Hucclecote Safer Community Team

Team Members

PS 1598 McCavera

PC 1651 Burch - County Council Funded Officer

PC 0106 Plant - County Council Funded Officer

PC 1726 Hunt - County Council Funded Officer

PC 899 Wood

PC 1887 Parsons

PC 1865 Reeves - Grade 3 Safer Community Team Police Officer

Police Community Support Officers
Our team currently has 9 PCSOs working in the area each of them is responsible as a point of contact for the following areas within this neighbourhood.

PCSO 9155 BECK, PCSO 9210 SMITH & PCSO 9015 PHILLIPS
Barnwood, Coney Hill and Chequers

PCSO 9064 POOLE, PCSO 9211 MORTIMER & PCSO 9184 WHITEHOUSE
Hucclecote, Abbey, Upton St Leonards and Coopers Edge

PCSO 9161 SIMMONS & PCSO 9219 MATT ADDINALL
Longlevens and Elmbridge

PCSO 9183 ANSTEY - INA Support Officer
PCSOs are mainly responsible for high profile patrol in the area and as a first point of contact for the public. Patrolling hotspots and working with Police Officers to combat anti-social behaviour problems. If you wish to speak to one of these officers and any other members of the team please ring 0845 090 1234 or use the feedback form by accessing the 'contact us' tab.

Hucclecote SCT Organise Football Tournament For Local Youths

For the second year running officers from the Hucclecote Safer Community Team (SCT) are hosting a seven-a-side football tournament for pupils from eight local primary schools.

For more details please click here .

Community Day at Morrisons in Abbeydale

Success of Community Day at Morrisons in Abbeydale

Coney Hill Residents Enjoy Trickster The Musical

Bogus Caller Talk at Manor Day Home

On Thursday March 4, PCSOs Kate Beck and Steve Smith attended the Manor Day Home in Barnwood Road to talk to the residents about how to beat bogus callers. They acted out different scenarios to demonstrate the potential methods used by bogus callers to gain entry to the homes of victims and provided hints and tips of how to avoid this from happening to them.
This was the first event of this type and there was positive feedback received from the staff and guests. The PCSOs are hoping to continue covering a range of topics in the future.

Hucclecote Officers On The Beat With Radio 4

Police Sergeant Duncan Arinze and PC Chris Jones were featured in a documentary for BBC Radio 4 called ‘The Generation Gap.' This was part of a ten week programme in which two people from different generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of Britain.

PS Arinze and PC Jones from Hucclecote Police Station patrolled Hucclecote on foot with a Radio 4 reporter. Radio critic Miranda Sawyer also wrote about this documentary in an article in The Observer on Sunday February 28.

Miranda Sawyer wrote:

"Radio 4's The Generation Gap is a great idea: two people of differing ages talk about a topic they have in common. On Wednesday's programme we heard about being a black police officer in Gloucestershire, that was the most interesting.

Duncan Arinze started on the beat in the 1980s, Chris Jones just recently. While training, Arinze was barred from having a drink in the pub; Jones said: "Hand on heart, I've never really encountered racism." Instead, people come up to him and say, "It's nice to see a black officer on the streets." "That's a hell of a sea change in attitude," marvelled Arinze, who recalled his first years as being exactly like Life on Mars."

Last chance to Express Your Views in Longlevens Library

On February 3, a public survey machine was placed at the Longlevens Library to enable members of the public to share their thoughts and opinions on how safe they feel in their local neighbourhood. 

The screen will remain at the library until the middle of March so residents still have an opportunity to complete the survey.

The results will then be analysed and the police will respond to concerns accordingly. 

Latest Hucclecote Community Newsletter

Our latest Community Policing newsletter has just been printed and will be delivered. It is designed to provide you with details about your Safer Community Team and keep you updated about what we are doing to reduce crime and disorder and promote safety in Gloucestershire.

This edition reinforces the Constabulary’s commitment to the Policing Pledge – our contract with the public that outlines the standard of service you can expect from us.

These newsletters will be available at key locations within your community. If you require a copy please speak to your Safer Community Team who will ensure you receive one or where you can collect one. To view your Communities newsletter online please click here.To view your Communities newsletter online please click here.

Contact Hucclecote Safer Community Team

Where do you want us and why?

Neighbourhood Watch is a partnership where people come together to make their communities safer. It involves your local Safer Community Team, Community Safety departments of local authorities, other voluntary organisations and, above all, individuals and families who want to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. It 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. 

Get in contact with us through the Contact us tab at the top of this section, and send us what matters to you in your area so we and our partner agencies can help?

NEW PIP at Oxstalls Campus

Officers from Hucclecote SCT has introduced a new Police Information Point at the University of Gloucester, Oxstalls Campus. PCs or PCSOs will be in the Student Help Zone from 1200 - 1400 every Thursday, students will have the opportunity to speak to officers about personal safety and security of their property. Officers will be happy to speak to anyone and assist them in any way they can. If you're a student who doesn't originate from Gloucester and need to know where somewhere is, come and ask us.

Hucclecote SCT - Op Dazzle

  Hucclecote SCT has re-launched Op Dazzle which means targeting cyclists without lights on their bicycle during the hours of darkness. We are trying to educate cyclists and rather than issue a £30 fixed penalty notice (FPN) straight away we will be issuing Op Dazzle notices to offenders which gives them instructions on how they can avoid going to court or receiving a FPN. They will basically have 7 days in which to purchase a set of lights and attend Hucclecote Station with the receipt and have them fitted to the bike, if they meet the criteria there will be no further action taken. If they do not comply, they will be summonsed to appear before a court.  

Riding in the dark without lights and reflectors puts you at great risk. Lighting-up time is sunset to sunrise and when visibility is seriously reduced. If in doubt, switch your lights on.

Any bicycle being ridden on public roads in the dark must be fitted with:

• a white front light
• a red rear light
• a red rear reflector

Bicycles should also be fitted with:

• a white front reflector
• amber pedal reflectors
• white or amber wheel reflectors   

Lights must be kept lit and unobscured, and must conform to the British Standard BS 6102/3.

Reflectors must be kept clean and unobscured, and should conform to BS 6102/2.

Drivers find it very difficult to see cyclists who ride without lights at night. Although cyclists can sometimes see quite well when riding without lights, because of street and shop lights, drivers still find it almost impossible to see them.

Lights and reflectors checklist before you ride in the dark, check:

• Front Light is fitted, clean and working brightly
• Rear Light is fitted, clean and working brightly
• Rear Reflector is fitted and clean
• Front Reflector is fitted and clean
• Pedal Reflectors are fitted and clean
• Spoke or Wheel Reflectors are fitted and clean

Make sure that the lights and reflectors are securely fitted to the bicycle, with no loose nuts or bolts.

At the same time, check the brakes are working properly, and there are no loose or missing parts.

Some batteries, like Energizer, have built-in testers so you can easily check how much power they have left. Otherwise, switch your lamps on to see if they are working brightly.      

Hucclecote SCT - Become a Key Individual

Hucclecote Safer Community Team is committed to improving the influence local people have on our response to local problems.
 
We're looking for people to join our Key Individual Network (KIN). We want to know your thoughts and opinions on a range of issues that affect your neighbourhood. You don't have to belong to any other organisations or be involved any more than you want to. As a KIN member we will ask you to give us occasional local feedback, which in turn helps us to gain a more informed understanding of our community.

Main roles of the KIN

• Widen the consultation between the police and the local community.
    
• Give prompt information about significant changes in local tension and provide information of local issues.
    
• Enable community members to influence local policing and for the police to get increase information about issues affecting our neighbourhoods. 

Benefits of the KIN

• Improves the quality of life for you and your neighbourhood.
    
• Provides a medium for the resolution of issues that arise within your neighbourhood.
    
• Provides an opportunity for the community to influence how their area is policed.  

Once you become part of the KIN

Your personal details will not be used for any other purpose, or passed on to anyone else. You will be invited to meetings concerning setting priorities within your neighbourhood, and these take place every quarter. Outside these meetings we will carry out the majority of communication by phone, post or e-mail.

You can resign from the KIN at any time.

If you are interested please call 0845 090 1234 and ask for Hucclecote SCT alternatively please e-mail Hucclecote SCT.

Gloucestershire County Council Contact - Hucclecote SCT

What is a Police Community Support Officer?

Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) were introduced by the Government in 2002 to assist both the regular Police and the community. The Hucclecote Safer Community Team currently have nine PCSO's working in the Hucclecote, Abbeymead, Abbeydale, Barnwood, Chequers, Coney Hill, Elmbridge, Longlevens, Upton St Leonard's and Coopers Edge areas.

These officers are responsible as points of contact for the 3 identified communities.

•  Coney Hill, Barnwood and Chequers Estate
•  Longlevens & Elmbridge
•  Huccclecote, Abbey, Upton St Leonards' and Cooper's Edge 
  

Police Community Support Officers (PCSO's) provide a visible and uniformed presence in the community, directly helping the police to tackle criminal behaviour, and freeing up police officers from some of the time spent on routine tasks.
Moreover, they provide a valuable service in reassuring the communities.

In relation to vandalism, PCSO's can:

•  Attend incidents of low-level disorder and antisocial behaviour
•  Deal with community issues such as littering and dog fouling
•  Report and remove abandoned vehicles
•  Gather evidence through observation
•  Speak to young people who might be drunk and causing problems, confiscate alcohol and tobacco
•  Assist the police with recording names and addresses or door-to-door enquiries

Police Information Points - Hucclecote SCT

Our Objectives - Hucclecote SCT

• To provide a visible and accessible uniformed presence within the neighbourhood areas.

• To engage with communities within their neighbourhood through regular contact with the public, identify concerns and provide information about the action taken to resolve a problem at times using a multi-agency approach.

• To take effective and appropriate action to reduce anti-social behaviour and deal with offenders, using the CADA partnership and the Prevent and Deter Scheme.

• To gather information/intelligence and where necessary act upon it via:

  • targeted high visibility patrol

  • enforcement and targeting of prominent individuals engaged in criminal activity

  • initiating operations and utilising other resources to bring offenders to justice and/or disrupt criminal activities

  • engage with partnership agencies and community groups to deliver appropriate prevention/reduction advice

  • ensure a working knowledge of crime and trends within the area and provide a public reassurance within that area

• To engage with and encourage all sections of the community in the neighbourhood, through ward, parish and panel meetings in order to agree priorities and choices.

• Identify and ensure points of public contact are maintained, i.e. Councillors, Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators.

• Collate information and make referral application to combat anti-social behaviour

Local Officers from the Hucclecote Safer Community Team are taking to the local supermarkets to offer advice to local residents.

On Saturday March 13, 2010 PCSOs Kate Beck, Steve Smith and Clive Phillips will be holding a community day in the entrance of Sainsbury's in Barnwood between 1pm and 3pm.

Your local officers will be there to offer crime reduction advice as well as to discuss any issues or concerns people have about policing in the area.

The team hope by holding these community days they will get the opportunity to speak to more residents and hear what issues they have about their area.

We look forward to meeting you.