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Problem Solving Group Following the recent elections, our new County Councillor Susan Van de Ven, has agreed to follow her predecessor, David McCraith, as chair of the High Street Problem Solving Group (PSG). In preparation for this role, Susan has already had meetings with Inspector Chris Savage, responsible for community policing in South Cambs, as well as meeting some of the High Street residents most affected by the problem of anti social behaviour (ASB) and criminal damage.
Unfortunately, Melbourn has some of South Cambs’ worst ASB Hotspot areas, the car park in particular, so the PSG was set up to look for long term solutions that will reduce the problems suffered for far too long by our community. At the time of writing, there is a letter from a High Street resident in the Royston Crow. She complains of “hooligans in the High Street” causing damage to parked cars, including her own. The problem of damaged cars, broken fences and smashed windows goes hand in hand with more general ASB, including anti-social driving; this requires solutions to be found that will reduce ASB in the village. For those that think these are simply policing issues and not for us to concern ourselves with, please consider this: the police have identified that most of the anti-social driving that takes place in and around the car park is done by drivers from Royston and Cambridge, rather than Melbourn. This means that we are importing this problem
Melbourn Police Station Melbourn Police Station opening hours have changed as follows: Mon. 10.00 – 12.00 19.00 – 21.00 Tues. 10.00 – 12.00 Thurs. 10.00 – 12.00 The office is staffed by volunteers at the above times, but this is always subject to change.
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by providing facilities that attracts this kind of behaviour. Altering the layout of the car park, and restricting evening and overnight access to it, would greatly reduce the problem of anti-social driving as well as reducing the number of people gathering there. The police taking action against individuals, as they do, only reduces ASB problems temporarily. We need to deal with the root causes if we are ever going to remove this problem from our village. Stephen Cambery Melbourn Neighbourhood Watch.
Your team is made up of the following officers: From left to right; Sergeant Rebecca Williams, PCSO Paul Lancaster, PC Rachael Mallender, PCSO Lyndsay Wilkins and PCSO John Coppard. Missing from this picture PCSO Carly Freed.
My name is Sgt Rebecca Williams, and I am the new Sergeant taking over from Mark Kathro looking after Melbourn and the surrounding area. My responsibility is three neighbourhoods; Melbourn, Bassingbourn and Gamlingay – Sawston and the Shelfords – Linton and Fulbourn. It’s a large area which I have just started to get to know, so please bear with me. I have been with the South Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Policing Team since October 2008. Initially in the role of Sector Support Sergeant where I was involved in the launch of Speedwatch and securing Smartwater for Burglary victims amongst other things, so please feel free to ask questions about these when I stop to ask for directions! I have worked as a Reactive officer and in Neighbourhood Teams across Cambridgeshire and am looking forward to bringing my own approach to neighbourhood policing to the Melbourn area. melbournmagazine
