Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) consist of police officers, police community support officers (PCSOs), special constables and local authority Neighbourhood Wardens/ Ambassadors and managers. Some SNTs have Children and Young Persons Officers and Crime and Disorder Reduction staff.
SNTs are dedicated teams who are visible, accessible and familiar to communities. They reduce local crime, bring more offenders to justice, and address quality of life issues through a problem-solving approach with communities.
SNT officers and response officers are all police officers with the same powers. Response officers deal with 24 hour emergency calls that need to be dealt with quickly. SNT officers work with communities, together with partner agencies, to provide high visibility patrols and address issues that concern local people.
SNT Key Facts
Nearly a fifth of South Yorkshire Police staff and officers work on the 56 SNTs throughout the county.
In SNTs across South Yorkshire there are in total:
- 247 special constables
- 328 PCSOs
- 205 local authority wardens/ambassadors
- 3,456 Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators