Police raids in Sunderland as part of Operation Impact

Neil Fatkin reports as Northumbria Police execute search warrants and make arrests in Sunderland as part of Operation Impact.

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00:00As part of Operation IMPACT, I'm out in the city with Northumbria police officers who have

00:04search warrants to search addresses here in Sunderland to tackle crime here in the city.

00:08Okay and Mark, we're out on Operation IMPACT,

00:10can you just tell me what's been happening so far this morning then please?

00:13So this morning there was a number of warrants executed simultaneously,

00:17as well as that we had further proactivity in terms of mate going out and arrested

00:22wanted individuals and so far there's been one person arrested for possession of drugs

00:27and intent to supply and two individuals arrested for conspiracy to steal motor vehicles.

00:32In terms of the intelligence for these warrants, where does that come from?

00:35All of this is based on the feedback that we get from our partners and our communities.

00:39That's vitally important to stress that we simply couldn't do what we do in Northumbria

00:43and in Sunderland without that public support. This is firmly based on the public's feedback

00:48where we're taking action and activity. When you execute these warrants,

00:51what's the process you go through? So in order to obtain a warrant,

00:54there's a process where we have to apply to the courts for that approval

00:59and then once we have that warrant, we're able to utilise specialist officers

01:04and also our partners to go and execute that and carry out searches.

01:07A lot of police officers out and about in the city today,

01:09just how important is it that you have this visual presence?

01:12It's vitally important to offer that reassurance to the public and also explain why we're here

01:17to stress that we're here reporting and taking action on their concerns.