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Community Beat Officer's Page
01/02/2006
01/04/2005 At the last Parish Council Meeting the local Beat Officers encouraged us to keep our eyes open for suspicious vehicles and activities in the village - Contact them if you see anything out of the ordinary. 01/08/2004
01/06/2003 With the better weather upon us, please be especially aware of the risk to garden equipment, which tends to be a target for thieves at this time of year. Make sure your sheds are secure and keep your eyes open for anything suspicious. As I have been visiting my annual Parish Meetings the main concern has been the speed vehicles travel through villages. I will be bringing S.I.D.S. to the village in the near future which serves as a deterrent. Please be careful especially in the lighter evenings when children are playing outside and dog walkers or horse riders are on the road. Thank you. Please contact me if you would like a visit or wish to speak to me on the telephone. Ruth Horton PC 704
01/12/02 At this time of year we frequently have reports of damage as a result of Halloween "trick and treaters". No damage or other crimes have been reported to the Police for Thorpe Morieux in the months of September or October, which is good news. Unfortunately the damage to the Church remains undetected, but please remain vigilant at all times and report anything suspicious however trivial it may seem. Thank you. Ruth Horton PC704 Community Police Officer
01/08/02 We are pleased to welcome PC Ruth Horton as the Community Police Officer for our area: Hello, I have taken over from PC Seager as your Community Police Officer. I hope it won't be too long before I get to meet you personally. If you need to speak to me, please call me and if I'm not in the office, I will call you back as soon as possible. Thanks PC Ruth Horton Community Police Officer
01/05/02 During
the past year 9 crimes have been reported in the parish. This is up on the
previous year with 6 reported crimes, as in other parishes, vehicle crime has
risen with thefts from and damage to vehicles. Violent crime consisted of one
incident in the village, which concluded with the offenders being dealt with. It
has been good to watch the incidence of burglaries dropping off to just one, a
break-in at an out building on the Cockfield Road. Thinking back to the period
from late 1999 to March 2001, the village suffered many incidents where
high-value garden machinery was stolen. Thankfully this has stopped. Overall not
a bad year for the village. Several
of you have bought shed alarms to protect your property. They are cheap and easy
to fit, so if you want one please contact Les
King, Crime Reduction Officer at
Sudbury Police Station, Sudbury. The
three and a bit years I have been with you have gone very quickly, and I have
enjoyed meeting you all. Thank you for making me so welcome, hopefully we will bump into each
other in the future. Your new Community Police Officer will be PC 704 Ruth
Horton. Ruth has been working in Gt. Cornard, and she is an experienced office
who will fit
in well with the more rural beat. All
the best for the future. PC727 Seager.
SUFFOLK
FIRST HAVE
YOUR SAY ABOUT POLICING IN YOUR AREA Frances Bee, Suffolk Police Authority and Inspector
Stuart Hudson of Suffolk Constabulary cordially
invite you to the: Sudbury
Sector Policing Forum 7.30pm
Wednesday 21
November 2001 In
order for us both to be able to respond to questions informatively, please
submit written telephone Inspector Hudson on 01284 774301
01/11/01 Beat
Officers Report 1st April 2001 to 13th October 2001 Sudbury Sector, P.C. 727 Seager Community Beat Officer, 01284 774307 During the
above period five crimes have been reported in the village, this compares to
three the previous year. Crimes committed vary from damage to the telephone
kiosk in August , a car broken into and items stolen and some public order
offences Bogus
callers are a big problem at the moment, they often call on the elderly and
vulnerable to trick their way in, their sole purpose is to steal from the
occupier which is very distressing to all concerned. I have put a few things
down which if you follow will make it difficult for these people to commit such
crimes remember bogus callers pose as workmen or women from the utilities such
as Water, Electricity, Gas, Social Services or Local Authority. They will visit
towns and villages in the Suffolk area. What to do
if someone calls at your door. 1. Check to see who is at your door using the spy hole. If
you have not got one fitted then look through the widow. 2. Always have a chain on your door before you open it. -3.
Leave the chain on during discussions with the caller. 4. Look at their clothing, do they look official. 5. Ask for identity! It’s your right to do so. 6. If I.D. is produced then check it carefully leaving the
door chain on whilst you do so. 7. Still not sure then don’t let them in, ask them to call
later when you can have a relative or friend with you. NO IDENTITY - NO ENTRY! NOT SURE? - CLOSE THE DOOR!
01/09/01 This is just a short report to update you all on ongoing
matters within the rural area of the Sudbury Sector. THORPE MORIEUX : From the 1st April 2001 through to 16th
July 2001 there has been two reported crimes within the village, this compares
to nil the same time last year. The only crime of note was the theft of items from a
motor vehicle which was left unattended whilst the owners were at the barn dance
at Folly Farm on the 12th May 2001. There was also a vehicle in the car park of
Cockfield village hail broken into on the same night. Crime is still happening
around the villages near to you. Cockfield has had nine reported crimes so far,
so: PLEASE KEEP VIGILANT AT ALL TIMES IT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU
NEXT. The most popular crime at the moment is vehicle crime,
theft of, theft from and damage to all types of vehicles. Items stolen include
audio equipment, tools and fuel, SO WATCH OUT. The other type of crime is one I
have highlighted before, the bogus callers, please do not let anyone in who
cannot show you a valid ID. card, if you’re not sure what they are showing you
then do not let them in, get them to leave and call us, the Police, straight
away then call a family member or a close neighbour. If you need further advice please contact me on 01284
774307, if your call is urgent then 999. Some of you may have noticed the increased presence of
Police Officers standing outside schools when you arrive in the morning and
again when you collect your children in the afternoon. This is part of the Sudbury Sectors high visibility plan
and should become a regular feature. During these visits it is noticeable that
many of you still do not wear your seat belt for the short drive to school, what
is more disturbing is that some of the children are not wearing their seat belts
either. For your own safety and that of others the law requires
you to use a seat belt whenever possible. THE LAW 1]
It is illegal to carry an unrestrained child in the front seat of any
vehicle. 2]
Children under three years travelling in the front must be carried in an
appropriate child restraint. 3]
If a child restraint is fitted in the front of a car but not in the rear,
children under three years of age must use that restraint. 41 If an appropriate child restraint or seat belt is
available in the front of the car but not in the rear, children between three
and eleven and under 1.5m in height must use the front seat restraint. IT IS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN WEAR THE CORRECT
RESTRAINT. If you require further information contact me on 01284
774307 for a leaflet. P.C. 727 SEAGER CBO Sudbury Police Station
01/07/01 Bogus callers posing as ‘workmen for
utilities such as Water, Electricity, Gas or the local authority are operating
in the towns and villages of Suffolk In the main they target the elderly and
vulnerable persons, the crime they commit is one of the most distressing and
offensive crimes reported to us. Below is some useful information if
someone calls at your house. WHAT
TO DO IF SOMEONE CALLS AT YOUR DOOR [1] CHECK to see who it is at your door by using the spy hole if you have one fitted, or if not look through the window. [2] ALWAYS
put the chain on your door before you open it. [if you haven’t got a chain,
it’s a good idea to get one fitted] [3] LEAVE
the chain on during your discussions with the caller. [4] LOOK at the callers clothing. Some official callers may have a uniform bearing the organisation’s name or symbol. [5] ASK
FOR INDENTITY - ITS YOUR RIGHT TO DO SO [6] IF
identity is produced, Check it carefully, leave the chain on whilst you do so.
Genuine callers will not mind. [7] Some
utility services operate a password system. Contact the utility service the
caller is claiming to represent [8] NOT SURE ? then don’t let them in, ask them to call later when you can have a relative or friend with you. [9] NEVER
let anyone in your borne unless you are ABSOLUTELY SURE
they are genuine. [10] NO IDENTITY NO ENTRY USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS GAS
EMERGENCY
0800 777999 ELECTRICITY
EMERGENCY 0800 7838838 WATER
EMERGENCY
0845 7145145 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL: HOUSING REPAIRS
01473 825756 TENANTS SERVICES 01473 825746
MAIN
SWITCHBOARD
01473 822801 The above mentions spy-holes and chains, the
Suffolk Police are in partnership with the Help The Aged Handy Van Scheme, this
scheme provides and fits safety kits, the fitters carry out minor repairs such
as changing light bulbs, tacking down loose carpet. It is primarily aimed at Older People with Low Incomes
and no charges are made for labour or for the products that are installed. The
kits comprise of a smoke alarm, door chain, 5
lever mortice lock [deadlock] for the front door and mortice bolts for the
back, spy-hole, window locks for downstairs and vulnerable upstairs windows. For more information contact me P.C. 727 Seager at
Sudbury Police Station on 01284 774307 or visit the web site on
www.helptheaged.org.uk If you’re not eligible then find someone who is. P.C 727 Seager, Community Beat Officer
01/03/01 Dare
I say it: the last reported crime for Thorpe Morieux was on the 16 November
2000, crime free for a whole three months and that’s after having six
burglaries reported in the first eleven months of the year 2000. Thorpe
Morieux like many of the villages I cover must think that they have no police
presence at all. This is not completely true, part of the remit of a Community
Beat Officer like myself is to target crime within the areas I patrol. If crime
is being committed during the day, early evening or the middle of the night then
it’s down to me to be out on patrol at those particular times. This, I try to
do most of the time so if you don’t see me about then it’s because I am
working lates or nights to give a presence at the relevant times. Thorpe Morieux Crime Reduction Morning On
the morning of the 27 January 2001 the Crime Reduction meeting took place. Your
Co-ordinator was there with his Neighbourhood Watch tree, the hall was awash
with telephone numbers, e-mail numbers from people all wanting to get on the
system, well done, a fine job. Les King the Crime Reduction officer from
Sudbury was also there, he gave advice on security, sold personal and shed
alarms although given the amount of shed and garage crime in the village I
thought more would have been bought. Several car owners took the opportunity to
join Vehicle Watch. Lots of leaflets were taken and pens and pencils given away. In
all around 70 people attended the morning coming from as far away as Glemsford
and Long Melford, Hopefully those that
attended got the benefit needed
to protect their property in the future. A
special thanks goes out to Winnie Rayner Cockfield Neighbourhood Watch who
helped out for the morning and to Jasmin for assistance with the use of the
Hall. Please
remember crime will never stop but it can be prevented from happening to you. All
the best PC 727 Seager CBO Tel: 01284 774307
15/12/00 Although at Christmas we have to be more careful with
the protection of our property owing to high value gifts being left in houses
and cars, it seems that in Thorpe Morieux, Brettenham, Preston St Mary and the
smaller villages in the Sudbury Sector, thieves, burglars and the like, think it
is Christmas time all the year round. Crime in Thorpe Morieux alone has gone up from 3
reported crimes last year to 10 this year already; these, in the main, are
breakins to garages and sheds where garden machinery and tools have been stolen
but there has also been the odd house entered. I, for my part, have increased patrols in the villages
at the relevant times, but this has, to date, not deferred the offenders.
Although, having said that, the last reported crime was on the Bury Road on the
16th November 2000. To try and reduce the incidents of crime in yours and
other villages, I have, along with your neighbourhood co-ordinator arranged a Crime Prevention
Advice Morning in the Thorpe Morieux Village Hall. It will be held on Saturday
27th January 2001, starting at 10 a.m. and finishing approximately 12.30 p.m.
There it is hoped you will have access to leaflets giving crime prevention
information, the chance to purchase the highly successful shed alarms along with
marker pens to use on items of value. Mr. Les KING, Crime Reduction Officer for
the Sudbury Sector, will also be there. Please take advantage of the morning, it
may make the difference to you keeping or losing your property. REMEMBER -
KEEP VIGILANT OVER CHRISTMAS Happy Christmas and a Happy New
Year to you all. P.C.727 Seager. Community Beat Officer. 01284 774307
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