LPU Commander Johnny Monks
19th January 2012, Insp Johnny Monks
Hello Again,
More great results for Loughborough since my last Blog as overall crime continues to reduce, detections continue to rise and the Festive period went without any significant incident.
'Operation Label' was launched in response to an increase in bike thefts and student accommodation burglaries in the latter part of last year and thanks to some great detective work by Loughborough officers I am pleased to report that amongst other arrests a 20 year old man was arrested and charged with burglary and another 21 year old charged with robbery. This has been followed more recently by the arrest of four people caught in the act of stealing bicycles in Loughborough Central beat which is fantastic news.
In another high profile operation responding to concerns from local residents, fourteen people were arrested and six charged in relation to drug related offences on the Bell Foundry Estate in Loughborough. Continued drug dealing can blight an area bringing with it associated problems of anti-social behaviour which impacts on great quality of life that residents of Loughborough generally experience. In maintaining this great quality of life free from drug dealers and ASB my Loughborough police team are committed to acting on information from the public and jointly with our partners, bringing people to justice. My team of police officers are as passionate about relentlessly pursuing criminals as I am. With the continued support of the community and our partners such as Charnwood housing and the Charnwood borough council we will achieve great things during 2012.
The students return to Loughborough this week after the Christmas break and we are launching 'Operation Umbel' in an effort to prevent burglaries and deal with any associated anti social behaviour. I appreciate that our student population may have returned with some wonderful new Christmas presents and we would like these to stay with their rightful owners so again I would ask that care is taken to ensure they are not left on display and windows and doors are secured.
Finally, this only leaves me to wish you all a safe and Happy New Year!
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