Actions and achievements in maintaining the Isle of Wight as a safe place to live and visit were highlighted during a new series on national TV.
BBC One’s Crimewatch Roadshow visited the Island as part of a week of programmes featuring the work of Hampshire Constabulary and its community safety partners.
The BBC filmed various aspects of the dedicated policing operation at the Isle of Wight Festival outside Seaclose Park in Newport. The programme focused on the nationally recognised skills and tactics used to help achieve low levels of crime and disorder amongst an extra population of more than 60,000 people.
Police officers were filmed on duty in the Newport custody centre , on foot, cycle and passive drug dog search patrols in Fairlee Road outside the main arena, and working with the independent charity Cranstoun to treat people at risk from substance misuse.
The BBC interviewed Isle of Wight Council staff working on the local authority’s online gallery of graffiti tags, accompanied Council Environment and Neighbourhoods Officer (ENO) Linda Shorter on patrol looking for graffiti with Safer Neighbourhoods police officer PC Mick Baxter, and filmed IW Council contractors ‘Community Clean’ removing the graffiti with specialist equipment.
Inspector Paul Savill said: "The Crimewatch Roadshow programme highlighted to a national audience the results achieved by co-operation between the police , Isle of Wight Council, Cransto un and security companies. These combined efforts are vital to maintain neighbourhoods where people are safe and feel safe."