Your dedicated neighbourhood team
Your Dedicated Neighbourhood Team (DNT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.
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 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Crimes and priorities
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Action taken:
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The use and distribution of drugs around the beat area has been identified as a priority. This includes issues surrounding the use of drugs and incidents caused by drug use, and also the effects of drug dealing in the beat area.
Action taken:
Reports have been received in relation to intelligence around Drugs in Littlethorpe and New Lubbesthorpe. The intelligence has been submitted and Officers will develop this.
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Anti-Social Behaviour involving the use of e-bikes, e-scooters in public spaces. This issue also covers rowdy and inconsiderate behaviours from individuals or groups in the area.
Action taken:
The team, as always, have been very busy over the past few weeks. The school summer holidays and the very hot weather have increased demand. There have been numerous reports of issues at Fosse Park McDonalds with Antisocial behaviour from young people. The team have increased patrols and liaised with staff and security to tackle these issues.
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Road Safety issues we face across the beat include things like speeding, improper use of the highway such as anti-social driving, road traffic collisions (RTC) and driving without tax, MOT or insurance.
Action taken:
The roads policing unit have been busy last month. The officers attempted to stop an e-scooter which resulted in a fail-to-stop. The male was subsequently stopped and his e-scooter was seized.