Message from Sussex Police:

Changes To Operation Blitz ASB Patrols

Over the last decade this operation has had massive successes and is a key part of what we do to work to keep our communities safer.

However we are going to be changing the way we work Operation Blitz and the times we patrol to make it more relevant and appropriate for the current climate and crime trends.

What isn’t changing is the way you can report anti-social behaviour and youth disorder. The phone number which we advertise each week will still be monitored, and is still available to you to report what is happening in your community at the time.

Residents can continue to speak directly to officers, but between the new times of 15:00pm and 22:30pm on 07770 700642.

What is changing is how those officers patrol. We will now be using more current and accurate information and intelligence to target the two or three most vulnerable areas each Friday and Saturday.

We will also be moving around the district to different areas each night.

These locations will changed each week, and be driven by community reports, as well as being nominated by your local police community support officers and areas identified from our neighbourhood intelligence team.

For example they could be locations where we have seen an increase in burglaries or car crime, or locations where we are undertaking specific police operations to look at anti-social driving or drug dealing.

This will make Operation Blitz more efficient, and look to achieve greater results for you and your community.

In the coming weeks we will be giving you more in depth updates on how these changes to Operation Blitz are working, and importantly the results of how we are doing via our weekly community alert on In The Know.

We hope you will see that these changes are to reflect closer what is happening in our town and to target those areas that need our support most.

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