781 - Town Centre

Our community policing teams are dedicated to proactively tackling issues that matter most to our communities and address the core root of a problem, finding a long term solution. Split across local hubs, as well as an airport community team and the Community Enforcement team, officers have a visible presence in our communities engaging with the local public and prioritising activity based on the needs of the local people.

Partnership working is the key to community policing success and teams work closely with other organisations to maintain good networks and monitor community needs, working together to fully understand a problem and tailor the response to get the best results.

North Urban

Ian Bevis-Mott

Police Community Support Officer

Daniela Ciobanu

Police Community Support Officer

Sarah Cluff

Police Sergeant

Donna Donnelly

PCSO

Jennifer Grindley

Police Community Support Officer

Lauren Holt

Police Sergeant

Charlie Jarvis-Banks

Police Community Support Officer

Dan Lambert

Police Constable

Frazer Little

Police Constable

Ryan Mitchel

Police Constable

Peter Murphy

Police Constable

Ionela Nicola

Police Constable

Clarke Parkinson

Police Constable

Dave Parr

Police Constable

Sam Robinson

Police Constable

Owen Scognamiglio

Police Constable

Vicky Stoughton

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Town Centre Priority - OP HIGHGATE - Which seeks to combat on-going issues in BEDFORD TOWN CENTRE by using a combination of proactive and reactive Police enforcement tactics and partnership working. Issued 13 May 2025	This priority is for 6 months so has carried over from 13/02/25. This is an ongoing priority for Bedford Town Centre and will remain the priority throughout the year. Regular reviews are completed to identify any new and emerging trends. So far the this year the team has; - completed several warrants, one of which led to 7 arrests and another where 1000s of items of stolen property was recovered. - several knife test purchasing operations have been completed with the Police Cadets to identify stores selling knives without checking ID. Locations that fail are referred to licensing. - 2 Successful closure orders. - Regular Project Servator deployments - Regular high visibility patrols in the Town. - Several Police Operations targeting nuisance vehicles. - Bi-weekly partnership meetings - Regular days of action. - 3 Police Surgeries a week at the Bus Station Hub. Actioned 27 June 2025

Priority

Action taken

Town Centre Priority - OP HIGHGATE - Which seeks to combat on-going issues in BEDFORD TOWN CENTRE by using a combination of proactive and reactive Police enforcement tactics and partnership working.

Issued 13 May 2025

This priority is for 6 months so has carried over from 13/02/25.
This is an ongoing priority for Bedford Town Centre and will remain the priority throughout the year. Regular reviews are completed to identify any new and emerging trends.
So far the this year the team has;
- completed several warrants, one of which led to 7 arrests and another where 1000s of items of stolen property was recovered.
- several knife test purchasing operations have been completed with the Police Cadets to identify stores selling knives without checking ID. Locations that fail are referred to licensing.
- 2 Successful closure orders.
- Regular Project Servator deployments
- Regular high visibility patrols in the Town.
- Several Police Operations targeting nuisance vehicles.
- Bi-weekly partnership meetings
- Regular days of action.
- 3 Police Surgeries a week at the Bus Station Hub.

Actioned 27 June 2025

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