Your Neighbourhood Policing Team
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Priorities
Our priorities
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Action taken:
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Priority:
The town centre Neighbourhood team are committed to robust policing of Oldham Town centre, in particular dealing with offences of shoplifting in all our retail premises, and preventing the theft from person offences such as pickpockets. We are also dedicated to keeping people safe during the night time economy.
Action taken:
Numerous arrests & prosecutions. Over the past 12 months the Town Centre team have arrested over 250 suspects for a variety of offences. The team have one of the highest number of criminal behaviour orderrs in the Force. There are currently 38 live criminal behaviour orders in place with several more in the process of being applied for. The Town Centre is trialing a new retail crime team to tackle retail crime and anti-social behaviour on the Town Centre.