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Chief Superintendent Dave Thomas (pictured) is the Commander in charge of policing in Western Hampshire. Chief Superintendent Thomas took command of Western OCU on April 4, 2011,
There is a local Safer Neighbourhoods policing team that covers every part of the Western area and if you don’t know who your team is for the area where you live or work, or you want to find out what they are doing for you, please find out more about them through the links on this web site. Their work is set by your priorities so if you want to have a say in that, then please contact them. They will be pleased to hear from you. You can contact us about any policing issue by using 'Your Voice Counts' on this site.
The Western Area is coterminous with the Southampton City, New Forest District, Eastleigh Borough and Test Valley Borough (South) local authority boundaries. It covers an area of nearly 700 square miles, much of which is rural. with a population of more than half-million living in close to 200,000 households.
Western Area currently has more than 900 police officers and approximately 200 police staff serving their communities from 14 operational police stations.
Over the next year we will continue the drive to make the best use of our resources and to equip our teams to deliver.
Key areas include
· A drive to grow both the Special Constabulary and Volunteers locally
· A push on areas for collaboration between neighbouring force areas and with other public bodies
· A review of processes and an increasing our internal communications, to ensure we are operating as a highly effective team in every area.
Key Partnerships and Collaborations
At a more local level we continue to work with the Crime and Disorder Partnerships of:
Southampton City Council
www.southampton.gov.uk
Eastleigh Borough Council
www.eastleigh.gov.uk ,
Test Valley Borough Council
www.testvalley.gov.uk and
New Forest District Council
www.nfdc.gov.uk .
Western Area records low levels of crime and high public satisfaction levels. Contrary to the perception of many of our residents, it is one of the safest places to live, work and visit.
Residents within the Western Area should expect police officers and police staff to deliver an excellent service of the highest standards to every member of our communities at all times. .
The Area headquarters is based at:
Southampton Central Police Station
Southern Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO15 1AN
Enquiry office open: 24 hours
Click here for information about what services are available at each police station for visitors with disabilities
Along with Chief Superintendent Thomas, the Senior Management Team (SMT) consists of:
- Superintendent Steve France-Sargeant - Southampton District Commander Superintendent
- Scott Chilton - Crime & Operations Chief Inspector
- Kelly Whiting - Southampton East District
- Chief Inspector Stuart Murray - Southampton West District
- Chief Inspector Lucy Hutson - New Forest District
- Chief Inspector Andy Houghton - Eastleigh District & Romsey District
- Detective Chief Inspector Kath Barnes- CID
- Alan Smith - Corporate Communications Manager
- Geoff Ward - Business & Finance Manager
For minutes of the SMT meetings see the Western Area Minutes page.
Local Performance Information
You can also view details of how we are performing against certain key criteria in your local area. Click here to see the details for the Western OCU.
Page last reviewed on October 21
