Fighting Crime - General Advice
This part of the site gives information
on who to contact if you have a legal problem and web sites that
give advice on legal issues.
Report a Crime electronically
This is a useful service which helps you report a crime directly to
the police confidentially using this link.Report
a crime online
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Local Police
The Local Police are part of the Northumbria
Police's Sunderland City Area Command. This link takes you to
their site which contains contact details and details of the work the
force
does with
ethnic communities Hendon Task Force police team are located in
South Durham Court. The Team do not have a web site but can be contacted
at the phone number opposite. Any of the police officers based there
would be happy to help. The list below shows what the police do and get
involved with locally.
Northumbria
Police Tel no 5636019.
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What the
local police do in Hendon and The East End?
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Activity |
How often |
High profile patrols by
Community Beat Manager/Hendon Task Force / other area command
staff in crime and disorder hotspots |
Ongoing day to day basis |
Neighbourhood
Watch/Community forum meetings by Hendon Task
Force/Inspector/Community Beat Manager and Neighbourhood Watch
co-ordinator |
Neighbourhood Watch-
monthly Community Forum - annually |
Permanent presence
provided within the community by Hendon Task Force office on
ground floor of South Durham Court |
Ongoing |
Hendon Task Force meet
with three local housing associations to identify and tackle
problems in area regarding residents |
Regularly - ongoing |
Hendon Task Force meet
with Business Enterprise Network to identify and resolve problems
in the local business community |
Monthly |
Hendon Task Force attend
Hendon Young Peoples Project to give various talks on policing
issues relevant to teenagers |
When requested and/or
required |
Nominated officers from
Hendon Task Force liase closely with three local primary schools
Hudson Road, Valley Road, Grangetown - giving talks and arranging
visits to Gillbridge Avenue Police Station |
Regularly/ongoing |
High profile crime
prevention initiative is carried out by Hendon Task Force visiting
individual homes and marking property with Selectamark |
Ongoing - 4000 households
already visited |
Community Beat Manager
utilises a community room within Ashbrooke Residents Association |
Monthly |
Community Beat Manager
attends local school assemblies, award days and out of school
activities - also local children's clubs ie scouts |
On request |
During the weekly planning
meetings particular areas of the area command are identified as
crime and disorder hotspots and patrols are directed to those
areas in the relevant time bands - often these patrols are of a
high visibility nature |
Weekly as required |
Increasing police presence
in local schools - establishing youth forums |
Ongoing contact |
Enhanced deployment of
uniform Special Constabulary |
Weekly |
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Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is when people get hurt by members of their family
normally in their home.
This link gives information that will help anyone who is a victim of domestic violence. Domestic
Violence |
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