⛩️ China Town Day of Action ⛩️

👮‍♂️🤝Today, officers from the City Centre Neighbourhood Team (C Relief) joined forces with partners from Manchester City Council, the Rough Sleepers Team, volunteers, and Op Sceptre for a day of action targeting anti-social behaviour and crime in Manchester city centre. 

The operation focused on the Chinatown and Piccadilly Basin areas, where concerns around drug use, drug dealing, street drinking and general ASB have been affecting the local community and businesses.

🔍Throughout the day, officers and partners carried out high-visibility patrols, weapon sweeps, drug searches in bushes and hidden areas, and environmental clean-up work to improve public spaces for everyone. Specialist support was also provided by Op Sceptre and the Underwater Search & Marine Unit, who conducted knife sweep activity in the canal area around Piccadilly Basin.

Neighbourhood officers also carried out stop searches and issued several Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), formal warnings used to tackle ongoing anti-social behaviour and help prevent repeat offending. Work is also ongoing to secure Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs), which can ban persistent offenders from entering areas of the city centre and place strict conditions on their behaviour.

✅As a result of today’s activity, four people were arrested for a mixture of public order and drug-related offences in Manchester city centre.

Sergeant Hare, from the City Centre Neighbourhood Team said:

“This was a fantastic joint effort between police, council partners, volunteers and specialist teams all working together with one clear aim, making Manchester city centre safer and cleaner for the public, residents and businesses.

Our neighbourhood officers work incredibly hard behind the scenes every day tackling anti-social behaviour, drug issues and repeat offenders, and today showed the positive impact partnership working can have within our communities.”

Inspector Allpress added:

“Operations like this are extremely important in disrupting criminality, reassuring the public and supporting vulnerable people within the city centre. We will continue to work closely with our partners and use all available powers to target those responsible for persistent anti-social behaviour and crime.”

👮‍♂️🤝今天，来自市中心社区警务团队（C Relief）的警官与曼彻斯特市议会、无家可归者团队、志愿者以及“Op Sceptre”行动小组携手开展了一次联合行动，重点打击曼彻斯特市中心的反社会行为和犯罪。

此次行动重点关注唐人街和皮卡迪利盆地地区，这些区域因吸毒、贩毒、街头饮酒及各类反社会行为问题，正在对当地社区和商业环境造成影响。

🔍在行动期间，警官及合作伙伴开展了高可见度巡逻、武器搜查、对灌木丛及隐蔽区域进行毒品搜索，并开展环境清理工作，以改善公共空间环境。Op Sceptre行动小组及水下搜救与海事单位还提供了专业支持，在皮卡迪利盆地周边运河区域开展了刀具清查行动。

社区警务人员还进行了拦截搜查，并发出了多项社区保护警告（CPW）。这是一种用于应对持续性反社会行为、并防止重复违法的正式警告措施。目前也正在推进申请刑事行为令（CBO），该措施可禁止屡犯者进入市中心相关区域，并对其行为施加严格限制。

✅在当天的行动中，已有四人因涉及公共秩序和毒品相关犯罪在曼彻斯特市中心被逮捕。

市中心社区警务团队的Hare警长表示：

“这是一次出色的联合行动，警方、市议会伙伴、志愿者及专业团队齐心协力，目标明确——让曼彻斯特市中心对公众、居民和商户来说更加安全、更加整洁。

我们的社区警务人员每天都在幕后努力工作，打击反社会行为、毒品问题以及屡犯人员，而今天的行动正体现了协作合作能为社区带来的积极影响。”

Allpress督察补充道：

“这样的行动对于打击犯罪活动、增强公众安全感以及帮助市中心的弱势群体至关重要。我们将继续与合作伙伴密切协作，并运用一切可用权力，针对那些反复实施反社会行为和犯罪的人采取行动。”