b'Clean and Safe Shop watch & pub watch radio links Town centre Rangers With over 60 shops and eateries using theMuch of the work undertaken by the Town Hitchin BID radio links, they have played aCentre Rangers is often not seen by members vital part in preventing, apprehending andof the public. The team of 4 Rangers work prosecuting a large number of individuals.incredibly hard 6 days per week to keep the This scheme has not only saved businessestown a clean and safe environment for visitors thousands of pounds in recovered items, it hasto enjoy. Last year the Rangers had some acted as a deterrent in preventing future theftsgreat results on collaboration between Police, in the town. We also monitor the shop watchCCTV and Radiolink users particularly with and pub watch Whatsapp groups which givesthe resurrection of face-to-face Pubwatch businesses real-time information on issues inmeetings and the launch of the DISC system the town.for Shopwatch users. The Rangers deal with a wide range of duties including graffiti and Chewing gum removal and deepflyposting removal, washing paving, grit cleaning spreading and spring clean up projects. We recently organised a 3 week long chewingTown centre Night Rangers gum removal and deep clean of the townOur Town Centre Night Rangers have centre. Areas included; Market Place, Sunundertaken excellent work in town on Friday Street, Bucklersbury, Churchyard, High Street,and Saturday nights. They have been patrolling Hermitage Road, Bancroft and Munts Alley.the streets between 10:30pm and 3:30am Over 63,000 pieces of chewing gum werehelping members of the public with directions removed from the streets over this periodand information as well as ensuring Hitchin and we received really positive feedback fromstays a clean and safe place to visit at night. businesses and residents. They have dealt with over 70 incidents in the town centre and ensured they were quickly 1,000 resolved with minimal impact. Over 1,00070 187in recovered63,000 incidents resolved stolen goods by Night Rangers pieces of graffiti removedpieces of chewing gum removed 12 Hitchin BID Annual Report 2021/22'