Staffordshire Police have arrested more than 300 individuals in a week during a crackdown on issues affecting communities during the national neighbourhood policing week of action.
The week-long campaign, spearheaded by the National College of Policing, began on 23rd January and saw all 10 of the local policing teams (LPTs) take part.
The focus of the week, as set out by the College, was: early intervention, problem-solving, improving trust and confidence and wellbeing.
As a result, in the seven days from 23rd January to 29th January, police made a total of 314 arrests as part of the week of action and normal business, safeguarded a number of vulnerable people and have held more than 100 separate community engagement events across Staffordshire.
These sessions have been held in schools, care homes and community hotspots to help prevent youth knife crime, vehicle theft, anti-social behaviour and burglary.
As part of this effort, police also recently secured a number of closure orders, in partnership with local authorities, to board up problem properties linked to ASB, drug-use and disorder, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and South Staffordshire.
Police also disrupted drug supply in numerous communities, including an arrest in Stoke-on-Trent after around £7,000-worth of ‘monkey dust’ was discovered during a warrant.
Officers also arrested more than 25 car theft suspects in January and charged more than 10 of them with associated offences as part of their dedicated Operation Bormus.
Chief Superintendent Elliot Sharrard-Williams said: “Much of the success of the new policing model relies on neighbourhood officers integrating within local communities to better understand their priorities.
“We’ve taken another positive step in achieving this through our week of action and I’m hopeful that our positive results will continue into the future.
“As a force, we are always proactive in our pursuit of offenders and we’re committed to working hard with our partners to ensure those issues which matter the most to the public are dealt with robustly.”
