Your local team
Your local policing team is made up of dedicated neighbourhood officers and community support officers.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Protect Vulnerable Victims and Victims of Domestic Abuse
Action taken:
We make use of all possible police tools including community protection notices and closure orders to protect vulnerable people and target offenders. Officers make regular revisits to build trust and protect victims, engaging with other services to target the issues holistically.
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Priority:
Motorcycle disorder in the area of Lobley hill, Whickham, Staithes and Sunniside
Action taken:
Partnership engagement with Gateshead Council visiting offenders, high visibility patrols conducted at key times. Officers make use of the force drone to track offences in progress and we highlight through events all the ways to report motorcycle disorder. This has shown a significant reduction in incidents of anti-social behaviour and disorder.