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Good Afternoon Resident
Operation Tornado returned to the East Coast yesterday in the middle of Neighbourhood Policing Week as dozens of officers descended on Scarborough, Malton and the rural lands in-between.
Deputy Chief Constable Scott Bisset led the officers in a day of action which resulted in a total of 17 arrests, warrants and prosecutions.
In Scarborough, an early arrest came following a vehicle stop, where the driver was arrested after he failed a roadside drugs wipe.
Two drug warrants were then executed at addresses on Colescliffe Road on the Barrowcliff Estate. A quantity of drugs, including Class A were seized and investigations are ongoing.
Our Neighbourhood Policing officers teamed up with Community Safety Officers from North Yorkshire Council to follow up reassurance patrols in Barrowcliff. Our residents are feeling that improvements have been made on the estate, with one resident stating that they now feel safer when letting their children out to play.
With the ongoing Clear, Hold, Build project in full swing, it was recognised that there was a positive change on the estate, with many people noting that certain individuals had been sent to prison.
One of our neighbourhood officers located a wanted man before her event had even begun. This signalled how busy her day was due to be! Working alongside the British Transport Police (BTP), they held an information stand outside the Railway Station in the morning. Whilst there, one of the officers from BTP recognised a suspect of handbag thefts at York, he was also wanted by a Scarborough officer resulting in the short trip to visit custody.
BTP officers also dealt with offences which breached their byelaws and following joint patrols on the trains, ticket evasion.
Our Retail Crime Officer kept the custody Sergeant busy bringing in three people wanted for failing to appear at court and two others for shoplifting. He also dealt with three other shoplifters by means of a community resolution.
Elsewhere across town, officers from Whitby and Eastfield’s Neighbourhood Policing Teams were involved in an arrest which was made at a retail premise on Castle Road as we visited store with enforcement colleagues from Trading Standards. We are currently looking at developing joint working practices with other organisations and by increased patrols with them, we aim to reduce harm within our communities through illegal retail practices.
We had our Operation Orbit off-road motorcycle team out in action. You may have seen them out and about throughout Scarborough. They were conducting visits and education through engagement events. Three people were also reported for traffic offences.
Stop! Think Fraud advice was also being given out by our Financial Abuse Safeguarding Officer, Fraud Ambassador and CSO outside of the Balmoral Centre too. With lots of information to give away, the officers were on hand to speak to the public at the engagement stand.
After finding out that this event wasn’t a one off, and it is part of a bigger engagement plan, one visitor to the town said, “Can you come home with me and show our force how to do it?!” Whilst another commented “I wish my local Police did this; I mightn’t have been scammed.”
Our continued dedication to keeping our communities safe was highlighted at court as we obtained a closure order for an address on Maria’s Court. We will talk about this on another post; however, with the order, we can safely safeguard our local community.
We also visited Malton with our Operation Sentry Team to carry out a drug warrant at an address in the town, resulting in one person being arrest for being in possession with intent to supply a Class B drug. The investigation is ongoing.
Our rural community also got in on the action as Whitby’s Neighbourhood Policing Team coordinated patrols from the Whitby Rural Watch which is made up of volunteers to make visits across Esk Valley. The team engaged with residents and visitors to the area.
Returning to Scarborough for the evening, officers from the Operational Support Team launched a drone into the skies of the town, to assist with an operation to target anti-social behaviour. Plain clothed officers worked alongside the uniformed team to tackle low level disorder and dish out dispersal noticed where required.
Chief Inspector, Neighbourhood Operations Commander Lucy McNeill said, “Operation Tornado gives us an opportunity to get specialist officers from around the force and act on information and intelligence, given to us by our communities and partners. Whereas yesterday’s actions are part of our day-to-day activity, by having extra resources being deployed from around the force we can intensify the local policing priorities including the Barrowcliff Clear Hold Build project.
Kind Regards
Nathan
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