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Hello again, Detective Sergeant Paul Jones here with what is my last blog offering an insight into the Eastern Intelligence Unit, and it’s been a very busy week to mark the end of the first series.
Earlier in the week, I gave a presentation to the Eastern Division Cadets in Llay – a dummy run for my presentation of the CID input to the probationer officers that I mentioned last week.
We had a good chat about their future, discussing crimes and methods used in the police to catch the bad guys.
Later in the week, I had officers and PCSOs out on a trial, helping me build a business case for a proactive response team in our local communities.
I came up with the name of ‘Community Response Team’ for the team - CRT for short.
The aim of the team is to respond to problems in your areas. Not immediate domestic incidents or assaults on the high street, but other things that local neighbourhood policing teams and response officers often fall short of time to service.
Anything from local drugs problems in an area, to littering, and patrols in areas that have been the target of burglaries and other acquisitive crime - the team would be responding to things people care about in their communities.
So, I suppose you want to know how the trial went?
On Wednesday, the team went searching for people who are wanted in the Flintshire area, and stopped and spoke to several people.
Later in the day, they came to Wrexham and worryingly, they stop checked a 14-year-old and recovered some Ketamine. This was extremely worrying and as a result, the officers spoke to the parents and the head teacher at the school and gave reassurance.
This would be something I would task the team to look at if it was a permanent thing.
The school was extremely positive, as were the parents, regarding the polices response to this incident and the bigger picture moving forward.
The youth was dealt with accordingly.
In addition, the CRT had several off-road bikes making off from them - another issue that I would task the team with.
The following day, the second set of officers made three arrests.
The first was a male in the Wrexham Rural area, who was arrested following a drugs warrant. It came after a parcel containing drugs had been intercepted by Border Force UK. This was flagged to us and on executing the warrant, drugs, knives and a mobile phone were seized.
The male was interviewed and was bailed pending further investigations.
In addition to the warrant, officers made two further arrests, including a man who had failed to appear at Wrexham Magistrates Court and a man on suspicion of driving a vehicle whilst under the influence of drugs. He was taken to custody where blood samples were taken and sent away for analysis.
In total, the team stopped and searched four people during the operation in relation to drugs and stolen property offences.
They made quite an impact on the two-day trial, reassuring the public and most importantly, being seen by the community and giving you the confidence that we take crime in our communities extremely seriously.
What might seem small to one person is the end of the line for another.
It would be great to hear from you in the comment section on Facebook if you would like to see the CRT as a permanent feature in your community.
During the next trial, I am proposing officers tackle other issues in our communities such as anti-social behaviour, burglary and robbery offences.
Thanks for reading my blog over the past four weeks. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
For now, take care and stay safe.
Thanks again,
DS Paul Jones.