Officers in Wigan stick to combatting anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe for Bonfire Night as part of Operation Treacle
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GMP has reinforced its commitment to combatting ASB in our communities, Operation Treacle is our partnership initiative with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue and the local authority Community Resolution Team to tackle ASB around Halloween and the bonfire night period.
In Wigan, neighbourhood teams have been deployed, with patrol vehicles containing a police officer, a firefighter and a member of the Community Resolution Team. These multi-agency patrols have been utilised on the 30 and 31 of October and will be utilised again over the bonfire night weekend.
The primary aim of the resource is to provide community safety advice, respond to incidents of anti-social behaviour and provide high visibility targeted patrols across Wigan during Operation Treacle to reassure the community and tackle any crime that arises.
The team, led by Police Sergeant Dave Law, alongside Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue have provided crime prevention advice to members of the community about bonfire safety and safe use of fireworks, identified unsafe bonfires and arranged their removal, issued local authority contact cards for individuals involved in anti-social behaviour.
Inspector Sam Davies of GMP’s Wigan district, said: “The work we do with our partners in the community is invaluable and a targeted partnership approach allows us to provide a robust policing response to issues of ASB around this time of year.
“Anti-Social Behaviour is continually raised by our communities as being an area of concern and our job as your neighbourhood officers is to listen to these concerns. We want the people we serve to feel safe and be free from criminal behaviour, from nuisance and disorder in the areas they live and work.
“The information gathered by the patrol teams are fed directly into the Community Safety Partnership so we can create interventions to create a safer Wigan for all.
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ion to tackle ASB across Halloween and bonfire night: Police issue message and urge public to stay safe this Bonfire Night | Greater Manchester Police (gmp.police.uk)