Name: PC Mike Ellis
Age: 44
Role: Anti-social behaviour manager
Time in Force: 17 Years
Previous roles: Drugs proactive unit, control room,
rave intelligence unit, secondment to Prince’s Trust, youth liaison officer, community beat officer, crime prevention officer and restorative justice practitioner.
In his ground-breaking role as Anti-Social Behaviour Manager, PC Mike Ellis has been tackling the problems of anti-social behaviour that affect Northern Oxfordshire.
Seconded to Cherwell District Council, and working with Det Con Ady Cole, the officer seconded to West Oxon District Council in the same role, Mike works closely with other agencies on the cases of some of the most hardened anti-social behaviour offenders in the area.
Making a real difference to both the offender and the community by using tools such as anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs), restraining orders and eviction orders is the most satisfying aspect of Mike’s job.
He said: ”Our role is to firstly identify the offenders that we need to target, then work with our partner agencies to secure appropriate methods to deal with them, such as an ASBO.
“Often, once an ASBO is in place, the real work begins. By continually working closely with both intelligence and operational officers, we are able to monitor offenders and the impact that they are having on communities and if orders are being breached, make the relevant arrests as we have done on six occasions over the past six months.
“It is when an order is successful, and both the path of an offender’s life and the sense of security within a community is changed for the better, that the true benefits of proactively challenging anti-social behaviour can be seen.”
Mike feels Thames Valley Police’s modern approach to policy can only mean more positive moves in tackling future problems of anti-social behaviour. He said: “Thames Valley Police is probably one of the most forward-thinking, advanced forces in the country.
“They have developed many of the most innovative and new approaches to crime nationwide, and I am confident that we will continue to explore new ways of challenging anti-social behaviour within the Force.”
