Neighbourhood policing team
I am the Chief Inspector with responsibility for community policing across Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood.
Given the significant size and geography of the area, I am also proud to lead the force’s work tackling rural and wildlife crime across Nottinghamshire.
Having spent time growing up in Worksop, and living within the area, I am passionate about ensuring our neighbourhood officers are making a tangible, and positive, difference to the lives of our communities across Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood.
I am committed to ensuring we listen to you, act upon your concerns and articulate the results we are achieving. I have served for 28 years, across disciplines including major crime investigation and public order policing, and am able to bring a range of skills and experience to help guide our dedicated staff to improve the quality of life for residents, business owners and visitors of this wonderful part of the county.
I am the District Commander for Newark & Sherwood, with responsibility for Neighbourhood Policing across the district. I joined Nottinghamshire Police in 2005, and in that time have held a number of roles. I was a response officer in the city for 5 years, before moving to city CID and qualifying as a detective. I was promoted and undertook the role of city centre response sergeant, before again being promoted in 2019 to a Demand Management Inspector for the city. In this role I had responsibility for response policing and critical incident management in the city, supervising 6 teams with over 60 officers covering 24hr response policing.
In 2021 I was posted to my current position as District Commander for Newark & Sherwood.
I have had the benefit of wide ranging experience throughout my career, and have undertaken additional skills and responsibilities including Public Order policing, and qualifying as an assessor for newly promoted officers to ensure they meet the required standards of competence.
Policing can undoubtedly be challenging, but I remain committed to ensuring my teams have high standards and work effectively to serve the public and keep people safe.
Tasking Beat Manager for Newark.
Crimes and priorities
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Anti-Social Behaviour
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We have decided to keep ASB as an ongoing priority into the next quarter. Recent data indicates a fall in ASB across the district which is positive, however community feedback still indicates this is a primary concern. We focus our efforts on areas with high level of reporting, and so if you are experiencing ASB it is vital that this is reported to the police or NSDC. In the last month the team have taken part in the school safety event, in which hundreds of primary age children have taken part. A specific input on ASB was delivered by neighbourhood officers in an effort to educate and prevent these children becoming involved in crime and ASB.
As we go into the summer months the team will be under taking targeted patrols, particularly in our parks and open spaces, as well as the town and village centres, to deter and disrupt these behaviours. -
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Serious Acquisitive Crime
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This continues to be a cause for concern specifically in the rural communities where issues around cable theft, plant theft and fuel theft are prevalent. The team have worked closely with the force's Rural Crime Coordinator to identify trends and target hardening option. This month we have undertaken an operation targeting offenders committing large scale fuel thefts from irrigation systems. Such offending has significant impact not only in terms of the theft itself, but also the knock on effect on the crops. It is often linked to wider organised offending. We are continuing to work on targeting and building intelligence to identify those responsible for organised and cross boarder offending of this kind.
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Drugs
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The team have continued efforts to target dealers and disrupt the supply of drugs across the district. Working with officers from the Modern Day Slavery team we recently undertook a number of search warrants which resulted in the arrest and charge of 4 suspects. This was a cumulation of months of work, and a great result for the community. We haven’t stopped there, and we are continuing to focus our efforts to develop intelligence and build evidence against those who cause harm in our communities. We rely on community support and intelligence to do this, so please report information and intelligence to us via 101 or Crime Stoppers.