Page updated August 17, 2010
Sergeant Guy Farmer has responsibility for the Safer Neighbourhoods Team covering the Drayton and Farlington areas of Portsmouth.
Drayton and Farlington's officers are:
- PC Phillipa Jennings
- PC Matthew Gorman
- PCSO Lisa Elliott
- PCSO Alex Greenwood
- PCSO Kris Richards
- SC Camilla Robins
- SC Matthew Painter
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Local priorities in your area
Locally, we work with your community to find out what matters most where you live. We will work with you and our partner agencies to agree the main priorities for the area and how we will work together to tackle them.
Drayton and Farlington Safer Neighbourhoods Team have four priority areas. They are:
- To provide greater visible policing in the neighbourhood
- To reduce anti-social behaviour in Lindesfarne Close
- To reduce the anti-social use of motor vehicles including speeding - Complaints have been received from residents who are reporting people using excessive speed in the Drayton and Farlington area.
These are the priorities that people in your local area have agreed with the Safer Neighbourhoods team. You can influence these priorities by contacting your team, attending a meeting or speaking to members of the team when you see them out and about.
Action we have taken in relation to your priorities Updated!
You said: You wanted us to provide a greater visible policing in the neighbourhood
We did: Along with increased patrols around Drayton and Farlington, we have extended our beat surgery hours and held street briefings in order to increase our interaction with local residents.
NEW! We are adding a new location for our beat surgeries at the Sainsburys supermarket in Farlington so we can reach more people - click here to find out more.
You said: You wanted us to reduce anti-social behaviour in Lindesfarne Close
We did: We received a number of reports regarding anti-social behaviour occuring in Lindesfarne Close. This area has been a problem hotspot in the past, and we have previously tackled the problems with a dispersal order. This year we have decided to use this method again because it has proved to be successful in the past.
We are also increasing our patrols of the area and speaking to youths about the consequences of their actions. We have issued two anti-social behaviour contracts (ABCs) and if necessary will issue anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs.)
The dispersal order at Lindesfarne Close will remain in place until January 31, 2011. We will continue to take a tough stance in and around the area, and will keep you posted of the progress we make.
You said: You wanted us to reduce the anti-social use of motor vehicles, including speeding
We did: We have been receiving reports of vehicles being used in an anti-social manner and with excessive speed in the Drayton and Farlington area. In response to this, we are planning to execute operations with the Roads Policing Unit which will control and deter the levels of anti-social vehicle use. This will be part of a larger campaign that will run throughout the summer and will focus on tackling anti-social behaviour.
Good News! Earlier this year an issue was raised relating to the anti-social use of mopeds in Zetland Park. Residents in the area had noticed groups of youths riding mopeds in the park in a dangerous and disruptive way.
Since this time, patrols have been increased by community wardens and the Safer Neighbourhoods team. In addition to this, youth workers attended the area once a week, and engaged with the youths there. Trading Standards also investigated local premises in order to establish whether the underage sale of alcohol related to the issue.
For the past two months both wardens and police reported a decrease in reports and in activity while on patrol, and external reports of this issue have decreased significantly.
Justice Seen Justice Done
In the last month we had received reports of anti-social behaviour occuring in Dorking Crescent Park. We took action by patrolling the area on a regular basis and holding a street briefing at the location. We also worked together with the council and a number of partnering agencies. Since this time, we have caught and arrested two individuals for possession of cannibis. There have also been some physical changes to the park, namely the fencing and gate height have been increased, which has kept individuals out after it is locked up for the evening. We are receiving positive feedback since concerns were raised, and reports of problems at the park have decreased.
We have a small number of people in the area who persistently cause ASB, and these individuals have entered into Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, which means they agree to address their actions and behave more appropriately. We meet regularly with Portsmouth City Council and Housing Associations to help monitor the behaviour of these people and help them reform their ways.
As a result of the dispersal order we obtained for Lindisfarne Close, we have been able to disperse a number of youths from the area, and reports of nuisance have dropped considerably, improving quality of life for local residents.
We continue to carry out test purchase operations at off license premises, and where a sale is made to an underage person the seller receives an on-the-spot fine of £80. These operations assist in reducing the reports of underage drinking in the area.
Other work we have done to improve your area
ACT Now exercise is launched in Portsmouth
In June members of the Cosham and Drayton & Farlington Safer Neighbourhoods teams (SNT) took part in the launch of a terrorist exercise in Portsmouth recently. The exercise, known as 'All Communities Together Now' (or ACT Now for short), was successfully launched at the Charter Academy School in Southsea to help school pupils learn more about the roles of the police in extremist activities.
Students watched a series of short films that told the story of an unfolding terrorist plot, and were then asked what they would do in that situation if they were police officers. Immersing themselves in their fictional roles, the students took the lead on the situation and learned about the dilemmas the police are presented with in potentially dangerous extremist situations.
Vice Principle of the Charter Academy School, Sandra Barker said: “This was clearly a stimulating subject for the pupils of the school, and they engaged very well with the police during the exercise. I think that ACT now is very effective on younger members of the community- it definitely has a positive influence on a demographic that largely relies on others when forming an opinion about the police.”
PCSOs Rob Lammiman of the Cosham SNT and Kris Richards from Drayton & Farlington both volunteered to attend and assist the pupils in the exercises.
PCSO Lammiman said: "We feel that teaching younger members of the community about subjects such as this is beneficial to everyone. By running these events we are helping members of the public to understand the importance of community cohesion in these situations, as well as helping them gain a better understanding about police actions.”
The event was an overwhelming success, and proved just how useful the knowledge gained during the ACT Now exercises are to members of the community.
Tackling anti-social behaviour in Drayton Park 
The Drayton and Farlington Safer Neighbourhoods team, community wardens and youth workers have been focusing on Drayton Park to reduce youth nuisance. Detached youth work will now be taking place every week in order to engage with young people and educate them on the effects anti-social behaviour can have in the community. The team and the wardens remain dedicated to patrolling and responding to calls and the location has been added to the Operation Born hotspot list, which means that on Friday and Saturday nights teams of Op Born workers and police will visit the area and engage with all young people they meet.
Reducing burglaries in Drayton and Farlington
Operation Nemesis was launched last year as a force wide focus on burglaries. We continued this work in Drayton and Farlington, increasing patrols in areas where burglaries had taken place, speaking to residents and gathering intelligence to target offenders. We have been educating people, working to ensure they are aware of how crime prevention methods such as timer switches for lights and locking all doors and windows can protect their home. In addition to this we have also been working with Neighbourhood Watch groups to spread these messages. With the right knowledge we hope that local residents' actions will deter potential offenders from targeting their homes.
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About the Team
Drayton and Farlington neighbourhood is covered by a team of both police officers and the extended police family, who will be patrolling the streets and available to the community to voice their opinions and concerns.
Regular visits are made to the schools in the area with events such as bicycle security coding and crime prevention advice/security marking featuring highly. Pupils and parents are encouraged to approach us with their concerns and ideas for community improvement. We have already conducted many speed enforcement campaigns in the vicinity of Springfield School in response to complaints from residents and school teachers; and have several more planned for other hot spot areas.
We are acutely aware of the problems in the area associated with under-age drinking and youth nuisance in and around convenience stores and parks, and have several operations planned to target these issues. Any suggestions would be welcome.
How you can take action
We hold regular beat surgeries at Drayton and Farlington Information Centre, Havant Road, (next to Drayton Methodist Church). Come and tell us what is important to you in your neighbourhood, and play your part in setting local priorities. Dates for upcoming beat surgeries are shown below.
- Wednesday, September 29
- Wednesday, October 6
Please note: All beat surgeries will run from 11am until 1pm.
NEW! We will also be running a series of beat surgeries in our Community Bus from Cosham high street, from 11am until 1pm, on the following Wednesdays:
- 6 October
- 3 November
- 1 December
These will continue to run in 2011, on the dates below:
- 26 January
- 23 February
- 23 March
- 20 April
You could also volunteer to help the teams working in your local area and make a real difference to your neighbourhood. Click here for more information about police support volunteers.
We would like to become more accessible to you, our community. To this end we are trialling a new voicemail system for every Neighbourhood Police Officer for non urgent enquiries, and would like to set up opportunities for our community to approach us in more informal surroundings. We’d be happy to attend your neighbourhood watch, residents association or other local meeting to talk about crime and anti-social behaviour. Just drop a line on email or give us a call using the contact details below.
Please be aware that times may change at short notice due to policing commitments. For further information, please contact us using the details at the foot of the page.
Crime mapping and local performance information
Hampshire Constabulary has joined with partner agencies in the two counties to provide you with local information about crime and disorder, using a system called CADDIE. On the bottom left hand side of this page, you can enter your postcode into CADDIE to view information about your local area.
You can also view details of how we are performing against certain key criteria in your local area. Click here to see your local performance information.
How to contact us
To speak to the officers responsible for policing your local area, please call 0845 045 4545 or email: draytonandfarlingtonbeats@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
