POLICE DETAILS
Sussex Police - Peacehaven East Neighbourhood

Drug Harm Reduction

Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.

Police led operations, targeting known areas of drug use and drug dealing, as well as partnership work around known addresses causing drug harm in your area.

Teams in Peacehaven continue to commit to patrols of reported locations of drug use, and drug harm to deter and identify those involve.

During the coming months, a number of National campaigns begin, including a week of action to tackle 'County Lines', and drug dealing, which will see officers conduct additional drug related stops, educational visits to schools and colleges in the area, as well as work alongside partners as police licensing teams visit night time economy venues.

Operation Downsway

Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5 driving offences.

Including targeted patrols, education and enforcement activities across the district throughout the Summer months, focused on targeting excess speed, distracted driving, as well as drink/drug driving.

Continued work with partners, local authorities, including volunteer Community Speed Watch Groups to support activities and keep the roads of your town safe for all road users.

Over the summer months a number of patrols, enforcement days and police/partner deployments have been conducted across Peacehaven to tackle ASB driving.

This includes a number of hours spent by local officers supporting local Community SpeedWatch Groups (CSW) in the area, working alongside volunteers to record and report on offences of excess speeding. Those recorded by police will be referred to our Sussex Roads Safety Team who will look into either educational or enforcement notifications, or in-person police officer visits as a result.

Communities across Peacehaven also continue to raise concerns around dangerous driving associated with ASB driving. This includes the use of EScooters in areas of the coast.

During the summer months, a number of vehicles have been seized during our patrols and deployments across the town, this includes EScooters, and a number of vehicles all being driving without insurance, as part of our continue commitment to tackling your community concerns in relation to ASB driving, dangerous driving, and our response under Operation Downsway.

Drug Harm Reduction

Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.

Responding to reports of drug related harm in your communities, from individuals and properties to help keep your town safe from drug related crime and associated ASB.

•Police led operations, targeting known areas of drug use and drug dealing, as well as partnership work around known addresses causing drug harm in your area.

•Continued work alongside partners, and local authorities to address community concerns, including partnership work with housing and British Transport Police to target those using the train network to conduct crime.

•Patrols of known areas of drug use, working alongside partners including Lewes District Council to address concerns of discarded drug paraphernalia reported by residents.

•Warrants and drug related arrests made throughout the last few months, details published to Sussex Police website.

Operation Downsway

Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5 driving offences.

•Extra patrols, educational and enforcement activities across the district focused on targeting excess speed, distracted driving, as well as drink/drug driving along the coast.

•A number of police and partner deployments across the town in the last few months to tackle ASB driving, including excess speeding, these have led to a number of positive stops and vehicle seizures, details of which have been added to our Sussex Police website, and posted to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

•Communities across Peacehaven also continue to raise concerns around dangerous driving associated with ASB driving, including the use of EScooters; recently a day action saw number of these seized, details published to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

Drug Harm Reduction

Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.

Responding to reports of drug related harm in your communities, from individuals and properties to help keep your town safe from drug related crime and associated ASB.

•Police led operations, targeting known areas of drug use and drug dealing, as well as partnership work around known addresses causing drug harm in your area.

•Continued work alongside partners, and local authorities to address community concerns, including partnership work with housing and British Transport Police to target those using the train network to conduct crime.

•Patrols of known areas of drug use, working alongside partners including Lewes District Council to address concerns of discarded drug paraphernalia reported by residents.

•Warrants and drug related arrests made throughout the last few months, details published to Sussex Police website.

Operation Downsway

Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5 driving offences.

•Extra patrols, educational and enforcement activities across the district focused on targeting excess speed, distracted driving, as well as drink/drug driving along the coast.

•A number of police and partner deployments across the town in the last few months to tackle ASB driving, including excess speeding, these have led to a number of positive stops and vehicle seizures, details of which have been added to our Sussex Police website, and posted to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

•Communities across Peacehaven also continue to raise concerns around dangerous driving associated with ASB driving, including the use of EScooters; recently a day action saw number of these seized, details published to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) inc. addressing and taking action against ASB in the form of nuisance noise, dangerous driving and ASB associated with, such as noisy cars or motorbikes.

Swiftly responding to incidents of ASB and effectively using policing powers available to intervene - including powers of dispersal where the actions of individuals or groups impact their wider surroundings; which can lead to wider harm, including the misuse of public spaces or buildings, criminal damage or vandalism, for example graffiti or damage to public buildings.

Addressing and taking action against ASB in the form of nuisance noise, such as noisy cars or motorbikes.

•Officers are tackling ongoing anti-social, nuisance and dangerous riding of bikes, e-bikes and scooters around Peacehaven Skatepark with increased high-visibility patrols; one illegally modified bike has already been seized this week (9th June), and further patrols are planned to continue addressing concerns.

•Neighbourhood Youth Officers continue to get into schools to engage with youngsters at key stages of devolvement to discuss ASB, low level crime and the effects actions can have on communities, officers also drop in regularly on youth groups to engage with youngsters.

•Additional patrols of open green spaces and parks in the area continue into the Summer, with officers activity engaging with youngsters and encouraging them into local groups or sports events in the town as an alternative to causing ASB in the area.

•Neighbourhood Youth Officers continue to get into schools to engage with youngsters at key stages of devolvement to discuss ASB, low level crime and the effects actions can have on communities.

•Additional patrols of open green spaces and parks in the area continue into the Summer, with officers activity engaging with youngsters and encouraging them into local groups or sports events in the town as an alternative to causing ASB in the area.

Operation Downsway

Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5 driving offences.

•Responding to concerns around dangerous driving associated with ASB driving of EScooters in areas of the coast continues; with planned 'days of action' in the Summer much like out a recent (April) day of action which saw officers seize a number of EScooters along the coast. (Details published on our Lewes Police Facebook page at the time).

•Extra patrols, educational and enforcement activities across the district focused on targeting excess speed, distracted driving, as well as drink/drug driving.

•A number of police and partner deployments across the town in the last few months to tackle ASB driving, including excess speeding, these have led to a number of positive stops and vehicle seizures, details of which have been added to our Sussex Police website, and posted to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

Drug harm reduction.

Targeting drug related crime in your town centre through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.

•Recent increase in reporting of drug use in areas of Peacehaven, as such local ward officers have increase patrols, drug seizures obtained in Memorial park, Meridian Way in the last two weeks (June 23rd).

•Police led operations, targeting known areas of drug use and drug dealing, as well as partnership work around known addresses causing drug harm in your area.

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) inc. addressing and taking action against ASB in the form of nuisance noise, dangerous driving and ASB associated with, such as noisy cars or motorbikes.

Swiftly responding to incidents of ASB and effectively using policing powers available to intervene - including powers of dispersal where the actions of individuals or groups impact their wider surroundings; which can lead to wider harm, including the misuse of public spaces or buildings, criminal damage or vandalism, for example graffiti or damage to public buildings.

Addressing and taking action against ASB in the form of nuisance noise, such as noisy cars or motorbikes.

•Officers are tackling ongoing anti-social, nuisance and dangerous riding of bikes, e-bikes and scooters around Peacehaven Skatepark with increased high-visibility patrols; one illegally modified bike has already been seized this week (9th June), and further patrols are planned to continue addressing concerns.

•Neighbourhood Youth Officers continue to get into schools to engage with youngsters at key stages of devolvement to discuss ASB, low level crime and the effects actions can have on communities, officers also drop in regularly on youth groups to engage with youngsters.

•Additional patrols of open green spaces and parks in the area continue into the Summer, with officers activity engaging with youngsters and encouraging them into local groups or sports events in the town as an alternative to causing ASB in the area.

•Neighbourhood Youth Officers continue to get into schools to engage with youngsters at key stages of devolvement to discuss ASB, low level crime and the effects actions can have on communities.

•Additional patrols of open green spaces and parks in the area continue into the Summer, with officers activity engaging with youngsters and encouraging them into local groups or sports events in the town as an alternative to causing ASB in the area.

Operation Downsway

Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5 driving offences.

•Responding to concerns around dangerous driving associated with ASB driving of EScooters in areas of the coast continues; with planned 'days of action' in the Summer much like out a recent (April) day of action which saw officers seize a number of EScooters along the coast. (Details published on our Lewes Police Facebook page at the time).

•Extra patrols, educational and enforcement activities across the district focused on targeting excess speed, distracted driving, as well as drink/drug driving.

•A number of police and partner deployments across the town in the last few months to tackle ASB driving, including excess speeding, these have led to a number of positive stops and vehicle seizures, details of which have been added to our Sussex Police website, and posted to our Lewes Police Facebook page.

Drug harm reduction.

Targeting drug related crime in your town centre through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.

•Recent increase in reporting of drug use in areas of Peacehaven, as such local ward officers have increase patrols, drug seizures obtained in Memorial park, Meridian Way in the last two weeks (June 23rd).

•Police led operations, targeting known areas of drug use and drug dealing, as well as partnership work around known addresses causing drug harm in your area.