YOUTHS aged between 12 and 16 years old have been visited by the police, after a recent spate of damage to buses in Poole caused services to be temporarily withdrawn.
Dorset Police’s Poole Neighbourhood Policing Team and Morebus have been working together to create Operation Omnibus.
The operation has enabled more officers to patrol the streets and buses of Rossmore Estate and the entire BH12 postcode area, utilising a range of different tactics.
A spokesperson for Poole Police said: “The community will have seen Officers in cars, on foot, on the buses and at prominent community sites suffering similar issues with the same group of youths.
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“A wealth of community intelligence has been obtained. All individuals put forward were aged between 12 and 16 years old and live within BH12. Those individuals have been visited to outline Police and community concerns.
“Whilst all this has been going on, Poole NPT have also been investigating the offences relating to this damage series. Leads continue to be developed and offenders will be held to account in due course.
“Operation Omnibus now exists and can be stood up anywhere across Poole in response to emerging issues relating to Bus Services.
“Police will be proactive in seeking out those that threaten such crucial services to our communities #WeAreHereForYou.
“The best way to report a non-emergency to Police, is online https://crowd.in/Vsn0g0
“If a life is in danger or a crime is in progress, it’s 999.”
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