Officers from across Herefordshire Local Policing Area (LPA) arrested thirteen people during a countywide day of action this week.
Police from our Hereford, Leominster and Ross-On-Wye stations were joined by several support teams, with a focus on targeting suspects wanted for outstanding offences, on Wednesday 12 March.
Response teams, the Local Policing Priorities Team (LPPT), Neighbourhood Crime Fighting Team (NCFT) and Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) were out across the LPA looking to make as many arrests as possible.
The ‘strike day’ was a success with 13 out of 17 people targeted being arrested for a range of offences including theft, criminal damage, breaching bail, domestic abuse, and failing to appear in court.
This resulted in four individuals being detained for court on warrants and breach of bail, two being charged and seven being bailed for further enquiries.
Inspector Watson, who led the operation in Herefordshire, said: “We are pleased to report our strike day was a resounding success, enabling us to progress several open investigations and support victims of crime.
“We executed a pre-planned operation to target suspects who, in many cases, had evaded officers in the past.
“Multiple rolling arrest attempts continued throughout the whole of Wednesday, resulting in the 13 arrests.
“Those detained are suspected to be involved in a range of offences from domestic abuse to criminal damage. Or in some cases have simply failed to attend court after being charged.”
Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion: “Taking criminals off our streets is the bread and butter of policing and I know this proactive action is really valued by the public”.
“The results of the strike day are testament to the hard work of local officers to deliver on our shared commitment, within my police and crime plan, to cut crime and build safer and stronger communities.”
