(AA16) Stanstead Abbots Ward

Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in this area. They also respond to issues or concerns, conduct regular patrols and hold surgeries to share crime prevention advice.

Other units also work in this area, responding to emergency calls (Response) and investigating crimes (Crime Investigation Department).

Your local contactable officer is listed as PC Dean Watson below, you can also contact us via our website or call 101.
If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.

David Miller

Sergeant

Dean Watson

Police Constable

Karen Hutchinson

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority. You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf Issued 02 April 2026	Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues: Tackle anti-social behaviour in Buntingford. • Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team have been conducting patrols which that focus on anti-social behaviour in Buntingford including all the parks. • Officers have held a meeting with partner agencies to see what more can be done to tackle anti-social behaviour. • We are continuing to carry out these patrols in the future. Reduce incidents of hare coursing and poaching. • The Neighbourhood Policing Team continues to conduct operations and high visibility patrols to deter and catch hare coursers and poachers, as well as anti-social use of vehicles. This has resulted in a reduction in reports. • Residents and workers were offered advice and the opportunity to discuss any concerns with officers at a Barn Meet. • Three men have been charged in connection with a suspected hare coursing incident in Hunsdon. Actioned 07 April 2026

Priority

Action taken

We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf

Issued 02 April 2026

Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues:

Tackle anti-social behaviour in Buntingford.
• Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team have been conducting patrols which that focus on anti-social behaviour in Buntingford including all the parks.
• Officers have held a meeting with partner agencies to see what more can be done to tackle anti-social behaviour.
• We are continuing to carry out these patrols in the future.

Reduce incidents of hare coursing and poaching.
• The Neighbourhood Policing Team continues to conduct operations and high visibility patrols to deter and catch hare coursers and poachers, as well as anti-social use of vehicles. This has resulted in a reduction in reports.
• Residents and workers were offered advice and the opportunity to discuss any concerns with officers at a Barn Meet.
• Three men have been charged in connection with a suspected hare coursing incident in Hunsdon.

Actioned 07 April 2026

What members in (AA16) Stanstead Abbots Ward are saying are the issues in the area:

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