Chelmsford Town

To reduce and deter anti-social behaviour around Chelmsford town centre, primarily on Friday and Saturday nights.

Raised on 05/11/2010

We currently have a no drinking zone in place in Chelmsford town centre. This will be utilised to help combat anti-social behaviour both during the day, and similarly during the evenings. We also have an ongoing operation to assist with this goal. We currently have in place targeted patrols of the town centre involving Response Shift Officers, Neighbourhood Policing Team Officers, Mounted Unit Officers on occasion as well as other specialised units on occasion. These patrols are assigned early in the evening and then continue throughout the night to ensure a strong Policing presence in the town centre, so as to deter any would be anti social behaviour and violent crimes. Update 17/5/2011- We have been able to utilise various different tools in order to assist us with achieving our goals in reducing anti-social behaviour in the town. Section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act has been utilised by officers to help reduce alcohol related anti-social behaviour. The Mounted Unit as well as Dog Units and other specialized units continue to assist with Policing in the town centre on an ongoing basis and provide a valuable contribution to the town centre Policing plans. Update 9/6/2011 - We are continuing to target patrols around the town centre to specifically deal with anti-social behaviour and are continuing to utilise our powers under Section 27 of the Violent crime reduction Act to assist in this goal. Update 6/7/2011 - We are beginning a period of sustained targeted patrols in the town centre to deal with Anti social behaviour problems to coincide with the longer summer evenings. This approach will also emcompass our other priority of reducing violent crimes in the town centre. Update 25/7/2011 - There are plans in progress to begin an application for a dispersal order for Chelmsford town centre. This has been extremely effective when utilised in the past to deter both anti-social behaviour as well as violent crime. Update 20/1/2012 - We have an Operation

Updated on 20/01/2012

To deter and detect violent crimes in Chelmsford town centre, specifically on Friday and Saturday nights.

Raised on 05/11/2010

We currently have in place targeted patrols of the town centre involving Response Shift Officers, Neighbourhood Policing Team Officers, Mounted Unit Officers on occasion as well as other specialised units on occasion. These patrols are assigned early in the evening and then continue throughout the night to ensure a strong Policing presence in the town centre, so as to deter any would be anti social behaviour and violent crimes. Update 17/5/2011 - We continue to deal positively when dealing with offenders suspected of commiting violent crime in the town. We work closely with the towns CCTV Control room to monitor situations that could potentially get out of control. We then try to defuse these situations before they descend into violence or anti social behaviour. We also patrol the town from early in the evening continuously to closing of the last clubs to ensure persons in the town centre are aware that there will be no tolerance of anti social behaviour in the town. Another useful tool that we utilise is a scheme run in conjunction with Chelmsford Borough Council called BOBB, which stands for Behave or Be Banned. Anyone found guilty of commiting offences in the town having been to a licensed premises stands to be potentially banned from licensed premises in the town centre for a pre-determined amount of time. All of the above measures are particularly helpful in managing the town centre on Friday and Saturday nights and reassure the general public that they are able to go out and enjoy a safe and enjoyable evening in Chelmsford town centre. Update 9/6/2011 - Violent crime in the town centre is a priority for Essex Police and we are confident that our positive approach to policing the town has been and continues to be effective in relation to deterring violent offences from occuring. Update 6/7/2011 - We are beginning a period of sustained targeted patrols in the town centre to deal with Anti social behaviour problems to coincide with the longer summer eveni

Updated on 20/01/2012

To deter and detect criminal damage to vehicles and property on the routes from Chelmsford town centre through the Trinity area on Friday and Saturday nights.

Raised on 05/11/2010

High visibility patrols by local officers and the neighbourhood support teams. Once the town begins to empty on both Friday and Saturday nights Officers will patrol targeted areas to deter any would-be offenders from committing criminal damage. Update 17/5/2011 - Officers on Friday and Saturday nights in particular patrol the residential areas of the Trinity beat on as frequent a basis as priority incidents dictate to try and deter people from committing criminal damage in the area. The midnight hours of both evenings are a particular time that require high visibility patrols. Most acts of criminal damage are committed by revellers returning along a route from the town centre and we try to encourage licensed premises to manage responsible drinking so that individuals do not get into such an intoxicated state that they will cause damage. Update 9/6/2011 - The ongoing issues with Criminal damage have reduced over the past month but we continue to patrol the area on a regular basis to ensure that would be offenders are aware that they are being watched. Update 6/7/2011 - The newly introduced targeted patrols will take in the Trinity beat area and will focus on reducing vehicle damage. Update 25/7/2011 - There are plans in progress to begin an application for a dispersal order for Chelmsford town centre. This has been extremely effective when utilised in the past to deter both anti-social behaviour as well as violent crime. We will continue to also target the Trinity area to ensure that any issues from the town centre are not displaced into the residential areas. Update 20/1/2012 - We have an Operation currently running in Chelmsford town centre, Nightsafe, that focuses on policing the town centre economy on Friday and Saturday nights. It has been very effective over the Christmas period and is currently ongoing. This Operation has impacted upon the Trinity area with a decrease in offences of Criminal damage over this period. We will continue to monitor this issue

Updated on 20/01/2012