The Safer Neighbourhoods Chief Inspector for Newark and Sherwood attends the BNWA monthly Management Team meetings and provides a timely and up to date police report. Here we summarise his update and provide his latest message to our members.
Your local Police continue to appreciate the value of
Neighbourhood Watch as a key partner against crime,
and if you are reading this, then that includes you.
I am not a politician or someone that massages
statistics. The good news is that crime is continuing to
fall across Bassetlaw and Newark and Sherwood, and
this has to be good news locally. House burglary for
example has seen a significant 25% reduction over
the last year compared to the previous year. Our
intelligence systems are good as are our forensic
support services and our proactive patrol work. All
these combine to identify “hotspot” areas for targeted
burglary reduction/prevention work and positive
identification and arrest of burglars themselves.
I appeal to everyone to do your bit to help reduce the
chances of you becoming a victim of burglary.
Simple measures are most effective, such as leaving
lights on whilst out in the evening or overnight, not
leaving windows open, locking doors behind you
whilst at home, having a good working burglar alarm
and good outside security lighting. Use Smartwater
or SelectDNA to mark your vulnerable property.
Distraction burglary is a particularly repulsive crime
often committed against the vulnerable or elderly.
Typically such crimes involve offenders pretending to
be from the Water Board; the Council or even the
Police. Sadly often such crime does happen where
you live. You can help by watching out for any elderly
or vulnerable neighbours. They tend to be very
trusting of others and offenders exploit this. You can
help by spreading the message by reminding the
elderly and vulnerable not to answer the door to
strangers; not to let strangers inside without first
checking their official identification. If they are
genuine they will expect you to check their
identification. Please help to stamp out this type of
crime.
Finally, I take this opportunity to thank you all as
members of Neighbourhood Watch for the valuable
role that you do. Policing is not just done by the Police
the public play a massive role. I need you to remain
vigilant and take note of the things that don’t look right
in your community, for example the strange car
parked in your road or the stranger knocking at your
door. I need you to report anything suspicious on
0300 300 9999 the new single number for
Nottinghamshire police. Your information will be
treated seriously and you might just prevent a crime or
lead us to an arrest.
Thank you for reading this and doing what you do to support Neighbourhood Watch.
Page last updated/reviewed 6th May 2010 |
