Close in Bungay was
any money, so the victim may believe reported to us in December and our East
their new love interest is genuine. But CID officers thoroughly investigated the
later, criminals will ask for money for a incident and, because of their hard work
variety of reasons and as the emotional and dedication, a male was arrested for
SOCIAL MEDIA relationship has already been formed, multiple burglaries across Suffolk and
victims often transfer money without a Norfolk and has since been remanded in
Twitter - second thought. We ask that family and custody.
@LowestoftPolice friends who think their friend/relative
may be dating online help make them We would ask you to be mindful of
aware of the warning signs. You can the weather and road conditions in
Facebook -
find more information by going to the the coming month. Check your vehicle
/LowestoftPolice
following websites - before you drive it to ensure it is
https://www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/ roadworthy and that all the lights work,
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ make sure you vision is not obscured
on your windscreen and that any ice or
frost is clear from it thoroughly. Most
importantly where possible, leave earlier
so that you leave yourself plenty of time
to get to where you are going safely
and steadily. Further information can be
found here -
JOIN TODAY https://www.suffolk.police.uk/advice/
roads-and-vehicles/driving-bad-weather
https://www.suffolk.police.uk/advice/
roads-and-vehicles
Contact us for more info:
Last but not least we would like to bid
a fond farewell to Inspector Nick Aitken
Email - cadetsinfo@suffolk.police.uk Inspector
our Locality Inspector who will be move
Mark Jackson to new pastures as he becomes Team
www.suffolk.police.uk/cadets 5 Response Inspector at Lowestoft. We
Inspector Mark would like to welcome Inspector Mark
Jackson as our new Locality Inspector
Jackson is
@suffolkcadets @SPVolunteers who comes to us with a wealth of
responsible for knowledge from his previous role as
the two Safer Halesworth’s Locality Inspector.
Neighbourhood Teams Over a chilly Christmas and New year,
officers have been in and around Bungay
in the Lowestoft, and Beccles conducting patrols and stop
Beccles and Bungay searches. In response to local concerns,
locality. the kestrel team and I have been doing
speed enforcement in the areas of
EAST
LOWESTOFT HALESWORTH DISTRICT
PC Chris Pallett, Community Engagement Officer PC Simon Green, Community Engagement Officer
Happy New Year everyone, I hope you Well, 2022 started rather disappointingly A good stop though and one which has
all had a safe and enjoyable Christmas. I in that Omicron meant we (as Community removed a not inconsiderable quantity of
can imagine that a lot of people received Engagement Officers) were restricted from Class A drugs from our streets.
some lovely shiny new bikes over the engaging with our communities face to face,
with ‘in person’ meetings only possible for In the autumn, our Kestrel team moved their
Christmas period and I would like to start
operational necessity. base from Eye police station to the shared
off this year by reminding everyone to be facility at Framlingham fire station. Ours was
vigilant when it comes to securing their It’s meant the ‘street meets’ and other the first Kestrel team to have been created
property. outdoor engagements I would normally be in Suffolk, being financed from the 2019
arranging have had to be postponed. Suffolk increase in the police precept introduced by
I have seen an increase on social media Constabulary is due to review the situation Police & Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore.
with the amount of posts relating to mid-January, so (hopefully) by the time you Such has been the success of our team, the
SOCIAL MEDIA bikes being found abandoned in various SOCIAL MEDIA read this, the situation may have relaxed a decision was made to finance a further two
locations. I myself have been out and little and we will, at least, be meeting the Kestrel teams in the south and west of the
Twitter - recovered numerous bikes, however Twitter - public outdoors again. county from the 2021 precept.
@LowestoftPolice what I am discovering is that a lot of @HaleswrthPolice The sharp increase in fuel over the past few
the cycles I am locating have not been weeks has seen a corresponding rise in fuel
reported stolen and have not been thefts, with an incident occurring in Snape
Facebook - Facebook -
properly security marked. This causes on 4 January. Not the usual type of fuel theft
/LowestoftPolice advice and also provide free security bike /HalesworthPolice
a lot of issues and can be very time reported during the winter though, where
marking. I will also continue to distribute
consuming trying to identify owners, in users of oil central heating find their oil
the dates and locations via Police
some cases we are unable to even locate storage tanks have been syphoned or drilled.
Connect. To register for Police Connect Inspector
an owner.
please visit https://www.suffolk.police. Aaron Connolly This one was the theft of vehicle diesel fuel Kestrel teams support community and local
uk/services/police-connect from a private supply. Criminals will always policing priorities and deal with serious
Some basic tips when it comes to bike
take advantage of whatever commodity criminality such as drug crime as well as anti-
security are:
I would also like to mention an assault Inspector Aaron is the most valuable and, with fuel prices social behaviour. In their first six months of
• Use a quality lock approved to Sold set to remain high for at least the next two operational activity, the team had conducted
which took place near to South Pier on Connolly is
Secure Gold www.soldsecure.com years, we can expect fuel thefts like this to 500 hours of foot patrol, located four
27 December 2021. We would like to
• Use two types of sold secure locks responsible for be prevalent. For advice about how best to missing people, conducted 45 positive stop
say thank you to members of the public
(for example a D-Lock and a chain secure fuel, see this page from the Suffolk searches, made 36 arrests and seized nearly
that contacted us about regarding this the three Safer
lock) police website, ‘First Principle’ and our crime £8,000 worth of drugs. They had also made
incident. Four suspects have now been Neighbourhood Teams
• Register your cycle at www. reduction advice - https://www.suffolk.police. 78 safeguarding referrals to help support
formally interviewed by the investigating uk/sites/suffolk/files/heatingoilsecurity1.pdf vulnerable people in the community. This
immobilse.com keep a note of the in the Halesworth
officer and the matter has now been original team is now based in and entirely
frame number, make and model locality.
referred to the Youth Offending Team On 9 January, Halesworth officers, Sgt Bassett dedicated to our area in the east of Suffolk
• It is advised to report any suspicious
for progression. Anyone who has any & PC Edwards had a positive result when they and continues to support colleagues and
behaviour immediately to the police
Inspector further information with regards to this spotted a vehicle being driven in Southwold offer a high profile presence amongst our
• Any thefts report to the police with no insurance. The driver refused to stop communities.
Mark Jackson can contact us ether via 101 or online
immediately and made off, eventually coming to a halt
https://www.suffolk.police.uk/contact-
us/existing-report-update quoting crime on Lorne Road in the town. The driver tried https://www.suffolk.police.uk/news/latest-
Further details can be found at the to make his escape on foot, but was tracked news/kestrel-team-making-positive-impact
Inspector Mark reference 37/73308/21.
following link >> https://www.suffolk. down to Gardner Road where he was found
Jackson is
police.uk/crime-prevention-z in possession of a quantity of class A drugs,
responsible for One final point I would like to mention sufficient to be arrested with intent to supply,
is regarding reporting matters to the which is a much more serious offence than
the two Safer ‘Street meets’ in Lowestoft will continue
police. Did you know, you can report a simple possession and one which can attract
throughout 2022 and I will announce
Neighbourhood Teams non-emergency incident via our website, a custodial sentence of up to 14 years with
dates when they are secured on both the
in the Lowestoft, in your own time and at your own an unlimited fine. At the time of writing, the
Lowestoft police Twitter and Facebook male has been released under investigation
convenience? Our website can be used
Beccles and Bungay pages. The ‘street meets’ are an ideal to allow for further evidence to be gathered.
on smartphones and tablets. Save your
opportunity for you to come and have a
locality. time, do it online. https://www.suffolk.
chat with us, as we offer crime reduction
police.uk/contact-us/report-something
WEST Area Commander
WEST
Superintendent
Janine Wratten
BURY ST EDMUNDS MILDENHALL
PC Lee Andrews-Pearce, Community Engagement Officer PC Helen Self, Community Engagement Officer
With the 2021 and Christmas and New Year’s questions. Christmas now seems like a distant memory for having an exposed catalytic converter.
festivities becoming a distant memory, I hope and January is also behind us now. We did If catalytic converters have been marked
we can all look forward a better year in 2022. It offers an alternative online option, reducing have some fun in the run up to Christmas with and registered, this means that they can be
The easing of Covid 19 restrictions means calls to the police and helping you find the everyone who attended Merry Mildenhall identified. If they are later found for sale,
that people can have more freedom in their answer to a query quickly and easily. The and PCs Kat Bothwell and Helen Self helped further enquiries can then be made as to
work lives and leisure time, we can also start website provides: Father Christmas drive safely through the their provenance. Remember, if you see
our ‘street meets’ and pop up events in Bury • links to relevant national organisations town. anyone acting suspiciously around vehicles
St. Edmunds and the rural villages. • information on a range of policing topics please report it to us. Officers at Mildenhall
• the facility to rate the answer continue to deal with youths causing ASB in
We also had the bonus of the celebration of • the facility to email a specific question the town centre and please rest assured that
Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum jubilee this year. directly which will be answered within 24 we are working with the parents of those
If you have any community events, clubs or hours involved to try and resolve the issues. Please
SOCIAL MEDIA associations you would like us to attend to SOCIAL MEDIA remember to call 101 or report online if you
meet and chat or talk about crime prevention Crime and ASB should be reported on 999 have any concerns.
Twitter - please get in touch. if it is an emergency. Non-urgent reports Twitter - https://www.suffolk.police.uk/contact-us/
and enquiries please go to the website or report-something
@BuryStEdsPolice I would like to welcome our new link officer, the online reporting tool so we can manage
@MildnhallPolice
PC Luke Williams to the Safer Neighbourhood the demand that the call handlers face in the
Facebook - Teams. Luke will work with external partners Contact and Control Room. As the phrase Facebook -
/BuryStEdmundsPolice to identify and address ongoing community goes ‘click before you call’. /MildenhallPolice
concerns, safeguarding issues and
complaints linked to threat, harm and risk
issues including those causing high demand PCSO Rachel Darvill and PCSO William
Inspector on frontline policing. Officers from the SNT Inspector Butcher helped serve Christmas lunches
John Murray continue with County Lines disruption work, Connor Lyon at Newmarket day centre in the run up to
which recently resulted in several arrests and Christmas. They definitely have a future in
seizure of drugs and cash from criminals waiting at tables and PCSO Butcher also got
A/Inspector John travelling into Suffolk. Inspector Connor into the Christmas spirit by helping Santa
Murray is responsible Lyon is responsible with his ‘naughty and nice’ list!
for the Safer for the three Safer
Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Teams
Team in the Bury St in the Mildenhall,
Edmunds locality. Newmarket and Finally, Inspector Mark Shipton is retiring
from the constabulary having served 15
Brandon locality.
years with the force. He transferred from
Our proactive Kestrel team is now fully Thames Valley Police back in 2006 as a
embedded in the west and has been carrying Sergeant. Inspector Shipton has, bar a year,
out a variety of community policing activities worked all the time within the locality, first
in the town and the surrounding villages. as a response Sergeant, before moving over
The team, consisting of one sergeant and Our Cadets enjoyed themselves go-karting to the SNT in Newmarket where he remained
six constables, has been undertaking speed for their Christmas treat with a bit of healthy for nearly seven years. Upon promotion to
enforcement and vehicle checks, as well as competition between them. Meanwhile, he took up the role of Western Inspector
high visibility foot and mobile patrol and Mildenhall SNT officers spent New Year’s Eve before returning to Mildenhall as the Locality
dealing with ASB and targeting drug dealers on foot patrol in the town centre and it was Inspector. However, he is not leaving the
in our community. lovely to watch the fireworks at midnight Constabulary entirely as he will be re-joining
from the High Street. us as a member of the Special Constabulary
There are lots of way to interact with us, you remaining in the locality that he has policed
can get in touch via Twitter, Facebook or live Unfortunately, catalytic converter thefts are in for those years, so a new challenge that
chat on our website, which has lots of helpful still happening across the county, including he has stated he is really looking forward
information & guidance, including a link to Forest Heath. Please take any steps that to. We send him all the best in all his future
the ‘Ask the Police’ website which provides you can to protect your vehicle, especially endeavours.
answers to most frequently asked policing if the make/model of your vehicle is known
WEST
SUDBURY HAVERHILL
PC Darren Marshall, Community Engagement Officer PC Cheryl Claydon, Community Engagement Officer
At the end of November last year, on a his 100th birthday, however this didn’t stop At the end of November 2021 we had an inside the property with suspected drugs
freezing cold Friday night, it was great to be this incredible gentleman going out on his engagement stall in Tesco’s in Haverhill for also located at the address.
joined by PD Morse at the Sudbury Christmas bicycle for his daily exercise. Norman always White Ribbon Day which we were joined by
light big switch on. Well done to Sudbury aims to notch up 100 or so miles every week the Mayor of Haverhill Liz Smith. We were Elsewhere, we had a series of incident
Police Cadets Billy and Jez who handled him in and around his beloved village of Cockfield. there to primarily discuss domestic violence of criminal damage to properties on the
well on the night as he was very boisterous. Whether he knows you or not, Norman gives and support networks for victims but also Clements estate and we are working with
all who pass him by a friendly nod and a discussed any issues the public had. other agencies and our Kestrel team to
I was on duty New Year’s Eve along with wave which in turn makes everyone love him establish who the suspect is as well as
many of my Sudbury colleagues. I’m pleased even more. What a guy! conducting reassurance patrols in the area.
to share that in the key 12-hour period, we We welcome a new officer to our team PC
only received 12 calls for service which in Leigh Alston.
turn converted into officers remaining free
SOCIAL MEDIA to perform high profile reassurance patrols SOCIAL MEDIA We have a busy diary of appointments in the
both in the town and surrounding villages. coming two months with the Beavers group
Twitter - #There was a nice, friendly vibe in the town Twitter - in Wickhambrook, at Castle Fields playgroup,
and such we had very low levels of public a vehicle operation with other agencies,
@HaverhillPolice order incidents and likewise anti-social
@PoliceHaverhill mock interviews at Samuel Ward School, and
behaviour. Unfortunately, not all towns in we are also planning events for the Queen’s
Facebook - Suffolk were as well behaved as Sudbury so Facebook - Jubilee in June.
/SudburyHaverhillPolice well done all. /SudburyHaverhillPolice
Finally, I have a ‘street meet’ engagement
event on Friday 11 February 11-1pm Arts
On Friday 3 December we had the mobile Centre High Street Haverhill. If you run a
My diary is filling up nicely but if you run a police station for the day so we embarked on group or an event which is coming up and
group or co-ordinate an event and would like an engagement tour of some of our area. We would like me to attend, please contact me
me to try and attend then you can contact went to Chevington, Chedburgh, Whepstead, on CEOsudburyhaverhill@suffolk.pnn.police.
me via CEOsudburyhaverhill@suffolk.pnn. Kedington and The Croft in Haverhill. We will uk
police.uk have ‘street meets’ coming up in the months
ahead.
On Friday 3 December PC Jack Oakley and
PC Robert Sippitt attended the late-night
shopping event in Haverhill. It was nice to
see lots of the public had come out for the
January always seems to mark a few changes, event.
personnel wise, A/Sgt Rob Sippett has taken
over at the helm of the Sudbury Safer In December 2021 we did a ‘street meet’
Neighbourhood Team. It’s a big welcome at Sainsburys in Haverhill and attended
Inspector also to Special Constable Tina Barber who Christmas Fayre in Whepstead and
Matt Gilbert completed her training in December. Owing Wickhambrook farmer’s market. These
to the Covid situation again, we had to events were also well attended.
stand down our Volunteer Police Cadets in
Inspector Matt recent weeks but we are very much looking On 10 December 2021 we went to Castle
forward to welcoming new cadets Bailee, Manor school for a ‘meet the employers’
Gilbert is responsible Katie, Tyla and Harry to the Sudbury policing event, and where the students put questions
for the two Safer family soon. Sadly, we’ve had to say farewell to us to find out which jobs we do. The
Neighbourhood Teams to Cadets Liv and Louise who’ve both hit students did very well with their interview
the mighty age of 18. Girls, thanks for your techniques so congratulations to them all for
in the Sudbury and service and good luck in all that you do. their efforts!
Haverhill locality.
Talking of age, on Wednesday 26 January I On 11 January the Scorpion and Kestrel
had the pleasure and privilege to meet on teams who tackle drug and related criminality
my patrols, Bomber Command Veteran, conducted a warrant at an address in
Norman Gregory. This date happened to be Haverhill and arrested four people who were
WEST SOUTH SOUTH
Area Commander
Superintendent
Jane Topping
STOWMARKET IPSWICH CENTRAL
PC Stefan Henriksen, Community Engagement Officer PC Dom Woodmansee, Community Engagement Officer
Our engagements started off full Ipswich Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
steam ahead in 2022 with the first has been busy tackling some local priorities, in
particular Operation Silverton which focuses
working Saturday of the year spent on tackling the issues of prostitution in and
marking up bikes in the car park of around the Norwich Road area. All the teams
‘The Dog’ in Norton, and with lots of on the SNT have been targeting the area
ultra violet marker pens given out, so with foot patrols, and static points to deter
that all the other Christmas presents this activity. Work continues to engage with
the females involved and encourage them
could be marked up too. The weather to engage with the appropriate agencies to
was awful, so ‘thank you’ to the many assist them and divert them from their street
people who turned up. working activities. Community Protection
SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA Notices have been issued to those who have
Our SNT (Safer Neighbourhood refused to engage and continue to disrupt
Twitter - Team) set their local tasking the day to day lives of local residents.
Twitter -
@StowPolice priorities based on those areas @IpswichPolice Some excellent pro-active arrests have been
our communities have asked us to made recently by the teams targeting drug
Facebook - target. The current priorities are dealing from addresses near to the town
Facebook -
/StowmarketPolice anti-social behaviour (ASB) around centre. Substantial amounts of drugs and
/IpswichPolice cash have been seized during these arrests.
Curwen Road in Stowmarket and in
Officers continually react quickly to credible
Thurston. Amongst other things, we
and live intelligence to target the criminals
will be carrying out proactive patrols, who frequent our town. These officers are
including high visibility, in these often late off work and putting in extra hours
areas. We will be engaging with the to ensure the job gets done and the next
community and dealing robustly with team gets the best start with the handovers.
We carried out one of our regular
‘street meets’ in Stowmarket on 15 any offences seen. We will also be
Museum street station recently had a visit
January, and our next regular spot working closely with other agencies from Fairview Farm pupils who brought in
at the same time and place has been for a holistic approach to tackling the letters of thanks as well as cakes for all the
booked for 19 February, so we hope ASB. officers, thanking them for all the hard work
they do in the area. This was to celebrate ‘Blue
to see you there. Monday’ which celebrates the emergency
services and the work they do every day. The
A lot of our other engagements so pupils got to meet and speak to officers who
far this year have been at schools and work locally and ask them questions about
nurseries in the area. This gives us an their job, whilst being shown around the
Inspector Inspector police cars.
opportunity to introduce the police
Neil McKay to some of our younger community Domenic Mann
We have also been back into St Matthews
members, and to the older ones have school for the new term, where we always
Inspector Neil McKay a chat about issues that may affect Inspector Domenic get the warmest of welcomes from staff
them as they move up into high and children. We got to talk about policing,
is responsible for the Mann is responsible staying safe and how the police can help you
Safer Neighbourhood schools, and talk about the effect for the Safer as part of the schools emergency services
ASB can have on the community. We awareness week. There are always lots of
Team in the Neighbourhood Team
have many more groups of young challenging questions from the children,
Stowmarket locality. people and schools already booked in the Ipswich Central which is great fun and a real positive
in towards the middle of the year. locality. interaction for them as well as us. It is nice
to know we are all appreciated by so many.
SOUTH
IPSWICH WEST HADLEIGH
PC Richard Smith, Community Engagement Officer PC Mike Small, Community Engagement Officer
With 2022 here, I think we are all hopeful We have been out and about around Garrick I am often asked when on patrol about how Speeding and the anti-social use of vehicles
that there will be some sense of normality Way shops supporting anti-social behaviour we police the Hadleigh and surrounding remain a concern to residents of Hadleigh
following recent times. Both Christmas and week and I had the pleasure in attending villages and I thought I would provide an and surrounding areas when I speak to our
New Year came and went with a strong the local litter pick in Whitton with a few update on how our resources are currently communities when I am out on patrol and at
presence by our response officers in Ipswich, residents and the ward councillors. deployed across the area. public engagements. We regularly respond
with it passing relatively peacefully. to and target areas where we receive such
As part of our priorities, we have continued Hadleigh forms part of the southern policing reports for example at Morrisons’ car park
Although the number of engagement to disrupt the supply of drugs in the area area of Suffolk police, which includes Ipswich, and Magdelen Road car park. If you are
events have dropped off due to Covid, it with positive work carried out in key Hadleigh, Felixstowe and Woodbridge areas. concerned about any form of ASB in your
has been a busy time for the engagement locations such as Gippeswyk and Stonelodge Response officers respond predominantly community, please report this to us through
team. We have been supporting the Covid Parks. Week commencing 17 January was to ‘A grade’ emergency situations where our website under the ‘Report Something’
Surge Rapid Response Teams, following the Neighbourhood Policing Week which was there is risk of threat or harm to someone. page.
SOCIAL MEDIA recent increase of infections in Ipswich. This set up to show how the police are an integral SOCIAL MEDIA The response to an incident of this nature
was targeted activity with several additional part of the community we serve, both living in Hadleigh is provided by officers from From an engagement perspective we
Twitter - vaccination sites, which included the mobile and working in the locality. Twitter - Landmark House situated on the west side continue to work with our school team
bus, placing themselves in specific areas of Ipswich. Officers are allocated patrol with their ongoing programme focussing
@IpswichPolice where the uptake on vaccinations was low. I am glad to say that we have now started
@HadleighPolice routes through the Hadleigh sector at daily on areas such as on-line safety and County
It was really pleasing to see how busy each to return into our local schools delivering briefings. In addition to this, there are six Lines drug dealing. We recently visited the
Facebook - site was, and I can report there was only inputs covering online safety, exploitation, Facebook - Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) constables Tattingstone Village Link meeting and gave
/IpswichPolice one small group of protestors who did not general policing, and County Lines. /HadleighPolice and one police sergeant stationed at the a crime prevention talk to the members with
interfere with the delivery of the vaccination Hadleigh police station in Magdalen Road. a particular focus on the impacts of cyber-
programme. Aside from my engagement duties I These officers are responsible for dealing crime. You can obtain advice on this subject
have been lucky to work on the Ipswich with the reports that we receive that are and other crime reduction matters at our
We have welcomed the Kestrel South team Communities Connect Programme in classed as not requiring an emergency website-look for ‘First Principle’ pages.
here to Landmark House, which will allow partnership with Ipswich and East Suffolk response. This type of incidents include
for additional support and further proactive Alliance. The programme helps to develop volume crime investigations such as theft I have received news that the Hadleigh Show
working alongside the Safer Neighbourhood vital networks and enhance integrated from shop and burglaries, harassment cases, now has the go ahead for May 21 and I am
Teams on key priorities such as drugs, anti- working across services and organisations neighbourly disputes and dealing with looking forward to being at the event with
social behaviour and prostitution. to support the population and communities reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). They our police stand so hope to see you there!
of Ipswich. Its core focus is to look at ways are also responsible for policing our area
to improve the quality of services and tackle priorities which are reviewed and set on a
inequalities in Ipswich. monthly basis.
This has given me the opportunity to work
with several local members of our community
from heads of schools through to local
pastors, enriching my understanding of the
community I serve here in Ipswich West.
Inspector
Matt Breeze Our Inspector Kirsty Graefe has been
promoted into a new role and we will shortly
see Matthew Breeze take over as Locality
Inspector Matt Inspector. Matthew has served Ipswich for
a number of years and comes from a role
Breeze is responsible of Duty Inspector with one of our response
for the two Safer teams here at Landmark House. He is very
Neighbourhood Teams much looking forward to his new role. Our current main priority in the Hadleigh SNT
is patrolling areas where we receive reports
in the Ipswich West Wishing you a safe and prosperous 2022! - of ASB such as the park area around Hadleigh
and Hadleigh locality. PC Richard Smith Leisure Centre. We are also focussing on a
series of criminal damages in the Capel St
Mary area and we are increasing patrols at
key times to target this.
SOUTH
FELIXSTOWE & WOODBRIDGE IPSWICH EAST
PC Rachael Partridge, Community Engagement Officer PC Hannah Canning, Community Engagement Officer
At the start of 2022 we naturally months to deter disrupt and educate jet We were busy as usual over the seasonal suspiciously around vehicles or properties,
look back at some of our work and ski users in Felixstowe and this work will period with visits to the Kesgrave Christmas please report it!
achievements in 2021. Felixstowe Safer continue into the summer of 2022. weekend, where PCSO Gemma Read found
Neighbourhood Team have worked on some familiar faces and I also attended a There are various ways that you can security
local ‘pop-up’ shop at St Johns MIE just mark your property, this may help to
up to 650 police reports per month and
before Christmas. I was able to chat with deter theft and it can help police to return
numerous investigations. Woodbridge those attending, and I was invited to take identifiable property if it is found. Identifiable
Safer Neighbourhood Team have dealt part in their ‘pop-up’ shop carol service – items (including bicycles) can also be
with up to 550 police reports per month playing the part of a shepherd! registered free of charge at www.immobilise.
and Safer Neighbourhood officers have com. We sometimes offer bike marking and
been involved high visibility patrols in registration at our engagements – this is free
parks and open spaces to prevent anti- of charge. Just keep an eye on our social
SOCIAL MEDIA social behaviour. SOCIAL MEDIA media for details of events near you.
Twitter - Safer Neighbourhood Team officers have Twitter - Safer Neighbourhood Team officers are out
and about in the community, visiting local
@FelixWoodPolice been involved in 12 Misuse Of Drugs @FelixWoodPolice parks and open spaces, especially those that
Warrants which resulted in multiple drug we know are subject to anti-social behaviour
seizures and arrests for possession with and/or drug activity. If you are aware of
Facebook - Facebook -
/FelixstoweWoodbridge intent to supply offences. In working with /FelixstoweWoodbridge places in your community where ASB is
Police the community and partner agencies, Police occurring or you have concerns about drug
there have been three section 8 Misuse Of activity or a ‘cuckooed’ property where the
Drugs Act Class A drug premises closure vulnerable are exploited by dealers, please
notices. Officers continue to target drug Engagements and drop-ins have been don’t assume that someone else has already
use and supply by conducting stop taking place at local community hubs such reported it. Please tell us about it via online
searches and continued disruption. as libraries and community groups. This is a reporting or livechat at www.suffolk.police.uk
great opportunity for us to talk to members or by ringing 101. In an emergency please
We have also seen more joint agency
of the community about ongoing crime always call 999. We need your help to keep
Two Community Prevention Orders were visits with police in respect of trading trends in the area, provide any relevant the community safe.
issued to individuals following persistent standards visits to local off-licences, crime reduction advice and hear about their
anti-social behaviour following close visits to car washes, licenced premises concerns. If you have an event you would
work with partner agencies, adult and joint road traffic operations with like us to attend or group that you think
social care, mental health services and the Roads and Armed Policing Team could benefit from a visit, please do get in
housing. We are currently working on six and VOSA. Community engagement touch.
high demand individuals in relation to has continued with ‘One Cop Stop’ visits
wasting police time and misuse of public to schools to relay important safety Unfortunately, over the last month we have
communications. messages to young children and support seen a rise in burglaries in the Ipswich East
area. To get advice on improving security for
national and local campaigns. In 2022
Inspector your home and/or business, please do take
Officers supported the Public Space with the support of our communities a look at the First Principle crime reduction
Soraya Francis Protection Order (PSPO) at Landguard we will strive to achieve more in order area on the Suffolk police website. On this
Nature Reserve. There was a significant to make our towns and villages a safer site you can find home security and small
Inspector Soraya increase in police patrols over the place to live. business security checklists, along with
summer months to support rangers from advice on a huge range of other topics.
Francis is responsible
the nature reserve. Police have been
for the three Safer able to identify and pass details of six We have also seen a recent spate of theft
Neighbourhood people in breach of the PSPO conditions from vehicle offences. As always, we would
of which two were prosecuted by East recommend that you don’t leave valuables
Teams in the Ipswich on display – ideally take all your belongings
Suffolk Council.
East, Felixstowe and with you when you leave the car. Park in
well-lit places where possible and make sure
Woodbridge locality. There have been joint agency meetings that you lock all the doors when the vehicle
(volunteer coast patrol, coastguard, is unattended. If you see anyone acting
police) and patrols during summer
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