Alliance

Alliance is a long-term plan involving agencies such as Cambridgeshire police, Peterborough City Council and various other public sector organisations, working alongside voluntary and community groups to build a better future for areas most affected by organised crime.

The strategy sees police ruthlessly pursue OCG members using all available powers and tactics to clear an area; continue activity to hold the location so another OCG can’t take control in the vacuum; and then work with residents and partners to build the community into a more prosperous area for people to live, work and visit and one less susceptible to being exploited by OCGs.

Who's in our alliance?

Youth Provision

Almost all centres on this map also work specifically with young people, including faith centres, community groups, schools, sports and culture facilities and more.

In an initial wave of activity, police carried out multiple operations with a strong focus on organised crime, drug dealing and exploitation, which have covered the Alliance area – Operation Hypernova, Operation Tsunami and Operation Hypernova 2.

Inspector Mylchreest added: “Clear, Hold, Build is an exciting new framework which galvanises and enables all agencies involved in tackling organised crime in the heart of our communities to come together to deliver a whole-system approach.

“As the police, we are traditionally very good at the pursue element of our work, but this approach emphasises the importance of collaboration and puts the community at the heart of the response, building long-term resilient communities where harm brought about by an OCG is not tolerated.”

National Police Chief’s Council’s Serious and Organised Crime, Local Programme lead, Detective Superintendent Andy Farrell, said: “The national roll out of Clear, Hold, Build will help empower communities to stand united in the fight against serious and organised crime.

“Areas which have already implemented this initiative have seen successes ranging from dramatic reductions in ASB and violent crime to stronger, more enhanced partnerships with key community stakeholders and grass roots organisations.

“Clear, Hold, Build brings this all together. Through police led disruption, key offenders are targeted and removed, allowing the community to come together and have their say on how to move forward. While police play a key role in bringing offenders to justice, partnership work and community cooperation are essential to the success of an area reclaiming its identify and moving forward, free from harm, exploitation and the threat of future criminality.”

Further information on Clear, Hold, Build can be found on the College of Policing website.

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