Kingsbridge Rural West

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers and PCSOs based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Devon and Cornwall.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Policing Team provided below.

Please note that to report a crime or incident to Devon and Cornwall Police, please visit Devon & Cornwall Police or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Kingsbridge & Salcombe Neighbourhood Team

Simon Cooper

Police Constable

Tom Eabry

Police Community Support Officer

Jonathan Lonsdale

Police Constable

Samuel Mcgregor

Police Constable

Ben Shardlow

Police Inspector

Charlie Wilkes

Police Sergeant

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Forging Links with the Communities Issued 29 December 2025	We are keen to hear what you want from your local Police and how you would like the service delivered: we carry out regular foot patrols of our beat and have community surgeries where you can raise any issues with us. Please check our site for dates & locations of surgeries, or stop us when you see us. Actioned 28 March 2026
Positive action against Drugs Issued 29 December 2025	We remain committed to tackling drug supply issues in the South Hams by developing intelligence and taking actions through warrants and arrests: please help us to continue this by submitting intelligence via the online reporting portal or our Neighbourhood email address NPS-IvybridgeandKingsbridge@devonandcornwall.police.uk Actioned 28 March 2026
Youth Engagement Issued 29 December 2025	We strongly believe in engaging with young persons living in our area to ensure a positive relationship is established. We have several specific engagement events with local schools to further that end, and make sure they know the Police are there to support them should they need. Actioned 28 March 2026

Priority

Action taken

Forging Links with the Communities

Issued 29 December 2025

We are keen to hear what you want from your local Police and how you would like the service delivered: we carry out regular foot patrols of our beat and have community surgeries where you can raise any issues with us. Please check our site for dates & locations of surgeries, or stop us when you see us.

Actioned 28 March 2026

Positive action against Drugs

Issued 29 December 2025

We remain committed to tackling drug supply issues in the South Hams by developing intelligence and taking actions through warrants and arrests: please help us to continue this by submitting intelligence via the online reporting portal or our Neighbourhood email address NPS-IvybridgeandKingsbridge@devonandcornwall.police.uk

Actioned 28 March 2026

Youth Engagement

Issued 29 December 2025

We strongly believe in engaging with young persons living in our area to ensure a positive relationship is established. We have several specific engagement events with local schools to further that end, and make sure they know the Police are there to support them should they need.

Actioned 28 March 2026

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