* Updated 03.11.09*
Sergeant Justin Noons is responsible for the Safer Neighbourhood Team covering the Bevois Town and Banister Park areas. The team consists of: 
- PC Jackie Cherry
- PCSO Hayley Taite
The policing pledge and your local priorities
Click here to read the national policing pledge, which sets out the service you can expect from your local police force.
Your Local Priorities:
Community Priority Panel meetings have been introduced throughout Southampton and are currently held quarterly in each of the Portswood police neighbourhoods. The Bevois and Banister Park Neighbourhood Priority Panel met in October with the next meeting in January 2010.
The meetings are organised and chaired by officers from your Safer Neighbourhood Team and involve people who form part of a Key Individual Network (KIN). A KIN is a key person from the community with good contacts within that community. People currently involved include your local Councillors, representatives from local resident associations , neighbourhood groups, local housing associations, care homes, housing societies, school head teachers, Police, S.C.C and Southampton University amongst others.
Panel meetings are a formal way to identify areas of concerns of the local community, local issues are discussed and from here we set the community priorities for the next 3 months. Your Safer Neighbourhood Team will then set action plans to tackle the issues and use multi agency strategies to collectively address the priority with an aim to achieve the objective and resolve the problem. If you feel you would like to get involved in this process and assist with your local community issues, then please contact us and we can will advise you on how to become involved in the meetings. This is your opportunity to have a say on the priorities for your neighbourhood. If you are interested in this please send us your e-mail to: portswood.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
At the latest panel meeting held on 20th October the community priorities were agreed to be:
- Anti-social behaviour and nuisance in the games area and surrounds to Bevois Town School Earls Road between 4pm and 2am
- Graffiti, litter and damage to alleyway between Earls Road and Cedar Road
- Rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour, noise and drunkenness in Silverdale Road and Archers Road between 9pm and 4am
Previous Priorities, July 2009
- Reduce street drinking, anti social behaviour and associated late night nuisance in Portswood Road and Bevois Valley areas from 8pm-4am daily.
- Reduce street drug dealing in the Lodge Road , Portswood Road areas.
Action in relation to your priorities:
Reduce street drinking, anti social behaviour and associated late night nuisance in Portswood Road and Bevois Valley areas from 8pm-4am.
Increased high visibility patrols have been taking place on Friday and Saturday nights, and a force-wide summer ASB campaign has been in place. These have both contributed to a decrease in reported problems in the area. We work closely with local licensees to ensure drunkenness is dealt with and people are now not allowed entry to pubs and clubs if they are drunk.
Reduce street drug dealing in the Lodge Road and Portswood Road areas.
We are regularly completing uniform and plain clothes patrols in the area and the numbers of drug related problems are falling. Following an operation to tackle drunk and drug related behaviour a man who had been seen acting suspiciously near licensed premises was searched and found in possession of a Class A drug and a substantial amount of money - on searching the man’s home money was seized and weapons, including a Stun gun, were located and confiscated. The man has now been charged with offences relating to firearms, drugs and the proceeds of crime act—this has included the confiscation of £12,500.
As a result of the hard work to tackle these priorities it was agreed at the priority panel meeting in October that these had been completed and they were removed as a priority - this does not mean we will not continue to address problems in these areas but we will focus our attentions more on the current priorities as agreed.
*NEW* Please click here to see the latest edition of the Bevois and Banister Park newsletter - now published quarterly - November 2009
Click here for previous Newsletter - October 2009
Neighbourhood watch
We are keen to start up Neighbourhood watch schemes in the area. Neighbourhood watch aims to help people protect themselves and their properties and to reduce the fear of crime by means of improved home security, greater vigilance, accurate reporting of suspicious incidents to the police and by fostering a community spirit. Click here for more information on Neighbourhood Watch. There are a number of schemes in the area with several others in being set up currently – please click on the link above or contact you local Safer Neighbourhood Team if you are interested in finding out more.
Cycle Safety
As part of the Be Safe, Be Seen, Be Smart cycle campaign, Portswood Broadway and The Avenue was targeted between 7am and 9am on October 20 and 23. 162 cyclists were stopped by officers from the Portswood Safer Neighbourhood Team, Totton's Roads Policing Unit and SCC road safety group. Cyclists were given reflective snap bands, jackets and rucksack covers in an effort to increase visibility and educate about road safety. Sergeant Phil Lamb from the Totton Roads Policing unit said: "I was pleased to see many cyclists in full reflective gear wearing helmets and using lights. “Unfortunately, there were more cyclists who came through our check-sites who weren’t so visible and this was a good opportunity to educate them. We gave advice on the dangers of not being seen and the kind of injuries they could suffer if they’re not wearing the right headgear. We also handed out free items like high-visibility snap bands and rucksack covers, plus educational postcards designed by students at Solent University. The aim is to get them to take responsible and help them be seen. Cyclists are one of the most vulnerable road users and as the nights draw in, they can be even more difficult to spot.”
Fothcoming Beat surgeries
Portswood Safer Neighbourhood Team are continuing the with beat surgeries at the shops in Portswood Broadway - this is an ideal time to pop in and have an informal chat to members of the Team. PCs and PCSOs will be present representing the areas of Highfield, Bevois and Banister and the St Denys areas where you can obtain crime prevention advice or discuss any other matters. Beat surgeries are held fortnightly on Saturdays at Waitrose in Portswood Road between 11am-1pm
The dates for these are:
November 7
November 21
December 5
December 19
January 2 2010
January 16 2010
Click here for the Beat surgery poster - If you have a communal area, notice board or any place to display this please feel free to help us advertise the Beat Surgeries.
The Bevois Town and Inner Avenue Residents Association also hold regular open meetings in the Church Hall, Ancasta Road on a Monday evening. The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Monday 9th November 2009
How you can take action
Come and tell us what is important to you in your neighbourhood, and play your part in setting local priorities.
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.
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
If you would like to speak to someone about policing in your local area, please call 101 or email portswood.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
