The new head of policing in the centre of Nottingham has warned there are no quick fixes to the 'biggest problem' of antisocial behaviour. Inspector Ben Lawrence, the newly appointed head of the City Central district, has outlined his aims and priorities after taking up the job of overseeing Berridge, Radford & Park, Hyson Green & Arboretum and Wollaton East & Lenton Abbey in September.
The former Royal Air Force officer joined Nottinghamshire Police in 2019. He has spent the past three years heading up the area’s response policing teams, dealing with 999 incidents.
Inspector Lawrence said his team’s priorities were to tackle serious violence, antisocial behaviour and burglary. The 40-year-old said: "The impact of serious violence is huge, so that is our obvious first priority. Fortunately we do not have that sort of violence here often.
