The Portsmouth Business Crime Reduction Partnership (PBCRP)
Theft, antisocial behaviour, burglary and violent crime can affect any business and the costs are not just financial. Reduced staff moral from threats, intimidation and violence and the perception by potential customers of an unsafe area can adversely impact on the viability of local and city shopping centres, affecting both the daytime and night-time economy.
We aim to help businesses to deal with these issues. We have the tools and resources to help YOU.
Join us now and make a difference!
Safer Socialising Award
The Safer Socialising Award is a scheme supported by the Home Office, designed to encourage licensed premises to achieve higher standards of management and operation as a demonstration of their ability to help reduce crime and disorder and anti-social behaviour.
Recipients of the SSA are awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate, and are re-inspected annually to ensure that high standards of management are maintained.
Please contact us if you would like more information about the Safer Socialising Award.
Recent News
New Look fleeced
A shop assistant from New Look fleeced her branch of more than £1,00.00 in clothes by working in tandem with a shoplifter. The shop worker removed security tags from items, bagged them up and then called the accomplice on a moblie to call into the shop and collect them. Both are appearing at court.
Move to outlaw "party" drugs
Two "party" drugs BZP, a herbal ecstasy, and GBL, an industrial solvent, will be outlawed by the Home Office after their links to the death of young people.
Classy Shoplifter
The Daily Telegrapg is reporting that the recession is hitting all areas of society, as a result the middle classes are turning to crime, shopliftinfting especially.
Security Review
The Hampshire Constabulary have linked a recent burglary in Portsmouth with a series of historical burglaries. The offenders have targetted retail premises in the early hours of the morning often causing significant damage on entering. Shopping centres and small stores were previously tragetted, often but not exclusively high value items such as jewellery has been taken. Retailers should be made aware of this and consider a review of their security.
18 Months For Serious Assault
Richard Longmore from Beaulieu Road, Portsmouth has received 18 months in prison after a serious assault in the Guildhall back in February 2008. The assault was on a female, Ruth Brooke, who ended up with 24 sticthes.
Credit Crunch Crime Wave.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will be hosting a summit to address fears of a "credit crunch crime wave", those attending the meeting will include Police, retailers and charities for the
elderly.
Door Staff working well.
Yet again this weekend more people banned via the PBCRP exclusion notice and court exclusion orders were identified and prevented from entering licensed premises in the City
Centre and Gunwharf Quays. One of the latest indentified had been previously banned via the Courts.
Day time briefing proves fruitful.
Only an hour after the recent PBCRP daytime economy briefing were a local trouble maker was discussed a member who attended the
meeting noticed the individual and brought him to the attention of the Police via radio network. As a result the individual was detained
and later charged with an offence.
Door Steward assaults down.
On Monday 12 January the Evening News reported that assaults on Door Stewards are down. This is a result of venues and partner
agencies working together. In the article Chairwoman of the City Pubwatch, Janet Hillier, states "The PBCRP allows us to exclude poeple
sooner rather than later and when they are banned from one they are banned from all."
Door Steward Congratulated.
Jamie Weir, Liquid & Envy Door Steward, has recently been congratulated by Senior Police Officers for his work at Liquid.
