Three more community police support officers needed in Isle of Axholme suggests Crowle councillor
A CALL has been made for the Isle of Axholme to be given three new Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).
North Lincolnshire Council is funding posts for three years at a cost of almost £400,000 – and councillors and residents say the Isle is in need of a greater crime-fighting presence.
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Police community support officers patrolling in North Lincolnshire
Crowle has suffered at the hands of antisocial behaviour in its Market Place, with market stalls stolen, shop windows and cars damaged and shrubs in special containers uprooted in recent months.
Town councillor Mel Bailey said: "I would urge them to give the Isle serious consideration when it comes to the deployment of the three extra PCSOs.
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"The Isle is an absolutely massive area to cover and I'm not just talking about Crowle.
"We are an easy target because we are rural and there are lots of escape routes – we just haven't got the facilities to be able to cover it."
There is currently one police officer as well as two PCSOs operating in the Isle of Axholme.
Last year, Crowle and Ealand Town Council doubled the number of CCTV cameras in the town in a bid to curb incidents – but despite the cameras rolling, antisocial behaviour is still proving hard to tackle.
Town councillor Ron Stewart said: "I think, pragmatically, if there are three more PCSOs in North Lincolnshire, indirectly we will benefit – our local PCSOs will not have to be dragged into the centre of Scunthorpe whenever there's something big going on. They will be able to concentrate on our own area, so it should be a winning situation for us."
Due to the council funding, Humberside Police has agreed to recruit the extra officers as part of the upcoming intake of PCSOs this month.
The posts will cost £102,948 to set up in 2013/14 (including equipment) and £97,269 per year for a further three years up to March 31, 2016 – a total cost of £394,755.
The new PCSOs will form part of the existing neighbourhood teams, but it is not yet known in which areas they will be deployed.
The posts will initially be funded for three years, although the police will recruit these posts on a full-time contract starting on April 1.
Epworth town councillor Eddie Mardell said: "Obviously, the more PCSOs we have, the less they are spread out, so I would welcome extra PSCOs on the Isle."
Councillor Carl Sherwood, the cabinet member who will sign off the decision on where the officers will go, said: "Presently, no decision has been made, but we have had talks with police and safer neighbourhood teams who have highlighted that Crowle and South Axholme are suffering, so that will be paramount in our decision."
4 Comments
by wizard2013
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 8:43PM
“How many more police cars will they need to have? Lets face it the PCSOs we have in Crowle, Epworth and even Scunthorpe spend most of the time driving around and don't really get out to do what they originally designed to do...High visibilty patrols. EG walking and talking to the public”
by johnc
Monday, February 04 2013, 12:19PM
“As a resident of Crowle i would rather have the £400,000 spent on repairing the highways which are falling apart around Crowle, as opposed to Epworth which has had lots of money spent on there roads (apart from the Turbary road) .
I am personally sick to death of a number of councillors, (including one who wants to close the Youth club) running Crowle down
the crimes in the Crowle Market are committed by Crowle and NL Council :
1 Public toilet removed by North Lincolnshire council causing public nuisances in the allies;
2 Crowle Market Place stolen by North Lincolnshire Council officers production of a false statutory declaration an instrument to pervert the course of justices, as hammer is to drive home a nail
3 The obstruction of the public highway in front of the Cross keys with planters , metal posts and a water feature a public nuisance and offence .
4 The unlawful parking restriction and fines by NLC on land which is not a highway, put a Chartered Market Place belonging to the Inhabitants of crowle
5 NO open Government or Accounts produced for Claimed £3 million spent on market place
6 NLC Spending of £500,000 for polluted industrial land on Crowle Ribbon Row to create for goat breeding Business when cleaning up this land would have had to have been meet by the owners. But will now have to be meet by North Lincolnshire residents.
John Crowle”
by gordonio
Monday, February 04 2013, 12:10PM
“If PCSOs are to have any clout, they need to be given the power of arrest. It just amazes me that Specials have this power and they are only volunteers, crazy!”
by eggy123456
Monday, February 04 2013, 10:59AM
“Its bad that folk are dropping crisp packets in crowle market place, but I bet they could use three pcso' s in westcliff and riddings.”