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New police station at Cambourne The opening of Cambourne police station, which cost £1.4 million, will ‘dramatically enhance’ their ability to respond to 999 calls from nearby villages. Neighbourhood officers covering the Comberton, Gamlingay and Melbourn beats will be based at the station, while there will also be reactive officers on hand to answer emergency calls, and community safety workers. South Cambs Sector Inspector, Chris Savage, told Melbourn’s neighbourhood policing panel meeting, on 20th July, that the new police station is good news for South Cambridgeshire as it increased the number of police bases in the region to three (Histon and Sawston being the other two). He also explained that with three bases come three sergeants, so with Melbourn’s policing team now based at Cambourne our community policing sergeant will be Jon Capes with our current Sergeant, Rebecca Williams, remaining at Sawston.
DID YOU know You can report an incident to a police officer at a time to suit you? The force’s appointments team in southern Cambridgeshire dealt with 368 appointments in January alone. The appointments system, part of the Policing Pledge promise of better service, aims to fit non urgent calls into everyone’s busy working day, at the same time freeing officers to deal with emergency calls. January’s appointments were only a tenth of those dealt with in a year in the southern part of Cambridgeshire. The system comes into play when you agree a time to speak to an officer which is best suited to you. Whether you want to report an incident, or pass on other information, call 0345 456 456 4. Once we have agreed the matter is suited to an appointment, arrangements will be made. In 98 per cent of all cases callers get the time of their choosing. Ed Essad, force control room manager, said: “It means that we can spend more time with the caller focusing on their needs, and we have seen a drastic improvement in the quality of incidents being recorded. Making these appointments for non urgent calls means that we are able to respond to urgent calls for service more quickly than ever.”
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0345 456 456 4
MINICOM helpline for the deaf and hard of hearing, anywhere in the force area: 01480 422493 RNID TypeTalk is a national telephone relay service which enables, deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing and speech impaired people to communicate, to access the service dial: 0800 515152
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New police office for Melbourn Plans were agreed by South Cambridgeshire District Council for a purpose-built police site at the Village College. It will consist of an office area, a meeting and interview room. Sector Inspector Chris Savage said: “By being in the heart of the community we hope residents will find it easier to speak to officers about issues they have. We will be holding regular police surgeries and drop-in sessions for residents at times when people are likely to be using the other services in the area as well. Once the new base is operating, I will continue to work closely with the sergeant and rest of the team to ensure patrols are targeted and officers are available when residents need them.”
Emerging Issues Melbourn (Great and Little Chishill, Heydon, Melbourn) Crime In the four month period, there have been 65 offences in the Melbourn Ward. This is an increase compared to the previous four months but at a similar level seen last year. However, there has been a reduction in thefts from vehicles and dwelling burglaries. Criminal damage has increased but this is still at a lower level than the same period last year. There does not appear to be a common theme to the damage but there were two offences where fence panels were damaged.
