cambridgeshire
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Policing in Melbourn
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Everyone who lives or works in the Melbourn area has the chance to get involved in setting the policing priorities for their neighbourhood. By attending your regular (usually quarterly), neighbourhood meetings you can raise any concerns or issues you have in your neighbourhood with police and local authority representatives. Priorities set at the July panel meeting at the last meeting for the Bassingbourn and Melbourn panel, held on 19/07/2011 include, tackle anti-social behaviour associated with vehicle use and misuse of green and open spaces. Support South Cambs District Council in reducing ASB in Vicarage Close sheltered accommodation complex. Over the next few months we will work with partner agencies and the community to tackle these issues as we work to make your neighbourhood a safer place.
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Priorities set during the previous period Tackle anti-social behaviour associated with moped/motor cycle use in the High Street in the vicinity of the Car Park and in adjoining streets. Tackle road safety issues including excess speeds, obstructive parking and use of mobile phones whilst driving.
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We’ve been working hard to tackle the issues that you’ve told us are a problem in Melbourn. Below, you can find out more about what action has been taken. Action taken to tackle these priorities includes Implement Measures to Reduce Incidents of Theft of Metal across the Neighbourhood. Neighbourhood officers conducted a survey of all churches across the panel to identify vulnerability, security and previous offences and liaised with our Community Safety Team to assess the best way of utilising crime prevention support. The most vulnerable churches were identified and given increased patrol attention. Houses in these vicinities were visited in person to raise awareness which was supplemented by e-cops messages. Neighbourhood officers developed a ‘Prevention Pack’ outlining protective options and these were hand delivered to a designated person at each church. Heightened awareness in the communities increased the reports of suspicious vehicles which provided useful intelligence. However, none were found to be targeting churches or otherwise committing offences at the time.
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Potential sites for metal thefts, and those previously victims of such offences, have received additional patrol attention. Tackle Road Safety Issues to include Excessive Speed, Obstructive Parking and Use of Mobile Phones whilst Driving. Speed enforcement and monitoring on Cambridge Road. Safety Camera Van deployments took place on the A505 and on the A10 Melbourn.
All available South Cambs NPT resources were deployed on a Speeding Day of Action across the area supported by the Special Constabulary. The enforcement activity during this period saw in excess of 588 vehicles checked resulting in two drivers being reported for summons, forty-nine tickets being issued, nineteen drivers receiving words of advice and forty-nine warning letters being sent out. Anonymous information was received regarding a delivery driver using his mobile phone was acted upon with the local company being very appreciative of being notified and promising to deal with the driver internally.
Visit your police by appointment Would you be willing, if appropriate, to visit police by appointment? That’s our next question on the ‘have your say’ forum. The force introduced an appointments system two years ago and in January this was extended to include police ‘surgeries’, inviting victims and witnesses to attend police stations across the county for non urgent matters that do not require police attendance at a crime scene. Feedback from those that have used the new system have been positive.
NON EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
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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