22 Apr 2022

News Roundup - Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner - 21st April 2022

Hello and welcome to my latest news round-up, which will keep you up to date on the fight against crime in Lancashire.

In my last roundup I shared updates around my shift with armed response officers and spending time with the police dogs who enjoyed tackling me as part of their bite and hold training.

Over the past two weeks I have continued to spend time with front line officers to see first hand how they tackle crime and take the fight to criminals. This week I had the chance to join a drugs raid in Preston where large amounts of drugs were found which resulted in an arrest being made at the scene.

I've also had the opportunity to visit our mounted branch and spend some time with our beautiful police horses and their handlers who are ready for action to offer support in a range of scenarios from busy events like football matches, protests and parades to community policing and patrols.

It was interesting to hear from the Lancashire Youth Commission who reported back their key findings regarding young people's views on crime and policing in Lancashire as part of their ‘big conversation’ conference and I was pleased to be able to join them at the event and thank them for their work.

I'm really pleased to say that we have started to see applications coming in for my recently launched Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods Fund which supports projects to make communities across Lancashire safer where it is needed most.

Yesterday evening I joined a meeting with West Lancashire Borough Council and, as the public's voice in policing, I will continue to work with partners across Lancashire to keep on top of local issues and to ensure that we can target our resources where they are needed most.

Andrew Snowden

Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner

Arrests and drugs seized as Commissoiner joins raid On Wednesday, 20th of April Andrew joined officers on the front line as they were delivering on his pledge of taking the fight to criminals. Operation Vanquish, launched by the Chief Constable, is part of how the Constabulary are delivering the Fighting Crime Plan. Numerous properties known for drug dealing were targeted, with the address Andrew joined the raid on seeing officers making an arrest and seizing drugs.

'Horse HQ' tour of police mounted branch for Police Commissioner Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden has visited Mounted Branch Headquarters in Hutton to hear first-hand how police horses help to tackle crime in Lancashire.

Police Commissioner thanks Lancashire Youth Commission during 'Big Conversation' conference Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden has thanked those involved in the Lancashire Youth Commission for their work as they reported back their key findings based on the opinions of young people in Lancashire, during their 'big conversation' research.

More stories making headlines

Police and Crime Commissioner launches first part of Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods Fund 21 Apr 2022 - InYourArea

Police Commissioner thanks Lancashire Youth Commission during 'Big Conversation' conference 9 Apr 2022 - Blackpool Gazette

Andrew Snowden meets members of Lancashire's mounted division 15 Apr 2022 - Lancashire Telegraph

High praise for Lancashire's hard-working police horses 17 Apr 2022 - Lancashire Evening Post

Police Commissioner thanks Lancashire Youth Commission during 'Big Conversation' conference 22 Apr 2022 - Lytham St Annes Express