Hampshire Constabulary

Sergeant Guy Farmer is responsible for the Safer Neighbourhoods team covering Cosham. Cosham's officers are:

• PC Sharon Lewry
• PC Steve Ellis
• PC Pip Jennings
• PCSO Mike Ferguson
• PCSO Rob Lammiman
• PCSO Dave Lines
• SC Paul Jones
• SC Michael Reynolds
• SC Matt Painter
  

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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. 

The community priorities for Cosham are:

- To reduce inconsiderate cycling in Cosham high street

- To reduce anti-social use of vehicles, including speeding

- To tackle anti-social behaviour in Cosham high street

Action taken in relationto your priorities
 
You said: You wanted us to tackle anti-social behaviour in Cosham high street

We did: At the end of January we ran an education and enforcement community day in Cosham high street and the surrounding areas to tackle a number of issues, and in Ferburary we ran two operations led by our Special Constables to tackle anti-social behaviour and traffic related offences. all of these were deemed a great success.

This year we have been working with the anti-social behaviour unit to bring down reports of anti-social behaviour. Through regular contact with residents and business owners we have identified particular individuals who have been causing problems in the area, and have gathered evidence on their behaviour.

We are pleased to say that we have now served an Anti-Social Behviour Order, or ASBO, to an individual for causing issues in and around Cosham high street. So far this has had a positive impact ont he area, and we will continue to monitor the area to ensure this issue is tackled.

You said:  You wanted us to reduce cycling in the precinct

We did: At the end of January we ran an education and enforcement community day in Cosham high street and the surrounding areas to tackle a number of issues including inconsiderate cycling. We had some great results, speaking to s ginificatn number of people on the issue and handing out Fixed Penalty Notices to the value of £270.  

At the end of last year we submitted information about inconsiderate cyclists to the Roads Policing unit, who ran two operations that spanned across the city. The aim was to promote safety and consideration of others, and a total of 300 cyclists were stopped and spoken to.

Cyclists were given a stern talking to about the dangers they cause others by riding on pavements, and the dangers they cause themselves by not wearing high visibility wear and safety gear.

Sergeant Guy Farmer said: "Cyclists who continually ride their bikes on pavements without consideration for other people can expect to receive a fixed penalty notice of £30 if they are caught.

"We will continue to educate people and enforce the law with fixed penalty notices until the message gets through that cycling inconsiderately can be very dangerous to pedestrians and motorists alike."

You said: You wanted us to tackle the anti-social use of vehicles in the area, including speeding

We did: We are working with the Roads Policing unit to run speeding operations in the area and catch out those who are acting irresponsibly.

We have also been working with the Roads Policing unit (RPU) and the DVLA to run operations in the area to catch out uninsured, untaxed vehicles and unlicenced drivers.

We have been submitting information to the Eastern RPU unit, who have run two operations this month, and a total of 34 vehicles have been seized. Furthermore, a number of arrests were made and fixed penalty notices given out during the operations.

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