Retford North

Bassetlaw is a non-metropolitan district consisting of four towns; Worksop, Retford, Tuxford and Harworth Bircotes. There are 66 parishes servicing a population of over 117,000. Bassetlaw consists of rural areas and market towns.. The Bassetlaw Neighbourhood teams are led by Inspector Rob Harrison, with three teams comprising of a Sgt, PCs and PCSOs under his command.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across the district.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Team provided below. Please note that to report a crime or incident to Nottinghamshire you can visit nottinghamshire.police.uk or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Did you know you can help influence local policing in your community in a number of ways. Nottinghamshire is a pilot area for Immediate Justice where; the scheme provides an opportunity for those who commit low level antisocial behaviour to compensate the community by undertaking supervised reparation activities which help to improve the environment e.g., litter picking, graffiti removal. You can report what areas you would like to see such activities here:-  

Immediate Justice (immediatejusticenotts.co.uk)

We run Op Visibility every Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening across all our districts in Nottinghamshire patrolling Hotspots for anti social behaviour as identified by members of the public. You can complete our Op Visibility survey on the link below which if you tell you have witnessed a form or ASB in the past month will generate a request for you to identify where this was on a map so we can consider adding it to our patrol plans.

Please select one of the below options to start the survey. (nottsalerts.co.uk)

East Bassetlaw NPT

Charles Cawthorne (Police, Police Constable, Response - Bassetlaw)

Charles Cawthorne

Police Constable

Antonio Ciacci (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Retford)

Antonio Ciacci

PCSO

John Dale (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Harworth/East Bassetlaw)

John Dale

PCSO

Bradley Dunn (Nottinghamshire, PC, Harworth)

Bradley Dunn

PC

Karl Hagland (Police, PCSO, East Bassetlaw)

Karl Hagland

PCSO

Robert Harrison (Police, Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Inspector, Bassetlaw)

Robert Harrison

Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Inspector

Alan Johnson (Police, PC, East Bassetlaw)

Alan Johnson

PC

Hollie Marsh (Nottinghamshire Police, Police Constable, Ordsall, Retofrd)

Hollie Marsh

Police Constable

Oivind MERRYGOLD (Police, PC 2786, Retford, Bassetlaw NPT)

Oivind Merrygold

PC 2786

Sam Pearson (Nottinghamshire Police, Police Sergeant, East Bassetlaw Neighbourhood team)

Sam Pearson

Police Sergeant

James Pickersgill (Nottinghamshire Police, PC, Bassetlaw)

James Pickersgill

PC

Emma Porter (Notts Police, PCSO, East Bassetlaw)

Emma Porter

PCSO

Chris Putland (Police, PC, Retford Neighbourhood Policing Team - Town Centre)

Chris Putland

PC

Chris Shaw (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, HALLCROFTRETFORD NPT/EAST BASSETLAW)

Chris Shaw

PCSO

Lucy Stothard (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Bassetlaw Rural Beat Team)

Lucy Stothard

PCSO

Juliet Webber (Nottinghamshire Police, Partnerships Manager, Countywide)

Juliet Webber

Partnerships Manager

Nick Wells (Police, PC, East Bassetlaw neighbourhood team- Harworth)

Nick Wells

PC

Local Priority Issues

Tackling the supply of drugs in our communities and drug use

Drug dealing and supply again features high on the PCC's Crime survey. Again this is a priority for the police in Bassetlaw who frequently carry out proactive patrols in areas identified and also execute several misuse of drugs act warrants

Our road network is vast in Bassetlaw, with it comes people driving dangerously and speeding

Carry out speed checks, establish community speed watches and also police the road network

Our district borders three other force areas and attracts cross border criminals. Burglaries, theft of motor vehicles are some of the crime types we see on our area and cause great harm.

Operations to tackle crime types such as OP STAR
Additional specialist resources to police our road network and intercept those using our road network to committ offences.
Hot spot policing where we are seeing emerging issues.

What members in Retford North are saying are the issues in the area:

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