Sergeant Ian Smith is responsible for the Safer Neighbourhoods team covering 
Totton and surrounding areas. The officers and staff on the team are:
- PC Tony Witney: Totton town centre
- PC Steve Phillips: Testwood
- PC Tristan Pugh : Calmore
- PC Chris Jordan: Eling and Hounsdown
- PC Sally Ogden : West Totton
- PCSO Richard Williams: Testwood
- PCSO Scott Walker: Calmore
- PCSO Lisa Palmer: West Totton
The team are supported across the neighbourhood by colleagues from the Special Constabulary:
- A/SO Mark Kershaw
- SC Sam Fleat.
- SC Colette Baker
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.
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.
Community priorities for the Totton and surrounding areas include:
- To target and reduce criminal damage to vehicles around Myrtle Avenue and Columbine Walk.
- To reduce anti-social behaviour and noise in the Lawford Way area and also in the Flowerdown Close area in Calmore.
- To reduce anti-social behaviour, underage drinking and other alcohol related incidents around the play park off Deridene Court and also around the Cheam Way recreation ground.
The team look forward to meeting residents when they are out and about within the community. Our primary roles are to help reduce anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and violent crime to improve the quality of life for local residents. We actively engage with local communities and partner agencies to develop long term sustainable solutions to problems.
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.
Actions we have taken in relation to your priorities
Non-Dwelling Burglaries
Following regular patrols in the Hounsdown and Eling area, the number of non-dwelling burglaries has decreased significantly. However, we urge homeowners to be vigilant and to ensure that outhouses and garages are left secure at all times.
No Cold Calling Zones
Following consultation with HCC trading standards and local residents, we now have active 'no cold calling' zones in the following areas:
- Barnsfield Crescent
- Fritham Close
- Malwood Gardens
- Rushington Lane
- Downs Park Crescent
- Downs Park Road
- Culford Avenue
- Kinross Road
- Kilnyard Close
- Milverton Close
- Rothbury Close
- Charnwood Close
Junior PCSO Scheme
A junior PCSO scheme was set up last year and run by Special Officer, Rodger Mills and PCSO Heidi Kelsey. 12 children from local junior schools aged between eight and 10 years old were “recruited“ as Junior PCSOs and over seven weeks engaged in various activities, including litter picking and meeting different branches of the Constabulary, including the Road Policing Unit and the Dog Section. They also paid a visit to the CCTV control room at Appletree court, Lyndhurst and spent an evening running a mock custody centre.
The main drive behind the scheme is to promote good citizenship with our young people and to give them a chance to meet with the police and interact with us in a positive way. To finish the scheme off, the Junior PCSOs were treated to a day out at Paultons Park. On December 9 we held a presentation evening at Oakfield School and all the children were given certificates by the OCU Commander, Chief Supt Richard Rowland. Pictured right.
Feedback from the children involved has been very positive and so it is our intention to run another course which will commence in 2010. We would like to say thank you to Totton Town Council for agreeing to sponsor the scheme, which allowed us to purchase high-visibility jackets and other equipment for the recruits. We will be looking for sponsors to assist with the next scheme. If you would like to help please contact Sgt Ian Smith at Totton police station.
Beat Reports
Our beat report newsletters will now be produced on a bi-monthly basis for each of the beats within the Totton area. These are distributed within the community to update you on what the priorities are for your local officers, and how they are working to tackle them, as well as giving crime prevention advice and details of upcoming meetings. To read the latest edition, click on the relevant link for your neighbourhood below:
Calmore Beat report February 10.pdf
Eling Hounsdown and Rushington February 10.pdf
Testwood Feb 2010.pdf
Totton Town Centre Beat Report Feb 10.pdf
West Totton February 10.pdf
Calmore Beat report December 09.pdf
Testwood December 2009.pdf
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. Our team are keen to arrange meetings with residents, especially if there is an issue that may need addressing. Please feel free to contact us at Totton police station so that we can make arrangements to talk and discuss these with you, to how we might be able to provide assistance or support.
The team have arranged beat surgeries every month at the ASDA store in Totton and the West Totton Centre as detailed below::
Asda, Totton:
- Tuesday, March 9, 12-1pm
- Friday, April 9, 6-7pm
- Sunday, May 9, 3.30-4.30pm
- Wednesday, June 9, 9-10am
- Friday, July 2, 5.30-6.30pm
- Thursday, August 5, 10-11am
- Monday, September 6, 2-3pm
- Friday, October 1, 8.30-9.30am
West Totton Community Centre:
- Wednesday, March 24, 4-5pm
- Sunday, April 25, 3.30-4.30pm
- Thursday, May 27, 9-10am
- Sunday, June 20, 3.30-4.30pm
- Wednesday, July 21, 1-2pm
- Sunday, August 15, 4-5pm
- Monday, September 20, 5.30-6.30pm
- Tuesday, October 19, 9-10am
'Street Meets' are organised in locations where new issues are identified by residents or police. These enable discussions to take place to help resolve these issues or concerns and to find long-term sustainable solutions. We have organised the following street corner meetings:
Rumbridge Gardens/ Rumbridge Court - Thursday, March 18, 10am - 11am
Calmore:
Calmore Drive/Calmore Road - Wednesday, March 24, 4pm - 5pm
Eling and Hounsdown:
Ibbotson Way junction with Pentridge Way, Ashurst Bridge - Monday, March 8, 5pm - 6pm
Heritage Centre Café, Eling - Wednesday, March 17, 12pm - 1pm
Rushington Avenue junction with Lackford Avenue, Rushington - Wednesday, March 24, 5pm - 6pm
West Totton:
More dates coming soon
We are also looking to arrange more local beat surgeries and Street Meets, if you would like a meeting in your area, please contact us.
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 you can email them on: totton.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
Page last reviewed on March 5
