Wellswood

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.

Torquay Neighbourhood Team

Wes Abercrombie

Police Constable

Tamzin Adams

Police Sergeant

Jack Crowther

Police Community Support Officer

Matthew Edworthy

Police Constable

Kayley Fox

Police Constable

Laurence Gaywood

Police Community Support Officer

Lia Gregory

Police Community Support Officer

Robert Harvey

Police Inspector

Charlotte Hockley

Police Community Support Officer

Marc Ireland

Police Community Support Officer

James Kelly

Police Community Support Officer

Charlotte Mackie

Police Community Support Officer

Neil Powers

Police Sergeant

Paul Saunders

Police Constable

Carl Thomas

Police Community Support Officer

Sharon Unsworth

Police Sergeant

Connor Williams

Police Officer

Aaron Winstone

Police Constable

James Yates

Police Constable

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Priority 1 – Street Focus Street Focus encompasses the strands of • Weekly partnership meeting on those causing harm • Shoplifting & business crime (UKPAC) • Hotspot Policing Issued 01 July 2026	On going Actioned 01 July 2026
Priority 2 – Partnership Enforcement • Build effective working partnership with Torbay Council as part of local CSP in continuing to use legal advisor support to obtain; • Closure Orders • Criminal Behaviour Orders • CPWs/CPNs • Civil Injunctions Issued 01 July 2026	On going Actioned 01 July 2026
Priority 3 – VAWG, ENTE & Licensing • Increase police visibility in the evening and night time economy (ENTE) - early evening engagement Friday and Saturday evenings by Neighbourhood • Improve engagement with licensed premises to develop intelligence and partnership working • Expand on project NightEye based intel, with early use of orders such as CPWs or Sexual Risk Orders Issued 01 July 2026	On going Actioned 01 July 2026

Priority

Action taken

Priority 1 – Street Focus

Street Focus encompasses the strands of
• Weekly partnership meeting on those causing harm
• Shoplifting & business crime (UKPAC)
• Hotspot Policing

Issued 01 July 2026

On going

Actioned 01 July 2026

Priority 2 – Partnership Enforcement

• Build effective working partnership with Torbay Council as part of local CSP in continuing to use legal advisor support to obtain;
• Closure Orders
• Criminal Behaviour Orders
• CPWs/CPNs
• Civil Injunctions

Issued 01 July 2026

On going

Actioned 01 July 2026

Priority 3 – VAWG, ENTE & Licensing

• Increase police visibility in the evening and night time economy (ENTE) - early evening engagement Friday and Saturday evenings by Neighbourhood
• Improve engagement with licensed premises to develop intelligence and partnership working
• Expand on project NightEye based intel, with early use of orders such as CPWs or Sexual Risk Orders

Issued 01 July 2026

On going

Actioned 01 July 2026

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