Meet your local team
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PI Angela McGregor
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PS Stephen Todd
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PC Sid Trotter
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PC Lorraine Lowe
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PC Derek Jackson
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PC Amanda Rennie
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Area Profile
Stirling NPT site covers a vast area from
Kinbuck just north of Dunblane east to Kennet, Alloa and Falkirk.
The area has a population of over 150,000 and covers 42sq miles.
The heart of our Neighbourhood Policing site is the historic city
of Stirling, which includes Bridge of Allan, Dunblane and
Bannockburn. Within the Falkirk area we also cover Larbert,
Camelon, Falkirk Grahamston, and Stenhousemuir. This incorporates
the main Stirling to Edinburgh railway line and all services
travelling north to Inverness and Aberdeen and south to Glasgow. In
addition to policing passenger services we are also responsible for
policing off all the railway infrastructure and companies that
operate on the railway, including Network Rail, Carillion and First
Scotrail.
Stirling NP site is now represented at the Stirling Community
Planning Partnership by Inspector Angela McGregor. The
overall purpose of the partnership is to plan, resource, implement
and monitor the delivery of partnership community safety
interventions that will progress the relevant outcomes in the
Single Outcome Agreement for Stirling.
Some of the priorities of the partnership
include:
- The influencing of mainstream service redesign to continuously
improve community safety practice
- To provide a partnership forum for dialogue with the Scottish
Government on relevant policy matters relating to Community Safety
and Anti Social Behaviour
- To liaise with other Community forums to identify and progress
legitimate Community Safety concerns
The partnership is made up of representation
from several organisations including Central Scotland Police,
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue, Stirling Council and now the
British Transport Police (BTP), to name a few.
Experience has shown that the process of
engaging with community groups has benefits for the BTP in relation
to achieving its objectives including reduction in anti social
behaviour, problem solving, greater community cohesion and solving
crime.
Current neighbourhood policing
priorities
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1. Anti-social behaviour
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Actions
- Rail staff have identified problems at
the ticket barriers on the main concourse at Stirling station where
they have been subject to abuse whether alcohol related or not,
mainly as a result of fare evasion. This is an ongoing
concern.
Results
- Officers were tasked via the Festive
Plan which ran during December 2011, to specifically give high
profile attention within the station and at the hotspot barrier
location. This was also extended to train services (see below
section 2).
- This approach received positive
feedback from rail staff and passengers making them feel
safe.
- In December 2011 a successful court
result was obtained when a man received a 6 month prison sentence
for assaulting 2 members of rail staff at the station.
Actions
- Anti Social Behaviour caused by the
effects of alcohol or drugs is often a concern particularly at the
weekend when people use train services to come to Stirling to go to
pubs and clubs. To keep the community safe we have implemented the
following initiative:
Results
- Stirling officers work in
partnership with Central Scotland Police - Operation Algiers -
which is aimed at individuals travelling by train into Stirling
city centre especially on Friday and Saturday evenings. The focus
of this operation is to deter and detect anti social behaviour
issues, which affects both commuters and rail staff. Part of
the tasking process is to deal with minor offences and prevent
escalation to offences of a more serious nature.
- Positive feedback has been
received from both staff and the travelling public. The most recent
operation took place on 16th and 17th December 2011 resulting in
one person being arrested on warrant and a further nine people were
found to be in possession of illegal drugs.
- We aim to continue this operation
during 2012.
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Actions
- Passengers and rail staff can feel vulnerable when travelling
and working on train services particularly at night and weekends.
During these times there is more likelihood of people under the
influence of alcohol also using the train, which may lead to
instances of minor disorder. Another issue is football supporters
who often travel in large numbers. We aim to create a safe
environment for passengers and rail staff alike.
- As part of our continued efforts to ensure a safe environment
for all, Operation Tariff patrols provide a framework for
officers at Stirling to conduct high police presence on
trains.
Results
- This high profile policing gives passengers easy access to
officers where they can tell us about any issues or problems they
face during their time on the rail network.
- It also allows us to target specific issues we identify on
particular routes, for example late night minor disorder on Glasgow
Queen Street to Stirling services, football disorder on trains
passing through Stirling and theft of passenger property.
- During December, we conducted train patrols of trains between
Stirling and Perth / Glasgow / Edinburgh.
- During February 2012, we will continue to engage with
commuters, incorporating on train surveys relating to perception of
safety and visibility of police.
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3. Public Reassurance
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Actions
- An important part of policing is community reassurance
through interaction with rail staff and passengers. We aim to
maintain our public reassurance priority and drive forward quality
of service by doing the following:
- Direct patrols using intelligence led policing, to be
visible at key times and key locations.
- Keep victims of crimes updated of the progress of
enquiries.
- Hold regular PACT meetings to fully integrate our community in
the future planning processes of problem solving.
Results
- BTP websites and other media sources, publicise our work
and engagements within the community.
- We are in the process of arranging our first PACT meeting
for 2012.
- Watch out for our next newsletter due out in January, it
will be full of interesting articles from Neighbourhood policing
teams throughout Scotland.
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Stations we cover
Click on a station from
this team for detailed crime information (opens in a new
window).
Current issues
The attached link provides a short film
produced by the Violence Reduction Unit entitled “Have You Got The
Bottle?” http://www.actiononviolence.co.uk/content/have-you-got-bottle
It forms a key part of the unit’s strategy
that recognises that violence is a chronic problem in Scotland that
is inextricably linked to alcohol misuse. The Violence Reduction
Unit acknowledges that alcohol has consistently been one of the
most difficult issues to achieve since it needs to challenge the
whole attitude of a nation towards excessive alcohol consumption
and the associated public health risks. The film is thought
provoking and promotes responsible drinking by highlighting the
devastating impact it has on society.
BTP Seek witnesses to help identify Rowdy Football
Supporter - Dundee to Stirling
British Transport Police is appealing for
information after passengers were subjected to rowdy behaviour –
including sectarian chanting – on board a train travelling between
Dundee and Stirling.
A group of around 20 football supporters
boarded a train at Dundee shortly after 7.00pm on Sunday 4 December
2011, following an SPL match in the city. They sat in the rear
carriage and during the journey jumped on seats, banged the windows
and indulged in singing and chanting of a sectarian nature.
Constable Lorraine Lowe, the BTP officer in
charge of the enquiry, said: “Passengers and rail staff have the
right to travel without the fear of encountering antisocial
behaviour of this kind. I am anxious to speak with anyone who
travelled on this train and has information regarding the identity
of those involved.”
CCTV footage from the train will also be
examined as part of the investigation. The train involved was the
15.27 service which from Inverness to Glasgow Queen Street via
Aberdeen.
Passenger Property -
Protect your property when travelling by train
Copper and Metal
Theft - Prevention by BTP
Upcoming events
LINK Quiz Night – 24 February 2011
LINK – British Transport Police’s Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Support Network are hosting its
annual Quiz Night in support of LGBT History Month on Friday 24
February at 7pm. Full details can be found on the attached
poster - Link Quiz
Night
Police And Community Together (PACT) Meetings - 22
February
The next PACT meeting is being held at
Stirling Railway station within the training room on Wednesday 22
February at 11am.
Officers at Stirling will work in conjunction with their
colleagues at Perth in attending ScotRail conductor briefings where
key BTP messages are briefed and rail staff are afforded the
opportunity to ask questions.
Recent events
Approval for religious hatred
legislation
The Offensive Behaviour at Football and
Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act has received Royal
Assent, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Community Safety
announced.
The Act will give Scotland's police and
prosecutors the additional tools they have asked for to extract
poisonous songs of hatred from Scottish football and threats of
harm being posted on the internet.
The new laws create two new distinct offences,
punishable through a range of penalties up to a maximum five-year
prison sentence:
- The first offence targets any offensive and
threatening behaviour expressed at and around football matches
which is likely to cause public disorder.
- The second offence relates to the
communication of threats of serious harm or which are intended to
stir up religious hatred on the internet or other
communications.
The Scottish Government will now lay a
commencement order to bring the new laws into force on March 1,
2012.
Minister for Community Safety and Legal
Affairs, Roseanna Cunningham said: “The passing of this Act sends
out an important message about the kind of Scotland we want to live
in and tells the bigots in no uncertain terms that this behaviour
will not be tolerated in a modern Scotland. “By all means
enjoy the banter and passionate support for your football teams,
even passionate opposition of other football teams – it is the
lifeblood of football. But sectarianism and other expressions of
hate are not acceptable and it is time for it to stop. Those
engaging in it will face the full force of the law.”
Festive Period Plan - Completed
Operation Algiers Plan - Completed
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