The success of hotspot policing over the summer has resulted in additional police patrols for Exmouth town centre
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Hotspot policing is a data-driven method of patrolling to tackle antisocial behaviour (ASB) and serious violence. Initially, Exmouth only received funding for street marshal patrols. However, over the busy summer season, funding was provided for daily police foot patrols to help meet the increased demand for resources. The results from this uplift were so positive that Exmouth will now have funding to continue police hotspot patrols until the end of March 2025. These targeted patrols are carried out in overtime so that they are over and above normal service delivery. From July to September, 424 additional hours of police foot patrols were delivered in Exmouth. This has led to:
The police are continuing to work with the street marshals to share intelligence and engage with the community. To date, they have engaged with more than 3,000 members of the public and made 575 premises visits. Exmouth Sector Inspector Grant Leitch said: “Our deployments, enabled by Exmouth’s tier one funding, have been tremendously strengthening for both the people of the town and for my team who are privileged to serve here. It has meant we do exactly what the good people of Exmouth want and indeed what we also want to prioritise; namely, to be on foot patrol, engaging with our community, preventing criminality and robustly policing those who transgress. Ultimately, it is profoundly reassuring for us all.” |
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