Bobbies on the Beat / New Deals team.

Tel. 01752 568254

CRIME.

Crime figures for the period 27th November to 4th December are down from 18 crimes reported last year to 6 this year.

These include: -

Two harassment offences; one drive off from petrol station without payment; one shoplifting; one drunk & disorderly and one criminal damage.

Enquiries are in hand to identify offenders for these offences or they have been identified already.

Anyone with any information on the above can contact the team or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

Anti-social behaviour incidents recorded in the same period in 2008 were 6 compared with 5 for this year.

Other news / events.

A local 14-year-old boy who threw a lit firework in James Street on Halloween has appeared in Court.

He was identified via CCTV; Magistrates made him subject to a four-month referral order. This means that he has to sign a behaviour contract with a Youth offending panel and be monitored by the Youth offending Team.

The Devonport Neighbourhood Team has teamed up with two local lads, training for their first boxing award. They said "the session was really good and we had to work very hard".

The boxing sessions focus on non contact training, skills and fitness aimed around achieving three awards under the supervision of boxing tutors from the Devonport Neighbourhood Team. On completion of the first three awards, participants can go on to earn a further three awards whilst training with a boxing coach from Devonport Boxing Club.

Simon Barrett, Marlborough Street’s Traditional Greengrocer, donated fresh fruit for the end of the training session and is working closely with the team to promote healthy eating.

For further information about the Boxing Award Scheme please contact PC Cher Dunbar.

Events

Fri. 4th December, DRC Partnership Christmas event at Plymouth Albion Rugby Ground, 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

OTHER

The Bobbies on the Beat steering group met on Weds. 18th November and set the following priorities for the team for the following 6 weeks: -

Drug dealing and use.High profile policing to combat anti-social behaviour,

with emphasis on Mount Wise youth.

Violence offences.

The next meeting of the Bobbies on the Beat Steering Group is on Wednesday 30th December at 5.00pm at Brickfields Sports Centre, Devonport.