POLICE DETAILS
Hertfordshire Constabulary - Ware Neighbourhood

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Reduce vehicle-related anti-social behaviour in Stanstead Abbotts High Street.

Residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working alongside partners to tackle the issue, through an increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement.

Reduce anti-social behaviour in Lady Margaret Gardens, Fanhams Hall Road and King George Park, in Ware.

Residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working alongside partners to tackle the issue, through an increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement.

We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf

Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues:

Reduce vehicle-related anti-social behaviour in Stanstead Abbotts High Street.
• Several operations have taken place in Stanstead Abbotts under Operation Tonnage, during which vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are stopped, spoken to, and advised regarding the weight restriction. Repeat offenders have been identified during these operations and as a result have been issued tickets. Ongoing monitoring and enforcement will continue. There are still some vehicles breaching the 7.5 tonne limit; however, following recent local enforcement operations, the number of offending vehicles has reduced, with most now diverting via alternative routes. Officers have carried out targeted patrols, engaged with drivers, and issued warnings where appropriate, taking enforcement action against those who repeatedly or deliberately ignore the restriction.

Reduce anti-social behaviour in Lady Margaret Gardens, Fanhams Hall Road and King George Park, in Ware.
• Over recent weeks, your local Neighbourhood Policing Team has been actively patrolling priority areas including King George Park, Lady Margaret Gardens, and Fanham’s Hall Road, responding to community concerns around anti-social behaviour.
• Officers and PCSOs have carried out frequent high visibility patrols across the area. No issues have been identified during multiple checks of King George Park and Lady Margaret Gardens.
• We have coordinated with the Future Hope Bus team (Youth Development workers). Their team will support youth engagement work to help reduce anti-social behaviour in the priority location.
• We will continue to respond to reports of anti-social behaviour involving local youths, ensuring victim safeguarding and ongoing monitoring of hotspot areas.
• We remain committed to maintaining a visible presence, engaging with young people, working in partnership with local services and taking positive action where offences occur.

The community has asked local officers to focus on reducing anti-social behaviour in The Priory and surrounding industrial areas, as well as tackling the anti-social use of e-bikes along the towpath between Ware and Stanstead Abbotts.

Officers will step up visible patrols in The Priory and surrounding industrial areas to reduce anti-social behaviour and will work to prevent and respond to the anti-social use of e-bikes along the towpath between Ware and Stanstead Abbotts.

During the last period in the Ware area, the priority was to help reduce anti-social behaviour and anti-social driving in Stanstead Abbotts High Street, and in Lady Margaret Gardens, Fanhams Hall Road and King George Park in Ware.

In the last period of priorities, officers:

• Conducted several operations in Stanstead Abbotts under Operation Tonnage, during which vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are stopped, spoken to, and advised regarding the weight restriction. Repeat offenders have been identified during these operations and as a result have been issued tickets. Ongoing monitoring and enforcement will continue, to ensure that the issue continues to stop.
• Local Neighbourhood Policing Team has been actively patrolling priority areas including King George Park, Lady Margaret Gardens, and Fanham’s Hall Road, responding to community concerns around anti-social behaviour.
• Officers and PCSOs have carried out frequent high visibility patrols across the area. No recent issues have been identified during multiple checks of King George Park and Lady Margaret Gardens.
• Officers have coordinated with the Future Hope Bus team (Youth Development workers). Their team will support youth engagement work to help reduce anti-social behaviour in the priority location.
• Local officers are and will continue to respond to reports of anti-social behaviour involving local youths, ensuring victim safeguarding and ongoing monitoring of hotspot areas, on top of daily business.

During the last period in the Ware area, you asked us to focus on:

• East Herts Rural: Officers will continue to crack down on anti-social behaviour in Buntingford town centre and tackle fly-tipping across the area.

• Bishop’s Stortford and Sawbridgeworth: Residents have said they want a focus on improving feelings of safety in Pishiobury Park, as well as Grange Paddocks and Sawbridgeworth Fields.

• Ware and Stanstead Abbotts: The community has asked local officers to focus on reducing anti-social behaviour in The Priory and surrounding industrial areas, as well as tackling the anti-social use of e-bikes along the towpath between Ware and Stanstead Abbotts.

• Hertford: Officers will focus on tackling anti-social behaviour in Birchley Green and the anti-social use of e-bikes in Hartham.

In the last period of priorities, officers:

• Have conducted proactive patrols in Ware, Stanstead Abbotts and along the towpath, in both plain clothes and in uniform. They have conducted a number of stop searches.

• Have been trained to use SelectaDNA spray which is going to form part of our effort to tackle antisocial behaviour associated with e-bikes and e-scooters.

Recently, there has been a reduction in reports of e-bikes being ridden antisocially, which is positive. However, further operations are planned to take place in the near future, to ensure that this trait continues to reduce.

We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf