1. Violence Against Women and Girls, ENTE & Licensing

• Increase police visibility in the evening and night time economy (ENTE) - early evening engagement Friday and Saturday evenings by Neighbourhood Officers.
• Improve engagement with licensed premises to develop intelligence and partnership working
• Continue our partnership work around Project NightEye based intelligence, with early use of civil orders or Sexual Risk Orders. This targets our most prolific offenders within the night-time economy area.

Issued 17 October 2025

Every Friday and Saturday evening we stand up our Nightime Economy Policing Operation. This includes officers being deployed on foot in the Union Street area. There will also be licensed premise visits as well as plain clothes patrols in areas of concern.

Actioned 17 January 2026

2. Drugs and Serious Organised Crime
To identify areas where drug use occurs, and identify those involved in both the supply and use of illegal drugs.
To support our communities by providing high visibility reassurance patrols and engage with our communities to identify their concerns and gain intelligence.
To engage with our schools and other learning establishments to provide support to them and their pupils.
To work with our Police colleagues, councils and other organisations to identify specific areas or persons of concerns and have a proactive response to preventing offending.
To undertake regular pro-active work in the form of plain-clothes patrols and Misuse of Drugs act Warrants.

This work ties in with the current Clear-Hold-Build project being conducted in Stonehouse.

Issued 17 October 2025

The local neighbourhood team are conducting pro-active patrols in response to community intelligence. This is both overt and covert and is aimed at targeting drug supply in the Stonehouse area.

Local PCSO's are also undertaking high visibility patrols to gather intelligence and provide community reassurance. They were present at a Chat with Cops at the block Cafe, in Royal William Yard on 17th December.

They have also undertaken visits to education premises such as Millbay Academy to provide education to pupils.

Actioned 17 January 2026