Wanted offenders targeted

The Tactical Enforcement Unit is a new proactive Sussex Police unit that will be dedicated to capturing some of the county’s most wanted offenders, including those involved in serious violence, organised crime and organisers of ‘County Lines’ drug gangs.

The team, made up of officers with specialist skills in proactive policing, will carry out targeted disruption, enforcement and patrol activities wherever it is most needed.

Of the three teams making up the unit one will be dedicated to Brighton & Hove.

Deputy Chief Constable Jo Shiner said: “We want Sussex to be a hostile environment for criminals and especially those involved in serious violence and targeting vulnerable people across our county, whether through county lines drugs gangs or other organised crime.

“The Tactical Enforcement Unit will be a visible, proactive deterrent to those at the centre of the serious offending, supporting local policing teams in dealing with specific spikes in crimes that impact on the community and it is already making a difference with a successful operation on its first day.

“They will work where the need is greatest and provide public reassurance by being present and
proactively disrupting and taking off the streets some of our most prolific criminals.”