Mile Cross News Release

 Anti-social behaviour halted by multi-agency work Local people in Mile Cross will see a difference in their community following the positive work of their local policing team. The Mile Cross, Catton and Fiddlewood Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) has worked with the community to address general anti-social behaviour caused by youths in Clare Close, Mile Cross, which was impacting on the resident’s quality of life and caused intimidation.

Officers from the Mile Cross SNT responded to the increased number of calls from local people with a high level of uniformed patrols in the area with the aim to target potential offenders and offer reassurance to the local residents. Homeowners in the area were asked to help and to report any incident or problems to the police. As a result and through community intelligence the policing team visited two particular addresses which were the catalyst to the problem.

Multi-agency work was carried out by police, council and letting agencies who visited the properties where the occupiers were warned about their unacceptable behaviour, one resident received a final warning and one person was asked to leave with immediate effect.

As a result of the SNT’s proactive investigation, the anti-social behaviour in the area has been resolved. Local residents have thanked the team for their assistance in resolving the problem in a quick and efficient manner and they look forward to the close being a happy and tranquil place the close has been for many years. Inspector Marie James said:

“I am pleased to say that local officers used their resourcefulness to quickly identify and deal with unnecessary behaviour which was impacting on other local residents. I hope that their prompt actions will offer reassurance to the local community that such criminal activity and anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated. This was a team effort between the community, SNT, council and local homewners/letting agencies which has dealt effectively with a problem that was causing widespread concern.

For more information or to contact the Mile Cross, Catton and Fiddlewood SNT call 0845 456 4567 or e-mail sntmilecrosscattonfiddlewood@norfolk.pnn.police.uk

Issued by Gemma Cooper on 28/05/2009 15:15:23