Police winning anti-social behaviour battle

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary said, this week, the Force should be commended for its work and for increased victim satisfaction.

This follows the release of its findings of its Spring 2012 review on how the police can best tackle anti-social behaviour

It highlighted that “Sussex Police has made progress since 2010 in how it understands and tackles anti-social behaviour problems” with “good examples of partnership working across the county.”

Sussex Police was one of the first to trial new approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour including a five stage process designed to help people who report anti-social behaviour.

Officers ask pertinent questions to find out about the behaviour and the effect that it is having on an individual, their family or community when someone calls us to report an incident.

They conduct a professional assessment of the risk to individuals, their families and communities understand the full impact that bad or unruly behaviour is having on people’s lives and take action quickly to protect people who are most vulnerable or most likely to suffer physical or mental harm as a result of ASB.

Deputy Chief Constable Giles York said: “We welcome the independent review of our practices. Tackling anti-social behaviour is a priority for Sussex Police. We will not dismiss anything that is reported to us: if it affects the life of the person reporting it, then it matters to us and together with partners we will tackle it.”