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Making a difference: Fast track officers boosting West Mercia Police

Redditch Editorial 14th Jun, 2021   0

FAST-TRACK police officers are playing a vital role in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the West Mercia force area.

The officers are doing Police Now – a two-year national graduate programme aimed at helping to transform communities.

And nationwide communities where Police Now officers have been posted for the last 22-months have seen 38,772 fewer incidents of anti-social behaviour compared to the same time period from October 2016 – equivalent to a 14 per cent drop.

PC Cat Hughes, of West Mercia Police, has been dealing with problems of anti-social behaviour from a repeat offender in her community and having put together a problem-solving plan she is working with local partner agencies to find ways to reduce ASB.




“I worked with the problem-solving hub and got the man issued with a Community Protection Warning to prevent his ASB heightening into further offences,” she explained.

“Since the explanation and issuing of this warning, there have been no problems with the man and I believe this has helped to solve the issue.


“From working in the role I see how vital and necessary neighbourhood policing is. You gain a better insight into what lasting problems are occurring and work with many other agencies to help solve this.”

As well as the drop in anti-social behaviour, across the country communities have also recorded 14,301 fewer incidents of criminal damage and arson – a fall of 13 per cent.

Nationwide, there were 12,460 fewer incidents of burglary – a fall of 16 per cent – and 31,732 fewer incidents of theft, equivalent to a drop of 14 per cent.

Police Now has recruited a total of 1,830 officers across 33 forces in the UK, including West Mercia Police.

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