Nottinghamshire Police is launching a new countywide operation that will see additional officers and specialist resources deployed to areas experiencing increased crime and antisocial behaviour.
Operation Nexus will target neighbourhoods where police identify a need for additional support, using crime figures, local intelligence and concerns raised by residents to determine where resources should be concentrated.
Rather than remaining in one location, the operation will move between communities across Nottinghamshire in response to emerging problems.
The initiative will focus on issues affecting individual neighbourhoods, including vehicle crime, drug-related activity, violence and antisocial behaviour.
Police say the approach will allow neighbourhood policing teams to draw on additional officers and specialist resources to address specific problems.
Operation Nexus follows a three-stage approach known as Clear, Hold, Build. This involves taking enforcement action to address immediate concerns, maintaining a police presence to prevent further incidents and working with communities and partner organisations on longer-term improvements.
The approach has already been trialled in Sutton-in-Ashfield, with the results helping to inform its wider introduction.
Harworth will be the next area to receive additional policing resources, following an increase in vehicle crime and concerns raised by local residents.
Superintendent Chris Sutcliffe, County Commander for Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Operation Nexus is about focusing our efforts on the issues that matter most to local people.
“We know that what matters in one community may be different in another. In some areas it may be vehicle crime, in others it may be anti-social behaviour, drug-related activity or concerns about violence.
“Operation Nexus gives us the ability to direct additional resources into those areas and tackle the issues having the greatest impact on residents.”
He said the operation would not be restricted to particular neighbourhoods and would respond to changing patterns of crime across the county.
“This isn’t a one-off operation and it isn’t tied to a single location. It will move around the county, using crime data, local intelligence and community feedback to identify where we can make the biggest difference.”
Supt Sutcliffe said neighbourhood officers would be able to request additional support when local problems required a greater police presence.
“Our neighbourhood policing teams know their communities best. Operation Nexus gives them access to additional support and specialist resources when they are needed, allowing us to respond quickly to emerging issues and deliver a highly visible policing presence.”
He added: “Most importantly, this is about listening to our communities. When residents tell us there is a problem, and our data and intelligence support that, we want to be in a position to act. Operation Nexus gives us another way of doing exactly that.”
Police are encouraging residents to continue reporting crime and antisocial behaviour, with information from local communities helping to determine where Operation Nexus will be deployed in future.
