Neighbourhood policing week

Cheshire police will be be targetting issues in the community as part of a Neighbourhood Policing week of action.

From Monday 17 January, all nine of the Local Policing Units (LPUs) will be addressing issues, raised by local residents, in their communities, hosting pop-up stalls in key areas and speaking with schools and youth teams.

The Neighbourhood Policing week of action is a national campaign where forces work together to showcase different policing teams and the benefits they have to the public.

Activities will include:

Speed enforcement in Chester, youth engagement in Ellesmere Port, Macclesfield and Crewe, targeting of anti-social behaviour in Northwich and Warrington, knife sweeps in Widnes and licencing patrols in Congleton. Details of activities will be published on each area’s social media accounts throughout the week.

Assistant Chief Constable Bill Dutton, lead for Neighbourhood Policing, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the public to see how our neighbourhood teams work to keep their communities safe on a daily basis.

“There will be a variety of things going on in the next week that will offer an insight into some of the initiatives that are ongoing to make Cheshire a hostile place for criminals.

“The week will also allow local communities to speak with their policing teams to tell us about the issues they are experiencing so that we can have a positive impact.

 “I would urge anyone who has any concerns in the neighbourhoods, whether it be anti-social behaviour through to drug-related activity, to get in touch with us. We will do the rest.

“The message is clear, Cheshire Constabulary is committed to preventing crime and will relentlessly target those suspected of wrongdoing.”

You can follow the work of what the neighbourhood teams do on a daily basis, via social media channels on Facebook at a neighbourhood level and on Twitter across local police unit areas. Our force accounts will feature some of the many highlights of the week and continue to showcase activity during 2022