Friday, 28 May, 2010
Anti-crime messages are hitting home to people across the county following the launch of an Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) campaign by police and other agencies today.
The six week publicity drive sees posters and flyers delivered within seven Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) areas, where anti-social behaviour has been identified as a top priority by the local community. The material will be used to highlight how the local NPT is tackling anti-social behaviour, acting upon information from local residents. (
The poster shown to the right is also available to download as a PDF 155kb - along with
a flyer / leaflet PDF 809kb).
For example, literature handed out by officers from Castleford NPT, will detail how they have used multi agency working to deal with large groups of nuisance youths congregating on waste land at the rear of the Rivers Estate in Airedale.
The pilot sites include Rothwell, Gipton and Harehills in Leeds, Castleford, Dewsbury and Mirfield, Keighley, Little and Great Horton in Bradford and Lower Valley in Calderdale. Following the initial trial period the campaign aims to be rolled out across the rest of the Force.
The campaign message 'Anti Social Behaviour, We're On It' falls under the ‘tackling not tolerating’ banner rolled out by the Home Office.
Following the main launch in Castleford, a number of ASB Roadshows will take place across the county where members of the public will be able to speak to their local NPT Inspector to see what is being done to combat ASB. These will take place on the following days:
- Rothwell - Wednesday 2nd June
- Dewsbury & Mirfield - Tuesday 15th June
- Gipton & Harehills - Wednesday 16th June
- Lower Valley - Tuesday 22nd June
- Little Horton / Great Horton - Tuesday 22nd June
- Keighley - Wednesday 23rd June
Chief Inspector Chris Corkindale from the Force's Local Policing Department said:
" West Yorkshire Police recognised the affects that ASB could have on people's quality of life.
"This launch spearheads our latest campaign to increase the public's confidence in our policing services and to recognise that the key to combating ASB is partnership work and the support of our communities. The Police and local authorities across West Yorkshire are putting a great deal of work and effort into tackling anti-social behaviour to improve people's quality of life and we hope this campaign will highlight the extent of this work at a community level."
Wakefield's Councillor for Communities and Environment Olivia Rowley said:
''The Wakefield Together Partnership is committed to helping ensure the lives of our citizens and those who work in the District are not blighted by ASB. We will continue to work hard to help ensure this type of behaviour is stamped out thereby keeping the District a place to be proud of''.
Wakefield Police have previously been involved in a scheme involving Wakefield Council and Wakefield and District Housing, which sees anti-social behaviour orders being published on the Force’s Neighbourhood Policing Team website. This scheme is being rolled out across the county.
Video Introduction
In this short video below, Inspector Jon Morgan from Local Policing introduces the launch of an anti-social behaviour campaign by police and other agencies today.
Please click the PLAY button, bottom left, to begin playback.