She said: “These people walk down the seafront like they own it at the moment.” Chief Inspector Ian Hughes, District Commander for Southend, assured the force is “dealing robustly” with anyone intent on committing crime. He said: Southend is a safe place to live, work and enjoy but I understand some incidents in recent months have caused concerns. “In the year to the end of June we’ve seen overall crime in Southend fall as well as violence with injury offences and we are dealing robustly with anyone who’s intent on committing crime here. “Earlier this month we launched a plan with our partners from the council, fire service, Southend BID, and businesses which is seeing increased visibility along the seafront and elsewhere
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The orders can be in place for a maximum of two years and must be reviewed by the courts after 12 months, with orders issued to under-18s to be reviewed more regularly. The courts can also call for a range of activities to take place such as educational courses, sports club referrals, relationship counselling, anger management, mentoring and drug rehabilitation under the orders. Breaching the order will be a criminal offence, punishable by a maximum prison sentence of two years if convicted. It comes after a number of knife attacks including killings in Southend and south Essex. Luke Bellfield, 18, from Rayleigh was murdered in a knife attack near the Peterboat in Old Leigh on February 25.
He said: “As a minimum it’s my intention that we have an additional 46 officers on duty across the weekends. “That won’t all be at one time, in the peak hours I’m hoping we will have between 20 and 40 officers, depending on the weekend and the football, that are able to be visible in Old Leigh and Marine Parade in particular and Chalkwell up to Thorpe Bay. “If you land in an area that is a hot spot for the space of 15 minutes, you have a suppressive effect for the next 24 hours. “In areas such as Southend seafront, that may be less time so we will be there more frequently.
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