This week was another of great variety and includes several successes.

Here's a few: We seized the biggest haul of cocaine this year from a suspected dealer along with thousands of tablets and significant cash.

It's good to get drugs off the street but there's a special satisfaction too in taking money off drug dealers.

If you are a user then sorry, but we have made it just a bit harder to score this week (could be the week to kick it, there's plenty of help around if you want to).

As I type someone is in custody for a nasty sexual assault last night.

These are always horrible crimes for the victim and their family so its especially important when we can have early success in the investigations.

Finally we were congratulated this week by the Chief Constable for our success last year in reducing crime in the city by 14%.

As the Chief said that's maybe the most important test of good policing and it goes right back to Sir Robert Peel and 1829 when he said "The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder."

Not all weeks are so good but when we get it right it's not just a success for Southampton Police, it's a success for the whole city.