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Local policing teams in Wiltshire carry out week long crackdown
Neighbourhood Policing Teams, (NPTs), have carried out a week long crackdown to highlight the importance of their role in the Policing Week happened across the UK, (23-29 June), with every force organising their own week of this week police officers in neighbourhood teams were protected from additional tasks so they could focus solely on their neighbourhood Constable Catherine Roper, who re-introduced NPTs to Wiltshire Police in January 2024, said communities give nothing but "positive feedback" about the work of the 10 teams across the county.
The results for Neighbourhood Policing Week 2025 for Wiltshire Police included:35 visits to vulnerable people22 patrols in priority locations17 local schools visited to teach children about the role of the police and raise awareness of crime prevention methods6 people arrested5 speed enforcement checks completed2 warrants executed
Ms Roper said the week included: "Proactive enforcement across Swindon and Wiltshire including warrants, high visibility patrols and a wide range of activities."Sgt Gemma Rutter from the Trowbridge Neighbourhood Policing Team said the week allows the team to get into communities and tell them "what we're all about".Communities are sometimes confused between response and NPTs said Sgt Rutter. "We (NPT officers) don't just do the 999 jobs we are very much focussed on the long-term problem solving, intelligence-led response to community issues," she said.
Collaborative working between different police teams was evident during a visit made to a premises in Trowbridge suspected of modern slavery, one of the planned events during Neighbourhood Policing officers were deployed on the visit which was led by Sgt officers from the NPT were two intelligence officers and Det Sgt Jen Jeffcoat-Marsh who is part of the violence against women and girls and adult sexual exploitation Sgt Jeffcoat-Marsh said: "There's no way that what we're trying to achieve would be successful if we weren't all working together."No arrests were made during the visit but the teams will return to carry out welfare checks.
NPTs are the "bedrock of an effective police service" according to Ch Supt Doug Downing, the head of local Supt Downing said: "We encourage the public to actively engage with officers and, where they exist, share your concerns."
