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A large-scale operation that involves high-visibility community patrols and targeted police deployments has led to arrests across the Harrogate district today.
They include six arrests in connection with burglaries, with other suspects arrested on suspicion of drug offences, grievous bodily harm and other serious crimes. Six wanted people have also been located and taken into custody.
Our officers have also been out in force on the beat in communities across the district, meeting residents, sharing crime prevention advice and security marking people’s possessions.
It’s part of a day of intensification, codenamed Operation Tornado, which aims to disrupt criminality and provide support to communities by focussing resources on specific areas of North Yorkshire on different days.
Op Tornado has been introduced by North Yorkshire Police’s new Chief Constable, Tim Forber, who attended today’s operation. Similar days of action have already taken place in York, Scarborough and Ryedale district.
Across the Harrogate district today, more than 50 police officers and PCSOs have deployed, with results including:
Chief Inspector Simon Williamson, whose command area covers Harrogate district, said: “Today’s operation has a wide scope but its purpose is straightforward – to prevent crime and proactively target those who commit it.
“Burglary, shoplifting, drugs and violent crime in particular are offences that our communities quite rightly expect us to be tough on.
“And while we deal with these 365 days a year, today’s arrests highlight how decisively we respond to criminality in North Yorkshire, especially when we focus lots of resources on a single area.
“We’ve also had scores of officers on the beat and doing face-to-face crime prevention work, as it’s absolutely vital that we continue to work closely with residents, businesses and other organisations in the district.
“Harrogate district is already a very safe area and North Yorkshire is officially one of England’s safest counties. By working together and using police resources tactically like this, we can ensure it remains that way.”
Those arrested and in custody today include: