Our Commitment to your District

In Newry Mourne & Down we have structured our teams to ensure we have the necessary resources in the right place at the right time to quickly deal with the issues which affect your communities the most. By focusing on collaborative working with the community, statutory and voluntary partners we will address your concerns of anti-social behaviour, drugs, burglaries (especially those where the victims are older persons) and reducing the amount of those killed or seriously injured on our roads.

Your Local Policing Teams (LPTs) are regularly out on patrol in your local communities and endeavour to engage with you at every available opportunity. They now take a more “active” role in engagement and use contact with you to listen to and address any issues you may be experiencing. At the moment we continue to focus a number of resources on anti-social behaviour being experienced in The Flying Horse and Model Farm developments, Downpatrick with dedicated foot patrols in the area, community engagement, and proactive evidence gathering operations to help the local community feel safe in their homes. In Newry there is an emphasis in reducing burglaries especially in the Slieve Gullion District Electoral Area (DEA).

Each LPT officer is dedicated to a nominated DEA. Officers will work with you on community problems, provide advice and reassurance and spend time learning about what most affects your community and how we can work with you and our partners to improve your safety and quality of life. These officers are supported by 3 Neighbourhood Policing Teams who will target the areas in most need of our support, with the aim of keeping all members of the community safe.