Thames Valley Police Mounted Section is taking to the streets of Slough on 25/4.
Between 12pm and 3pm, PC’s Jack Frost and Kirsty Wilson will be out assisting the neighbourhood teams from the Eastern part of Slough.
They will be focusing their Slough patrols on parts of Kedermister, Wexham and Langley Wood.
The aim of the high visibility patrols is to target anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime hot spots in the area.
Slough Neighbourhood Inspector, John Goosey, said: ‘The Mounted Section is an excellent resource to have come down and support the work of our neighbourhood teams. They provide an extra high visibility presence that will deter criminals and reassure the community.
‘They will be targeting crime hotspots which we have identified through analysis and public consultations with the community.
‘These patrols demonstrate our intention to use all resources available to us to tackle crime in the area.’
The Mounted Section, which is based in Milton Keynes, has nine horses which are ridden by a sergeant and nine PC’s.
They provide:
* A mounted public order response across the Force, as well as in other force areas.
* Support to neighbourhoods with targeted high visibility patrols.
* A response to rural and urban searches initiated by search coordinators.
* Mounted escort protection at military and royal events.
Sgt John Thurston, from the Mounted Section, said: ‘Since the introduction of neighbourhood policing, we are increasingly supporting the work of neighbourhood teams across the Force. We provide high visibility patrols in all the main towns and cities as well as in the smaller towns and villages.
‘With people seeing us more and more, in spirit of neighbourhood policing, we are encouraging them to come and meet us as well as the horses.’
Members of the neighbourhood team can be contacted via 0845 8 505 505. For more information about the neighbourhood teams, please visit www.thamesvalley.police.uk.
Thames Valley Police ~ Slough
