Local Initiatives
PACT (Police and Communities Together)
You can have your say about policing in the Peterlee area by attending a PACT meeting either in person or online. Keep checking the main Peterlee website page for the date of your next meeting. To access the live online meetings copy and paste the link below into your browser address bar. Don't miss your chance to have your say.
http://peterleept.coverpage.coveritlive.com
Operation Smyrna
This involves a high visibility operation in Peterlee town centre targeting drug misuse & shoplifting.
Operation Havanatown
The operation is to target violence against the person in Peterlee.
Operation Charcoal Gully 2008
Peterlee Neighbourhood Policing Team are targeting nuisance behaviour in the Eden Hill area of Peterlee after concerns where raised by local residents with aim of reducing the incidents of nuisance and anti social behaviour reported.
As part of the initiative high visibility patrols will be carried out by police officers, community support officers and council street wardens on a daily basis to prevent the rowdy behaviour and reassurance residents.
As well as this we are performing home visits and issuing anti social behaviour contracts on youths identified as behaving anti socially, executing search warrants, arresting suspects for criminal offences and seizing contraband and illegal goods.
Peterlee Neighbourhood Policing Team are targeting nuisance behaviour in the Eden Hill area of Peterlee after concerns where raised by local residents with aim of reducing the incidents of nuisance and anti social behaviour reported.
As part of the initiative high visibility patrols will be carried out by police officers, community support officers and council street wardens on a daily basis to prevent the rowdy behaviour and reassurance residents.
As well as this we are performing home visits and issuing anti social behaviour contracts on youths identified as behaving anti socially, executing search warrants, arresting suspects for criminal offences and seizing contraband and illegal goods.
This proactive operation will continue throughout Dec 2008/Jan 2009 the objectives of the operation are to reduce reports of anti-social behaviour and criminal damage, the operation will involve intelligence led high visibility patrols by police officers, pcso and council wardens, in the Eden hill area, test purchasing will be carried out in the locality to identify premises selling alcohol to minors, crime prevention packs will be delivered to every household to educate residents in relation to operation darc a force wide operation to prevent and deter dwelling burglaries.
Mini-motos Update
Peterlee police are targeting rogue riders after complaints from residents concerned about noisy off-road bikers driving dangerously through their communities.
Police have given out more than 100 warning notices to off-road bikers in the past 12 months, with the number of complaints from residents coming in on a regular basis.
Officers fear they will feature highly on youngsters' Christmas wish-lists.
Inspector Paul Harrison said: "We do target this problem and we are having success in relation to identifying the people concerned and issuing warning notices and also seizing bikes and crushing them.
"There is the possibility that if these youths are cutting across footpaths to get to waste land, there could be an accident."
The latest figures show that 108 warning notices have been given to motorcycle, quad and mini-moto riders in the Easington area since the beginning of 2008.
The notices, which last for 12 months, are issued by police to people driving anti-socially. This includes riding in areas where they don't have permission, doing wheelies and driving on pavements or cycle paths.
If a rider receives two notices within 12 months their bike is seized.
Since the beginning of the year 23 have been seized in the Easington area.
Insp Harrison said: "We are appealing to parents this year not to buy off-road quads or if they do to make sure that they are fully supervised.
"We are advising that parents and guardians are encouraged to pay a role and take a responsibility for kids' behaviour and if necessary they can be told to do this through legislation."
For further advice and information please refer to Durham constabularies BIKEWISE website.
