Contact Details

• telephone: 101
• email: [email protected]

Neighbourhood Priorities

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

ASB came out as a second priority in our surveys. ASB impacts on people’s lives and can be extremely personal. We are committed to supporting the community and tacking this head on. The Inspector chairs a monthly ASB Intelligence meeting with stakeholders from mental health teams, schools, housing, and council colleagues (to name a few) to discuss problems and investigate partnership solutions.

Issue Date Sunday 1st October 2023

We work under the force response to ASB, known as Op Relentless. This is something we use on our social media channels to demonstrate the patrols being undertaken.
We use data to identify hot spots and have targeted patrols at key times to deter this behaviour. We work with the ASB team from BCP Council to signpost offenders through the agreed escalation process (known as the Consequence Scheme for youth people). We use a similar process of escalation for adults. Sometimes we deploy with other teams within the police such as the Safer Schools Team and sometimes we deploy alongside ASB Officers from BCP.
BCP Council supports this approach through the deployment of Community Safety Patrol Officers (CSAS). These officers work with NPT and participate in joint briefings to understand the problems and a joint response. We use these opportunities to identify those repeat callers and look to support those suffering from this behaviour. We work extremely closely with the dedicated ASB Officer from BCP Council to problem solve and enforce.
We have come through a very busy seasonal demand period and have run regular operations in hot spot areas relating to anti-social use of vehicles (Op Charge), youth related ASB at the beach (Op Sandman) as well as targeted work in other areas focusing on local issues.
Early intervention, education and enforcement are all key areas of our plans around tackling ASB in Poole.

Action Date Sunday 1st October 2023

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Drugs & County Lines

Drug Dealing came out top in the concerns raised most recently in our priority surveys. As a team we understand that this has a detrimental impact on the local community. The team carry out regular checks on vulnerable persons who are subject to being ‘cuckooed’. This is where dealers will exploit those who use drugs, take over their homes using violence and threats of violence. We work to reduce the risk to such individuals.

Issue Date Sunday 1st October 2023

We understand that there are links between drugs, crime, and anti-social behaviour (ASB). We work with partner agencies to bring collaborative approaches to problem solving. We will work with our dedicated Design Out Crime Officer to safeguard those subject to exploitation. We will make referrals to partner agencies to tackle addiction. We will also be on the front foot when it comes to targeting those dealing in our community. We will use policing powers to stop and search persons suspected of dealing where we have grounds to do so.
Early intervention work is carried out through our Safer Schools Team to try and deter addiction from an early age. We will also work with St Mungo’s to support the street homeless community who are also vulnerable to substance abuse and targeting by dealers.
The team contribute to the wider force approach to drugs dealing under Operation Viper. We will highlight areas of concern and look for wider force support where needed. We work with the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team (NET) to address matters that concerns that community. We will utilise our powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to close premises which meet the given thresholds to bring respite to the community. This work also extends to collaboration with the BCP ASB Team to utilise civil orders to help problem solve.
We encourage anyone with concerns to report these through to us via this website. We use this to build information to obtain warrants, inform our targeted patrols and bring offenders to justice.

Action Date Sunday 1st October 2023

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Neighbourhood Events

Poole South - Community Contact Point - Rockwater Cafe
Tuesday 25th June 2024
from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Rockwater Branksome, Pinecliff Rd, Branksome Park, Poole BH13 6LP, UK

Poole South - Community Contact Point - ASDA Poole
Friday 28th June 2024
from 12:30PM to 2:00PM
Asda Poole Superstore, W Quay Rd, Poole BH15 1JQ, UK

Poole South - Meet the team - Pantasaurus workshop @ gather space Dolphin Centre
Friday 5th July 2024
from 1:00PM to 2:30PM
Dolphin Centre, Poole BH15 1SQ, UK

Poole South - Oakdale Junior School Fete
Friday 5th July 2024
from 3:00PM to 6:00PM
Oakdale Junior School, 3 School Ln, Oakdale, Poole BH15 3JR, UK

Poole South - Community Contact Point - Upton Bay Care Home
Wednesday 10th July 2024
from 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Barchester - Upton Bay Care Home, 1 Hoyal Rd, Poole BH15 4HY, UK

Poole South - Community Contact Point - Upton Bay Care Home
Thursday 11th July 2024
from 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Barchester - Upton Bay Care Home, 1 Hoyal Rd, Poole BH15 4HY, UK

Poole South - Meet the Team - Gather Space Dolphin Centre
Friday 2nd August 2024
from 2:00PM to 4:00PM
Dolphin Centre, Poole BH15 1SQ, UK

Poole South - Turlin Moor Community Fayre
Thursday 22nd August 2024
from 11:00AM to 3:00PM
Turlin Moor Youth Centre, Turlin Rd, Turlin Moor, Poole BH16 5AH, UK