Bishop’s Stortford police to prioritise crackdown on Link Road anti-social driving and speeding in Hadham Road
Police in Bishop’s Stortford have made it a priority to crack down on anti-social driving in the Link Road area and speeding in Hadham Road in the coming months.
Car and motorcycle-related anti-social behaviour in Sawbridgeworth is also high on the list for the local neighbourhood policing team (NPT).
The policing teams for East Herts Rural, Hertford, Ware and Stanstead Abbotts have also set out their priorities.
A spokeswoman for Hertfordshire Constabulary said: “NPTs work alongside partners to focus on solving long- and short-term neighbourhood issues, such as anti-social behaviour, theft, speeding and drug-related crime.
“Using an analysis of data, they set policing priorities every four months, to provide a specific focus on the issues causing most concern to residents locally. Feedback from the public also plays a vital part.
“Residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working alongside others to address the priorities through increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement.”
In East Herts Rural, the policing team will be tackling hare coursing in the Wellpond Green area and incidents of anti-social behaviour by youths at the pump track in Norfolk Road, Buntingford.
In Hertford, the focus is on driving down anti-social behaviour in and around Bircherley Green car park, rush-hour speeding in London Road and anti-social driving in Thornton Street.
And in Ware, officers will be looking to crack down on illicit substance use in and around the grounds of St Mary’s Church and speeding on the approach to and along High Street. Speeding in Stanstead Abbotts High Street is also a priority.
The spokeswoman said: “Whilst there will be a focus on the local priorities, officers will continue to respond to daily business as usual, as well as force-wide priorities and any emerging issues which require more immediate action.
“The area is also policed by intervention officers who respond to emergency calls, the local crime unit, which investigates more serious crimes such as burglary, robbery and assault, and specialist units such as Operation Scorpion, who work to tackle acquisitive crime. In addition, they can utilise officers from central teams which work countywide.”
Insp Mark Collins, the neighbourhood policing chief for East Herts, said: “I’d like to thank everyone who gave us their views – your feedback is so important and helps ensure we’re focusing our efforts on what matters most to local people.”
Residents can keep up with what the teams are doing via the police’s social media channels and community messaging system Herts Connected.
