Reduction in Northampton town centre offending welcomed by businesses

Retailers in Northampton have praised a policing operation targeting key crime types in the town centre.

Run by the Northampton Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT), Operation Workforce carried out repeated cycles of targeted partnership work to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB), retail crime, drugs and serious violence in and around the Market Square area. As part of the focus on retail crime, NPT Inspector Nicola Davis-Lyons ran business engagement sessions in partnership with Northampton Business Improvement District (BID) and West Northamptonshire Council’s Community Safety Partnership Team, to keep retailers up to date with the operation’s progress.

As part of Operation Workforce, officers now attend monthly meetings with businesses and other partners, to allow the prompt discussion of emerging issues and react quickly to these, as well as offer feedback on the work that’s been done and keep retailers up to date.

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