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Friday 30th July 2010
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Bradley Stoke Community Policing team has expanded over the last year, and now has a team of five officers dedicated to patrolling the town and dealing with neighbourhood issues. PC Claire Fletcher has returned to the beat, and Paul Baxter has joined as a third PCSO. They have had a very busy year with involvement in many areas.
PC Steve Palmer
PC Claire Fletcher
PCSO Jason Green
PCSO Kirsty Flicker
PCSO Paul Baxter
Constable Claire Fletcher has returned from maternity leave, and although working part time hours, has been out visiting schools giving input from pre-school through to secondary schools. Along with PCSO Kirsty Flicker she has ensured Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC's) with a couple of the town's nuisance youths have been signed to reduce offences of anti social behaviour.
Constable Steven Palmer is also still working on the beat, and is responsible for introducing and maintaining the Pubwatch scheme, which has been running since September 2009. Three Bradley Stoke pubs, two in Stoke Gifford and one in Patchway along with Little Stoke social club make its current membership seven. This has helped to reduce drug offences and disorder, in and around the local hostelries, whereby the beat has seen a recent reduction in calls for violence of 44.4% and anti social behaviour of 12.9%. All crime, reducing by over 15%.
In the Summer, the team were present at the Bradley Stoke Festival, where Paul Baxter, Jason Green and PCSO's from other beats played football against teams from the local youth club at Jubilee Green bathed in sunshine. The team returned to the expanding Fireworks display on the Jubilee Green in November, which is to be bigger and even better this year. The fun run around the town's streets and Nature Reserve went off successfully in the Summer, and has been allowed to increase to 500 runners for the upcoming event as the local Policing team have offered to help in closing the roads during the event.
The effort that the team has put into working on issues raised by the community has resulted in less serious issues being raised at the quarterly Safer Stronger Community Group meetings, with current issues such as littering replacing the previous concerns such as speeding and nuisance motor bikes.
Despite the reduction in crimes in the area it does still occur. Jason Green, Kirsty Flicker and Paul Baxter have been visiting schools to security mark bicycles for students following the Christmas period. They have also been patrolling on bicycles and marking bicycles for anyone they meet. They have all been involved in apprehension of burglary suspects following the recent crime wave in Bradley Stoke (South) & Stoke Gifford. They have also been responsible for swiftly locating a vulnerable missing person using their local knowledge.
We are currently looking for residents to become involved in a local Speedwatch scheme. If you are interested, please speak with any of the team or contact us on 0845 4567000.
