Police in Sutton have extra officers on duty in Sutton Town Centre throughout the televised UEFA European Football Championships in France, which start on Friday, 10 June.
An additional team of officers will carry out mobile patrols around the borough to provide additional emergency response to any criminal or anti-social behaviour.
An additional team of officers will carry out mobile patrols around the borough to provide additional emergency response to any criminal or anti-social behaviour.
The main focus of the police operations will be on the days of England’s matches against Russia on Saturday 11 June, Wales on Thursday 16 June and Slovakia on Monday 20 June.
To coincide with the tournament, a major drink awareness campaign is being launched which focuses on: ‘Drink alcohol sensibly or face our penalties’ and ‘Bring football home, not violence’. Organised through the Safer Sutton Partnership Service by Sutton Council and the Met Police, these messages will appear on electronic screens, printed posters and ‘table top’ promotions in pubs, bars and clubs as well as in local radio and press advertisements.
Offenders face being prosecuted in the Courts and banned by licensed premises as part of the ‘Behave or Be Banned’ scheme, which is run by the PubWatch groups in Sutton Town Centre; Wallington & Carshalton Ponds; and Worcester Park and North Cheam.
Police have been out and about briefing door staff at pubs and clubs in the run-up to the tournament – the latest briefing being on Friday 10 June when the tournament starts. These briefings require staff to refuse sales to customers who they believe may become intoxicated if served with further alcohol and to inform nearby premises if they refuse entry or eject a customer for poor behaviour.
Officers from the Safer Sutton Partnership Service, the Met Police and the Council’s Public Health Team will staff the borough’s mobile reassurance unit in Sutton High Street between 11am and 2.30pm on Friday 10 June in advance of England’s first match the following day and on England’s other two scheduled match days.
Home Office and other academic research suggests that there is likelihood that alcohol consumption and heightened emotions during the tournament could cause an increase in domestic abuse.
Victims of violence can get help for themselves and their children at Sutton’s One-Stop Shop, a free drop-in service on Wednesdays between 9.30 and 11.30am at Sutton Baptist Church, 21 Cheam Road, Sutton where advice and guidance is available from a specially trained police officer, a solicitor and Independent Domestic Violence Advisor from Victim Support. For information about the service, which has helped more than 1,000 victims since it launched five years ago, contact 020 7801 1777.
Chief Inspector Operations Julian Hagley said:
“We want fans and their families to enjoy the tournament and we are putting extra officers in the Town Centre. We have also put measures in place for televised matches in licensed premises to take place in a safe and secure environment.
“Perpetrators who commit violent behaviour whether in a pub or at home will be dealt with robustly by officers. Offenders can be sure that images and sounds of incidents captured by our officers’ body worn cameras will be used as evidence in Court.
“Sutton is one of the safest boroughs in London and we are determined to work closely with our partner organisations and local communities to make it even safer.”
To coincide with the tournament, a major drink awareness campaign is being launched which focuses on: ‘Drink alcohol sensibly or face our penalties’ and ‘Bring football home, not violence’. Organised through the Safer Sutton Partnership Service by Sutton Council and the Met Police, these messages will appear on electronic screens, printed posters and ‘table top’ promotions in pubs, bars and clubs as well as in local radio and press advertisements.
Offenders face being prosecuted in the Courts and banned by licensed premises as part of the ‘Behave or Be Banned’ scheme, which is run by the PubWatch groups in Sutton Town Centre; Wallington & Carshalton Ponds; and Worcester Park and North Cheam.
Police have been out and about briefing door staff at pubs and clubs in the run-up to the tournament – the latest briefing being on Friday 10 June when the tournament starts. These briefings require staff to refuse sales to customers who they believe may become intoxicated if served with further alcohol and to inform nearby premises if they refuse entry or eject a customer for poor behaviour.
Officers from the Safer Sutton Partnership Service, the Met Police and the Council’s Public Health Team will staff the borough’s mobile reassurance unit in Sutton High Street between 11am and 2.30pm on Friday 10 June in advance of England’s first match the following day and on England’s other two scheduled match days.
Home Office and other academic research suggests that there is likelihood that alcohol consumption and heightened emotions during the tournament could cause an increase in domestic abuse.
Victims of violence can get help for themselves and their children at Sutton’s One-Stop Shop, a free drop-in service on Wednesdays between 9.30 and 11.30am at Sutton Baptist Church, 21 Cheam Road, Sutton where advice and guidance is available from a specially trained police officer, a solicitor and Independent Domestic Violence Advisor from Victim Support. For information about the service, which has helped more than 1,000 victims since it launched five years ago, contact 020 7801 1777.
Chief Inspector Operations Julian Hagley said:
“We want fans and their families to enjoy the tournament and we are putting extra officers in the Town Centre. We have also put measures in place for televised matches in licensed premises to take place in a safe and secure environment.
“Perpetrators who commit violent behaviour whether in a pub or at home will be dealt with robustly by officers. Offenders can be sure that images and sounds of incidents captured by our officers’ body worn cameras will be used as evidence in Court.
“Sutton is one of the safest boroughs in London and we are determined to work closely with our partner organisations and local communities to make it even safer.”