Your local team
We re based within a multiagency team at Ryedale House, Malton. We problem solve issues collaboratively, efficiently and effectively alongside a dedicated team from different agencies to enhance our service to the public. We are working within our communities, for the re-development for our communities to create a better quality of life for our residents. Our objective is to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour across Ryedale and to make it a safer place for both our residents and the visitors. We promote high-visibility patrols, for public reassurance and to encourage engagement from our communities.
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Crimes and priorities
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Operation Wilderness: We are investigating offences involving green laneing and unauthorised vehicular incursion onto National Parks and heritage sites.
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Patrols are being conducted of areas in Ryedale and Whitby in relation to s tackling off-road motorcyclists and 4x4 users who are damaging established paths and trails and risking damaging habitats of ground nesting birds. there have been instances of significant damage caused to National Parks.
Patrols are underway both with Ryedale and Whitby Police Teams.
Further patrols have been undertaken of these vulnerable areas as part of Operation Tornado on 23/09. Specialist Operations resources were also deployed to these areas. -
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ASB around our market towns of Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley has seen some acts of criminal damage and vandalism. These incidents have ranged from damage at play parks with the presence of smashed glass to the lighting of small fires. The Police Team are aware of and have assisted in the investigation into a series of fires both in Monk Garden Lane and Eastgate for which suspects have been arrested.
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The Neighbourhood Police Team continues to conduct high visibility patrols and working with both Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside Town Councils in Crime prevention and detection. We are working with other statutory powers around the issues and exploring civil as well as criminal powers.
Individuals have been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.
A number of individuals have now been charged to court for a series of offences. -
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Poaching and wildlife crime Offences. The local Police team are aware that typically following the harvest period and with fields now bare instances of hare coursing and deer poaching increase. aside from the offences themselves and inherent cruelty there is an additional cost in damage to gates and winter crops from trespassing. Local NPT teams are aware and engaging with farmers and estates around vigilance, prevention and enforcement.
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NPT officers are conducting patrols of vulnerable sites and in particular those between the A170, A169 and B1257 trunk roads and working with our specialist teams to identify offenders.