Gloucester City Centre Community

Property Marking Event – Gloucestershire College

On Thursday 2^nd February 2012 PCSO Jordan White and PCSO Steph Mason, members from Gloucester City Community Team were present at Gloucestershire College to promote a property marking event. The event was organised by the Police and the College Student Link Worker Shay Mulla.

Over 50 phones were marked with ultra violent pens which were given out by the officers. Also handed out was property marking kits which were given to students and staff who would like to mark any property they have at home.

Also promoted was Bike Register due to the number of pedal cycles used at the college.

PCSO White said “The event was organised to help educate students with how important it is to ID their property, especially with the Christmas period over and they may have new expensive presents which they bring into college on a regular basis.

We had around 30 reports of theft last year and we would like to reduce that number dramatically. By giving them useful little tips we believe we are going in the right direction, we will run more events like this through out the year.”

The event was well attended by both students and staff and we would like to Thank Shay and the College for letting us run this event.

Olympic Torch is coming to Gloucester

Olympic Torch is coming to Gloucester on 24th May 2012 and we ask that if anyone has any special event running in the City or know of any event running at any venue within the City to make contact with Gloucester Local Policing Team on 101 and request to speak with PCSO 49119 Christina O'Konor-Bryant or PS 1714 Nik Farmer.

Operation Dazzel in Gloucester Local Policing Area

Operation Dazzle will be lighting the way for people who ride their bikes with no lights. This initiative will run across the area to encourage those who don't have lights to get them or face a  fine. Please contact your local policing team on 101 to request further information and get your bike security marked for FREE!

Gloucester Youth Showcase Raises Money for Charity

October 19 2011

The Safer Gloucester Partnership, which includes local police, handed over two cheques to charity today (October 19), after money was raised from a recent youth event.

Officers handed over £100 to both the James Hopkins Trust and the Pied Piper appeal at Kites Corner in Barnwood.

The money was raised by a prize draw and barbeque at the Gloucester Youth Showcase, hosted by Gloucestershire Police and supported by Safer Gloucester, at Llanthony Priory in September. 

Pennie Sharpe of the James Hopkins Trust, which provides help for severely disabled children and Wendy Fabian of The Pied Piper Appeal, which works to improve the lives of sick children, gratefully accepted the cheques.

The Gloucester Youth Showcase was organised by PC Mark Evans and PC Steve Crown of the Gloucester Community Team.  

PC Mark Evans said “The event at Llanthony Priory was a success and showed to young people and adults in Gloucester what was available to them while at the same time raising a considerable amount of money for these very worthwhile charities."

Further information on the charities can be found at www.jameshopkinstrust.org.uk and www.piedpiperappeal.co.uk

Talk to the Safer Gloucester Leaders

September 2 2011

Residents are invited to come along to the next Safer Gloucester open panel meeting on 14^th September 2011 at the Civic Suite, Gloucester City Council Offices, North Warehouse, The Docks.

The meeting will start at 7pm and on this occasion guest speakers will be the Leader of Gloucester City Council, Cllr Paul James and Gloucestershire Constabulary’s Chief Inspector Richard Burge who will be speaking about “Gloucester at Night” and answering questions like “Are you safe in the city centre at night time?”

The police will report on the latest crime figures and trends and what they and Safer Gloucester are doing together to address these issues.

The meeting will close with a “question time” where members of the public are able to ask questions about the related work and crime situation in the city.

Chair of Safer Gloucester, Derek Cross from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said, “The Safer Gloucester open meetings give residents an opportunity to ask questions first hand of the agencies that make up the partnership and hold them to account. We are delighted to welcome the Leader of Gloucester City Council, Paul James to join us on this occasion to talk alongside Chief Inspector Burge about Gloucester’s night time economy and the benefits and problems of a vibrant nightlife in the city centre.”

Councillor James said: “With our partners, we are working on a variety of ways to encourage more people to come into the city centre at night. This includes everything from new lighting schemes around some of our key buildings to encouraging new operators to set up in the city centre.

“We’ve got innovative schemes like the street pastors and the taxi marshalls to help people feel safer at night.

“These are just a few of the subjects I am grateful to be given the opportunity to discuss at this meeting.”

Mark this date in your diary now and join us for what promises to be an interesting evening.

Gloucester City Centre Events Diary

Please have a look at the Gloucester City Centre SCT events diary!

Gloucester City shopwatch update

Shopwatch online is an initiative that was launched in Gloucester City Centre on October 1 2008 and has proved to be a successful scheme.  The objective of the initiative is to drive retail crime and anti-social behaviour out of the city and to forge stronger links between retailers and the police.  To achieve these goals an Internet based website was created to store and share information and to enable stores to easily access the names and photographs of all banned persons.

Any offender caught committing crime within a premises participating in Shopwatch is liable to be banned for a period of 12 months from ALL participating shops.

We currently have 50 offenders that are banned on the scheme and there have been numerous warnings sent out to first time offenders.  The scheme has shown that a large majority of offenders banned on the scheme do not re-offend within their 12 month ban period.  Police briefings are provided at the monthly Shopwatch meetings along with members sharing information, nominating and banning of offenders

As a commitment to the scheme, members would need to attend at least one monthly meeting every three months, display a Shopwatch sticker where it is visible and also monitor the online site for bulletins and messages.  The membership fee is currently being funded by CDRP and Gloucester Shopwatch until May 2011.

Should you wish to become part of the scheme you can contact PC 1227 Mark Evans at mark.evans1227@gloucestershirepolice.co.uk or visit www.shopwatchonline.co.uk for further information

Police Information Points

Below is a list of all of our Police Information Points (PIPs). if you require any further information please contact the Safer Community Team on 0845 090 1234

Gloucester City Centre

• The Dukeries (in the Tennants Consultative Community Room). This PIP takes place every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm

 Kingsholm and Wotton

• Gloucester Royal Hospital, the PIP can be found in the new build section of the hospital by the health information centre.  This PIP is for information only and is not staffed.
• Families Centre, Sherborne Street. This PIP takes place on every second Wednesday of the month between 10.30am and 11.30am.  

Hempsted

• Hempsted Village Hall - The PIP can be found in the village hall, it is for information only and is not staffed.
• Hempsted Post Office - In the form of a letter box that residents can use to post information to the Hempsted Safer Community Team.
• Gloucester College - In the form of a letter box that students can post comments and questions for the Safer Community Team