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Nearly half of the £1m Home Office hotspot policing money allocated to Dyfed-Powys Police will be used to increase the number of police patrols in areas where anti-social behaviour is a big problem in parts of Wales.
Each of the ten areas identified by the force will benefit from an extra 27 hours a week of police patrols dedicated to tackling anti-social behaviour in a response known as Operation Ivydene. The money will pay for a total of 11,000 hours of additional patrols over the next eight months.
The approach also involves the use of specialist resources, such as drones, depending on the issues being targeted. Officers are also conducting surveys in the hotspots to help the force better understand and address the concerns of those living there.
It follows the successful piloting of the approach in 10 areas, which saw more than 80,000 hours of patrols in the six months since it launched.
“These hotspots have been selected as the areas experiencing the highest volumes of violence and anti-social behaviour offences and based on local intelligence.
“The patrols aim to provide a reassuring presence to help people feel safe while also proactively disrupting crime and acting as a deterrent.”
Chief Constable Dr Richard Lewis, Dyfed-Powys Police.
The force will monitor activity over the next eight months, submitting data to the Home Office about the hours of visible foot patrols, weapons recovered, number of arrests, number of anti-social behaviour powers used, and the number of stop and searches undertaken.
Find out more about how police forces are using the £66m fund to tackle anti-social behaviour in this round up from Emergency Services Times. And how the Leicestershire PCC is tackling the same problems with new patrols in Leicester City Centre.