Initiatives funded in Northern Division

OPERATION JUBILEE

To purchase “talking signs” that will be sited in a newly developed leisure complex in Cleveleys and carry crime prevention messages designed at reducing theft and anti social behaviour.

DISTRACTION BURGLARY

To reduce incidents of distraction burglary against the elderly members of the community in Lancaster & Morecambe by purchasing security devices that will be fitted by volunteers from Lancaster University.

OPERATION CARABINE & COMPTON

To purchase CCTV for an area in Carleton aimed at reducing incidents of criminal damage & ant-social behaviour.

SCHOOL CRIMINAL DAMAGE POSTER

Prizes to be purchased for the design of the best poster promoting the awareness of criminal damage and the consequences of such criminal action in local schools in and around Garstang

THORNTON COMMUNITY OFFICE

To provide a permanent police office in the new Thornton Community Office building in the centre of Thornton that will house the Neighbourhood Policing Team including CBM and PCSO.

PUBWATCH

To fund document wallets that will be used to circulate to licensee’s in Wyre, carrying photographs of people banned from licensed or retail premises in the area.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS

Working in partnership with SALs place, to raise awareness of Domestic Violence at an Equality and Diversity Day at Lancaster & Morecambe College.

GLITTER

To reduce incidents of vehicle crime in Wyre by producing crime prevention stickers as part of a larger exercise including vehicles fitted with covert CCTV and Smartwater.

CITY WATCH POSTER CAMPAIGN

The production of posters to advertise the Community Radio Scheme within Lancaster City Centre to deter criminals from committing crime and offering reassurance to members of the public.

‘EASY TIGER’ RESPONSIBLE DRINKING CAMPAIGN

A host of promotional activities highlighting responsible drinking messages and ‘pacing’ of alcohol intake with soft drinks.

LANCASTER CRIMINAL DAMAGE ACTION PLAN : REPEAT VICTIMS

To reduce the instance of repeat victimisation temporary CCTV will be installed in targeted premises.

OPERATION KINETIC

The installation of a tannoy system in Cleveleys town centre than can be remotely activated to play pre-recorded crime prevention messages or live descriptions of missing persons via a hand held radio as part of the existing shop radio system.

BOLD STREET AREA RESIDENTS GROUP

The expansion of a CCTV system to cover alleyways which are often used as venues for underage drinking and drug dealing.

CITYWATCH COMMUNITY RADIO SCHEME

The purchase of new and up to date radios for use by the police working within Lancaster on the existing community radio scheme.

COMMUNITY REASSURANCE CAMPAIGN

The erection of poster holders at strategic locations in residential areas to allow all agenices to publicise high profile activity and deliver crime prevention and community reassurance messages.

WARTON COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVE

The gating off of a Village Hall foyer so that youths cannot congregate and cause ant-social behaviour there.

WYRE PUB WATCH

The production of posters and documents publicising the Pub Watch scheme aimed at reducing alcohol related disorder in the Wyre area.

DOUGLAS PARK YOUTH INVOLVEMENT

The hire of an all weather pitch in Heysham over a 12 week period that will assist the local CBM to engage with young people in the area and reduce incidents of anti-social behaviour.

OPERATION COLLABORATION

The provision of property marking kits to reduce the number of recovered mobile phones and bicycles that are left unclaimed.

OPERATION CAPTURE

POLICE in Cleveleys will be kept fully in the picture thanks to the donation of five new digital cameras. The cameras, funded by LANPAC and the Wyre Community Safety Partnership, will be used by officers as they undertake visual audits of the town looking for evidence of criminal damage, litter or graffiti. They will take pictures of the damaged areas and then form action plans for clean-up operations.

Neighbourhood Policing Sgt Neil Drummond said the cameras would be widely used. He said: "Criminal damage and anti-social behaviour is becoming an increasing problem in our area. Issues such as vandalism, fly tipping and graffiti have an effect on people's perceptions. "The aim of the police and their partners now is to find evidence of such damage and address the problems as soon as possible by organising repairs or clean-up operations."

Ian Groundwater, the LANPAC Manager explained why the partnership had funded the initiative. He said: "A picture paints a thousand words and we are now living in the digital age where transferring a picture of any unsightly problem electronically can save time and valuable resources to bring a quick solution to a local problem using this approach."

The cameras were purchased locally from Cleveleys Photo Centre on Rossall Road.

DISTRACTION BURGLARY

Following presentations to local elderly groups to promote the distraction burglary message, referrals will be forwarded to the Lancaster University Volunteer Unit. They will visit the property in question and fit a ‘distraction burglary’ kit

OPERATION CEASE

The installation of CCTV to detect and disrupt criminality and nuisance in the Normoss area.

WHO PAYS THE PRICE?

The education of students on the impact of their behaviour on other peoples’ lives.