Your Neighbourhood Policing Team
Inspector Gavin Brewster leads the Amesbury Neighbourhood Policing Team, having joined the role on 1 January 2025.
He transitioned into this position from the County Duty Inspector team on Response, where he served for 18 months.
With over 28 years of service in Wiltshire Police, Gavin has spent his entire career in frontline uniform policing. He began as a PC in Swindon, working in both Response and Neighbourhood Teams, before spending approximately 15 years in Roads Policing and Road Safety.
He later returned to local policing, working on Response in Trowbridge and Chippenham, followed by a position as a Neighbourhood Sergeant in Chippenham.
Now overseeing the Amesbury NPT area, Gavin is embracing the opportunity to lead his team, build strong relationships with local communities and work collaboratively with partner agencies to address local priorities and improve safety across the area.
Sergeant Caroline Ralph has been a Police Officer with Wiltshire Police for 12 years, gaining extensive experience across both Response and Investigation teams. Since 2021, she has focused her work within Neighbourhood Policing and in 2023 took on the role of Sergeant for the Amesbury Neighbourhood Team (NPT).
Caroline leads a dedicated team of five Police Constables and five Police Community Support Officers, each responsible for specific geographical areas. She oversees their work, providing support for community engagement and collaboration with partner agencies.
A significant part of Sergeant Ralph’s role involves long-term problem solving and working closely with key local organisations, including the military, schools, Wiltshire Council, and town and parish councils. Her leadership ensures that the Amesbury NPT delivers effective, community-focused policing tailored to meet the needs of the area.
PC 2054 Kinge is a member of the Amesbury Neighbourhood Policing Team, based at Tidworth Police Station. Responsible for covering Tidworth, Ludgershall, and the surrounding rural communities—from Netheravon to Chute—PC Kinge plays a key role in supporting residents across this wide and varied area.
Having joined Wiltshire Police in 2016 as an Enquiry Officer, PC Kinge later became a Local Crime Investigator before successfully qualifying as a Police Constable in 2021. After gaining experience on response policing, they transitioned to the Neighbourhood Policing Team, where their knowledge of the southern part of the county continues to grow.
PC Kinge has a particular interest in rural crime, undertaking additional training to strengthen their expertise. She is passionate about engaging with the community and working collaboratively with partner agencies to identify long-term solutions to local issues, finding this multi-agency approach especially rewarding.
PC Tom Newman has served with Wiltshire Police since 2018, bringing a wealth of experience from his time policing in Amesbury, Salisbury, and Warminster.
As the local Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) Officer for Bulford, Durrington, Larkhill and Figheldean, Tom has developed a strong understanding of the unique challenges and needs across a diverse range of communities in the south of the county.
His role has given him valuable insight into the different types of crime affecting both urban and rural populations. As a trained Wildlife Crime Officer, Tom is passionate about protecting Wiltshire’s countryside and heritage, ensuring it remains safe and preserved for all who live in and enjoy the area.
Committed to community engagement and proactive problem-solving, PC Newman is a dedicated and approachable officer who works to ensure safety, trust, and resilience within the communities he serves.
Crimes and priorities
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Anti Social Behaviour
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Local NPT officers continue to work hard to tackle issues of anti social behaviour across the Amesbury Neighbourhood Policing area. The closure order obtained for a property in Amesbury which was found to be a hotspot for ASB continues to be policed ensuring it is complied with. We have obtained a second closure order supporting a vulnerable member of the community and have also obtained a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) against an individual causing ASB to the community and begging. Local officers continue to patrol areas where ASB is reported. Officers are also committed with hi visibility patrols of the rural areas within the Stonehenge Area Board locality where concerns have been raised around issues including off road bikes being driven in an anti social manner. We will continue to focus our patrols on areas where we know anti social behaviour is taking place with a view to deterring and dealing with any issues.
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Rural Crime/Burglaries
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Rural areas have been targeted by criminals in recent months with an increase in incidents of non dwelling burglaries where tools, motor bikes and quad bikes have been stolen. Adjacent neighbourhood policing areas have seen similar issues as have neighbouring forces. NPT officers have endeavoured to visit those affected and offer security advice as well as Selecta DNA – a tool used to mark property which can help to identify its owner if recovered. A joint operation also took place at the beginning of October where Wiltshire and Hampshire officers worked together to patrol vulnerable areas to detect and deter crime. A further operation ran at the beginning of November with Rural Crime and NPT officers again targeting areas vulnerable to non dwelling burglaries and hare coursing.
Our Neighbourhood Team are pro-active in providing advice to vulnerable areas to raise their awareness of rural crime and to help them protect their property. -
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Retail Crime
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Retail Crime continues to be an area of focus for the Force. In November we have engaged in Safer Business Action Week, a national initiative designed to tackle business and retail crime. During this period we visited over 35 businesses engaging with staff, customers and management. We also conducted joint visits with Wiltshire Council Colleagues to offer advice and literature on ASB and crime reduction. During the Christmas period a further targeted Operation took place focusing on deterring and detecting theft. We continue to engage with retailers and business as part of our daily activities and where issues are identified work with them to reduce and resolve concerns in collaboration with colleagues from the Neighbourhood Harm Reduction Unit.