Gillingham and Shaftesbury

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of inspectors, sergeants, police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.

NPTs provide a visible and accessible policing presence, building strong relationships with residents, businesses and partner agencies. They work to identify and tackle local priorities such as anti-social behaviour, crime prevention and community safety concerns. By listening to the community and acting on what matters most, they help create safer, more connected neighbourhoods.

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 Dorset.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Policing Team provided below.

Please note that to report a crime or incident to Dorset Police, please visit Dorset Police or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Gillingham & Shaftesbury Neighbourhood Policing Team

5370 Vicky Biggs

Police Community Support Officer

2151 James Dimmack

Sergeant

0116 Ashlea Gale

Police Constable

1244 Brad Gibbs

Police Constable

1978 Adam Gill

Inspector

0877 Chris Kingsbury

Police Constable

5382 Su Leatt

Police Community Support Officer

2724 Matt Saunders

Police Constable

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Location: The Meadows and Addison Close. Issue: Drug related ASB has raised a number of concerns for the local community who are affected on a daily basis by the behaviours of those living at and visiting specific addresses. Planned action to tackle this issue: - Hotspot patrols, - Collaboration with the Community Safety partnership and housing providers to consider a wider range of interventions, - Engagement with the local community to truly understand the impact and gain information and intelligence, - Take robust action where offences exist. Issued 01 April 2026	May Update: - A closure order in the Meadows has now been implemented, - Ongoing work with partners is still taking place, - Proactive patrols and engagement with the community continues. Actioned 01 July 2026
Shoplifting Location: Morrisons, Bell Street - Shaftesbury Issue: The store has seen an increase in offending, causing financial losses to the store and concern in the local community. Planned action to tackle this issue: - Targeting of offenders - High Visibility patrols - Collaboration with partners including housing providers to consider other more lasting interventions - Engagement with the store on prevention and detection . Issued 01 April 2026	May Update: - We have prosecuted a repeat offender, - An exclusion order has been issued to an individual banning them from some retail locations, - We continue to work with the store, - Reports of theft have reduced to 2 in the past 31 days. Actioned 01 July 2026

Priority

Action taken

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Location:
The Meadows and Addison Close.

Issue:
Drug related ASB has raised a number of concerns for the local community who are affected on a daily basis by the behaviours of those living at and visiting specific addresses.

Planned action to tackle this issue:
- Hotspot patrols,
- Collaboration with the Community Safety partnership and housing providers to consider a wider range of interventions,
- Engagement with the local community to truly understand the impact and gain information and intelligence,
- Take robust action where offences exist.

Issued 01 April 2026

May Update:

- A closure order in the Meadows has now been implemented,
- Ongoing work with partners is still taking place,
- Proactive patrols and engagement with the community continues.

Actioned 01 July 2026

Shoplifting

Location:
Morrisons, Bell Street - Shaftesbury

Issue:
The store has seen an increase in offending, causing financial losses to the store and concern in the local community.

Planned action to tackle this issue:
- Targeting of offenders
- High Visibility patrols
- Collaboration with partners including housing providers to consider other more lasting interventions
- Engagement with the store on prevention and detection .

Issued 01 April 2026

May Update:

- We have prosecuted a repeat offender,
- An exclusion order has been issued to an individual banning them from some retail locations,
- We continue to work with the store,
- Reports of theft have reduced to 2 in the past 31 days.

Actioned 01 July 2026

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