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@SarahEdwards 11784 wrote:

Thank you for your answer.

May I be as bold to ask a follow up question:

Do you think that in a deprived area of wrexham say for example Caia Park and a leisure centre with a gym and other facilities were closed, do you think crime would increase? young people are more like to turn to crime? and it would cost the police force more thereby increasing the precepts of the council tax payer?

I’m remember last year that the daily leader paper claimed crime went down in a deprived area of town (think it was Caia Park) when its leisure centre put on a course during friday evenings. So i’m citing the Leader’s example.

It is really hard to say sorry there is too much conjecture in this question. Paul Wycherley.

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Question submitted by David Jennings on Twitter:

“Is there a stage at which the Officer with the camera van will get bored with the view from the A483 flyover near Rossett”

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@Carl 11779 wrote:

Many towns throughout the country use a banning scheme for those who commit offences, such as shop lifting, anti social and drunken disorder, why can’t Wrexham have such a scheme banning those who commit an offence with in the town centre being banned from entering for 3/6 months maybe more, if they want to upset the peace of the town then they should be inconvenienced and face tougher penalties if they break the ban, such as an asbo but like the 48 hour tickets handed out on Saturday night, make it longer so they can’t commit further offences.

I think there is some mileage in this. When we altered the policing of the nighttime economy last October, and started handing out the 48 hours bans you refer to above, I had an eye on whether we could look at town centre bans for certain offence types. So yes, we are now looking at this one. Hope that helps, Paul Wycherley.

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An question submitted anonymously via email:

“What can inspector Wycherley do to target boy racers and individuals that use Wrexham as a race track, there are vehicles running around this town with exhausts that are too loud, not abiding by the speed limits and swerving all over the road to avoid speed bumps, can the police request resources to tackle this?”

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@darryl 11777 wrote:

Question via Twitter:

“Why does it seem the motorist is targeted in Wxm. Compared to police on the ground catching proper criminals.”

I always get this question! Our traffic officers actually target areas which communities tell us cause them most concerns. These deployments are made to problem areas in order to reduce risk to our communities caused by anti social driving and speeding. Be aware also that criminals use the roads and so surely the community would not be impressed if we did not stop cars etc in an attempt to catch travelling active criminals – indeed we have had some tangible successes with this policy recently. As an organisation we would prefer people not to speed (for example) than us catch them, and that is why we publicise where the camera vans will be on set days. Finally, please be assured that we do target and catch “proper criminals” who have an impact on the whole community. Paul Wycherley.

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@wxm 11761 wrote:

What part do the police play with other public services in making Wrexham an attractive place for companies and industry to invest, to encourage visitors to Wrexham who spend money, and achieving the best state of well-being for its residents especially the elderly for whom reports increasingly say are suffering social isolation through reduced opportunity in the community for activity.

When on foot patrol, Police officers including Police Community Support Officers should always wear helmets or caps which have the force badge clearly displayed and have their handcuffs visible on the outside of their jackets. Additionally all officers carry their Warrant card as identification, and a braille strip which is used as proof of identity for the visually impaired. Also, the words Police and Heddlu are embroidered on the front and back of all outer wear, so I hope that identification should be straightforward. Paul Wycherley.

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@wxm 11761 wrote:

What part do the police play with other public services in making Wrexham an attractive place for companies and industry to invest, to encourage visitors to Wrexham who spend money, and achieving the best state of well-being for its residents especially the elderly for whom reports increasingly say are suffering social isolation through reduced opportunity in the community for activity.

At a strategic level, senior officers for the Police liaise regularly with their peers in the Council to work as partners to create the right environment for the town to flourish. The Programme Delivery Board meet quarterly and is attended by senior Police, health officials, education, youth offending, fire and rescue service, senior leaders from the political and executive side of the Council and voluntary sector organisations.

This group set the strategic aims which essentially is to make Wrexham a safer, vibrant community which in turn it is hoped will lead to economic development. Beneath this strategic forum sits a number of delivery groups designed to actually “make things happen”. These include a fortnightly multi-agency tasking group whereby partners liaise and discuss emerging crime patterns and hatch a reduction strategy; an anti- social behaviour and licensing group which meet monthly to discuss these types of issues, again in a multi-agency environment and reduce the instances of anti-social behaviour, and an Integrated offender management unit , again multi- agency, specifically there to prevent known offenders from re-offending.

At the coal face Police Community Support Officers are expected to reassure the most vulnerable members of our communities, and of course this can include the elderly. In conclusion, performance across Wrexham county in the current crime recording year is showing all crime reduced by 4.3%. Some notable reductions are: Violence with injury reduced by 6.3%, non-domestic burglary reduced by 8.1%, shoplifting down by 1.0% and criminal damage now down by 11.1%. This is partly as a result of the collaborative approach from these groups. I hope that helps. Paul Wycherley

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Question via Twitter:

“Why does it seem the motorist is targeted in Wxm. Compared to police on the ground catching proper criminals.”

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@Ferret 11750 wrote:

I’d like to ask why perfectly well police officers are allowed to retire (often on on “health” grounds on full pension at 50 and get a job with the same police force the next week. But he wouldn’t answer that would he?

Why wouldn’t I answer that one? Officers retiring dates depend on what year the officer actually joined the Police service. If he/she subscribed to the pension scheme from 1987 then under that scheme officers retired after 30 years service. So if the officer joined at age 20, then indeed they could retire at 50, in effect that was the terms and conditions they signed up to when joining. It was often the case that retired officers applied for civilian posts in the Police service after they retired and more often than not their applications were successful as they had years of experience to fall back on and required little training. The current pension scheme is different and officers have to work longer before they are able to retire. Paul Wycherley

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@darryl 11773 wrote:

Question from Nick Bell via email:

“What is happening regarding the spate of car arson attacks in Wrexham over the last few years?”

Quite a lot has been done and the work continues. We have youth outreach workers funded as part of our arson reduction team who work in communities, engaging with youngsters at street level. Quite apart from educating kids about how the victim of arson feels, they also explore the obvious dangers to the kids themselves. Our PCSOs assist our partners North Wales Fire and rescue service to deliver the Phoenix project, again this teaches youngsters about team work, respect for their peers and communities and has been hailed a great success. This is a particularly serious offence and was made the highest priority by the Caia park Community Council in a meeting at the end of last year. My officers have, and will continue to work with the communities, North Wales Fire and rescue service and others to continue to reduce the incidence of these crimes. Hope that helps, Paul Wycherley.

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