Crime Prevention Day - Sunday 5th August

Southam Safer Neighbourhood Team are going to be running a Crime Prevention day for the General Public on Sunday 5th August 2012.


There will also be other groups there such as the Fire and Ambulance Service and other Crime preventions stalls etc.


More detail closer to the date.

Trading Standards Upate - 25/06/2012

25/06/2012 Pensions Scam


A Warwickshire Trading Standards Officer recently took an unexpected call from a man called Derek who claimed he was entitled to £1000 under a pension scheme. The caller asked the Trading Standards Officer if he had ever taken out any private pensions and then asked for details. At that point the Trading Standards Officer asked the caller for the name of his company – and the line went dead!


Warwickshire Trading Standards advises consumers not to provide any personal or financial information to unexpected callers. If you believe the call to be genuine, ask for their name, company name and address and a publically listed telephone number to call them back on.


25/06/2012 Door to Door Lottery


Warwickshire Trading Standards are reminding residents to ask for identification if they are approached on the doorstep by charity collectors after reports of people going door to door in South Warwickshire selling lottery tickets.


Please feel free to cascade this information to whom ever you feel appropriate (including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.). 

If you have any information you wish to provide to Warwickshire Trading Standards Service, either for our information, or to appear in future email alerts, please email me.

Simon Cripwell
Senior Information Officer
Trading Standards Service
Communities
Warwickshire County Council
tel. 01926 414039
mob. 07771 975570
email. simoncripwell@warwickshire.gov.uk
web. www.warwickshire.gov.uk
My normal working days are Monday to Thursday

Crime Prevention Day - Southam, Sunday 5th August

Southam Safer Neighbourhood Team 

...............are going to be running a Crime Prevention day for the General Public on 

Sunday, 5th August 2012.

There will be other groups there such as the Fire and Ambulance Service and other Crime preventions stalls etc. 


Watch this space for more information nearer the time. Even better become a follower and be alerted to all new posts.

Alert for Horse Owners

See the Horsewatch BLOG for other incidents

It has come to the Safer Neighbourhood Team's attention that within the past week a local horse has been discovered to have had it's mane plaited.


This can sometimes be a sign of a future theft, as it is known that thieves will mark a horse that is to be stolen at a later date.


These can be found in ways such as:


    plaiting of the mane or tail
    cutting of the mane or tail
    placing marks e.g. paint on it's fur
    leaving an item that stands out on the stable door or gate to the field e.g. half a toilet roll


If you find any of these markings, take a photograph of it and contact Warwickshire Police on 101 and report it to our control room.


We had a couple of these incidents last year and fortunately no Horses were taken, so let's remain vigilant.


Kind Regards,


Claire Murray


on behalf of . . .


SOUTHAM / WELLESBOURNE FARM WATCH & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Southam Police Station
High Street
Southam
Tel : 01926 684984
Email : southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk / southam.snt@warwickshire.police.uk


Please do not report crime directly to the team, the correct number for reporting is 101 (non-emergency) or 999 (emergency).

SNT Newsletters

SOUTHAM

WELLESBOURNE

Neighbourhood Watch Street Champions Required

With recent increases in burglaries in many areas of the county.

We are Calling upon All Neighbourhood Watch Members!

If there was a Burglary in YOUR Street…

…would you be prepared to….

Accept  about 20 – 30 Safety Packs

and

Deliver them to your neighbours to remind them of various simple means of securing their property and protecting your area

Remember 

Only YOUR Neighbours!

Only Burglaries in YOUR Street!

If you can help then please contact Julie Dale

On

01926 684286 or watch@warwickshire.police.uk

Beware the Knockers - Land Rover stolen

I have just received a call from a resident in Little Pittern, Kineton, that his Land Rover has been stolen.  It should come as a surprise to no one that two males knocked on his door two days previously; they said they were reformed criminals working on a rehabilitation scheme.  Yeah right!

Essex Police are in no doubt that their residents should ring 101 whenever these people are in the area and I quote, ‘If a Nottingham Knocker visits you, please inform police in order for us to keep track of where they are.”.

I intend to call 101 and inform Warwickshire police whenever I see these men in Kineton. I will not wait for them to knock on my door.

 Click on to this link for full details:-

  http://www.essex.police.uk/news_features/other_stories/warning_over_nottingham_knock.aspx?lang=en-gb

Kineton Neighbourhood Watch

The latest scam on YOUR Doorstep

Today, 13 June, a resident in Fenny Compton received two parcels that they weren't expecting. They didn't open the parcels but shortly afterwards there was a call to say that there had been a mistake and that the parcels would be collected in the morning. However a man called soon after to collect them.


Fortunately a relative happened to be visiting and alerted the police when he discovered that the parcels contained mobile phones. A quick thinking local tradesmen also realised that something was "not quite right" and took a photograph of the taxi in which the man had arrived.


There was a further phone call and a visit from a well-known delivery company attempting to recover the parcels which by this time had already been collected by the police.


Please be very wary of receiving goods that you haven't ordered and make sure that you warn vulnerable relatives and friends of this scam.

Warwickshire Police join the Twitterati

You can now follow Southam and Wellesbourne SNTs on twitter.


https://twitter.com/#!/SNT_Southam
https://twitter.com/#!/SNT_Wellesbourn


Click on a link to start following.
WP see this as a chance to keep the public up to date hopefully on a daily basis. 

You cannot report crime via Twitter you must still use 101 or 999.

Incident at Farnborough Lake - 9th June

Please be aware of an incident that took place on the 9th June whereby a Black Land Rover Discovery had a window smashed and personal items taken , including a baby changing bag.
This took place at Farnborough woods on the Dassett road at approximately 1630hrs. unfortunately there were no witnesses.
Any information , please call 101 stating incident number 279/09-06-2012.
Thanks
Jim Butler - Southam beat manager.

If you have any information about this incident please e-mail 'southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk' or please ring 01926 415000 and ask for the Communications Centre. Please tell them that you are ringing in in response to a message
or call Crime Stoppers 0800 555111

Police incidents for the Southam SNT area between 05/05/2012 - 31/05/2012

This does cover 3 weeks which is longer then usual. 







Southam Ward:
WK-20120525-0087: Mill Crescent, Southam. Overnight of 20/05 into 21/05 unknown offenders have removed 7 Solar lights from the front garden of a property


WK-20120521-0164: Hillyard Rd, Southam. Between 11pm 18/05 and 10am 19/05 unknown offenders have removed a large plastic planter from outside a property.


WK-20120519-0124: Ash Grove, Southam. At approx 1am 19/05 unknown offenders have removed a black wheelie bin from outside a premises.


WK-20120522-0335: Roman Way, Southam. Between 2pm 22/05 and 4:30pm 22/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure Mercedes Van and removed a Sat Nav and numerous Power tools.


WK-20120520-0314: Millholme Close, Southam. Between 1am and 2am 16/05 unknown offenders have entered an insecure vehicle and removed a laptop bag with an i pad inside. The local team have used Apple Technology to track the stolen i pad where it was located approx 50 metres away from the property in some undergrowth.


WK-20120516-0058: Priors Meadow, Southam. Overnight 15/05 into 16/05 unknown offenders have removed a rear windscreen from a unattended secure vehicle and removed a STIHL Garden Leaf Blower.


WK-20120504-0455: Banbury Rd, Southam. Between 7pm and Midnight 04/05 unknown offenders have pulled down a fence at the front of a property. A neighbouring property opposite had an egg thrown at their property at approx 7:30pm. And the occupant of another property in Tattle Bank has chased 3 unknown white males from the front of his property after he found them looking in his lounge window. The males have run up towards Browns Bridge area where they were met by 2 unknown white females.


WK-20120504-0128:  Hillyard Rd, Southam. Overnight 03/05 into 04/05 unknown offenders have removed a planted tree from the front garden of a property and left it in the road.


WK-20120516-0137: Milholme Close, Southam. Between 14/05 and 16/05 unknown offenders have attempted to enter a secure garage. No entry gained and nothing taken.


WK-20120515-0091: Hillyard Rd, Southam. Between unknown times on 07/05 and 11/05 unknown offenders have attempted to enter a property via the front door and failed. At approx 4pm 12/05 the occupant of the property has seen a fawny light coloured vehicle pull up outside the address with 2 males and a female on board all white and approx 20yrs old. They were considered to be acting suspiciously and upon seeing the occupant have driven off.


Napton & Stockton Ward:
WK-20120521-0080: Chapel Green, Napton. Between 21/04 and 21/05 unknown offenders have removed a PTO shaft from an open sided barn.


WK-20120516-0400: Napton Rd, Stockton. Between 9pm 15/05 and 7am 16/05 unknown offenders have made an attempt entry into a vehicle.


WK-20120508-0120: George St, Stockton. Overnight of 06/05 into 07/05 unknown offenders have removed 2 x Terracotta Planters.


WK-20120527-0044: School Hill, Napton. At approx 1:30am 27/05 a member of the public contacted Warwickshire Police regarding 4 white males all approx early 20's yrs old acting suspiciously. Officers attended and no trace was found of the males, although a break in was discovered at a property where numerous sets of keys had been removed.


WK-20120504-0062: Chapel Green, Napton. Between 5pm 03/05 and 7:45am 04/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure shed and removed diesel and a battery from a JCB.


Fenny Compton & Priors Marston Ward:
WK-20120526-0078: London End, Priors Hardwick. Last seen at 10pm 25/05 a Bailey Senitor Cream/White in Colour Caravan. The Caravan does have a tracker and has been removed by unknown offenders.


WK-20120528-0128: Shuckburgh Rd, Priors Marston. Between 6pm 27/05 and 8am 28/05 unknown offenders have smashed a rear windscreen to a secure Fiat Punto. Nothing was taken.


WK-20120511-0066: High St, Fenny Compton. Between 6pm 10/05 and 7:30am 11/05 unknown offenders have removed a black Peugeot registration KM61 JKV securely parked outside a premises


WK-20120512-0263: Manor Court, Fenny Compton. Between 8pm 11/05 and 1pm 12/05 unknown offenders have removed the registrations plates from a secure vehicle with the registration of Y649OBH.


WK-20120511-0050: Brook St, Fenny Compton. Between 11pm 10/05 and 6am 11/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure vehicle and removed a laptop and briefcase. The briefcase was later recovered by a member of the public.


WK-20120529-0153: Station Rd, Fenny Compton. Between 9pm 28/05 and 8am 29/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure garage and removed a Green Balmoral Petrol Lawnmower.


WK-20120511-0059: Manor Court, Fenny Compton. Between 10pm 10/05 and 7am 11/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure garage and various tools taken.


WK-20120510-0072: Rural Location, Avon Dassett. Between 8am and 5pm 09/05 unknown offenders have entered a stable yard and removed the following: 1 x Head Collar, 1 x Pink Lunge Rope, 6 x Horse Rugs, Barber Shooting bag with Dog training equipment in.


WK-20120509-0151: Wills Pasture, Southam. Between 11am and 1:30pm 09/05 unknown offenders have entered a stable yard and removed the following: Numerous Horse Rugs, 4 x Head Collars and leads.


Harbury & Bishops Itchington Ward:
WK-20120522-0084: Sutcliffe Drive, Harbury. Between 8pm 20/05 and 8am 21/05 unknown offenders have removed an adult Mountain bike from an insecure garden.


WK-20120506-0142: Farm St, Harbury. Between 5pm 05/05 and 10:30am 06/06 unknown offenders have entered a secure shed and removed a Trek Grey Hi Bred Mountain Bicycle and a Blue Crossfire Bicycle.


WK-20120506-0106: Frances Rd, Harbury. Between 4pm 05/05 and 8am 06/05 unknown offenders have forced entry into a secure garage. Nothing taken.


WK-20120506-0098: Mill St, Harbury. Between 8:30pm 05/05 and 8:30am 06/05 unknown offenders have entered a secure garage and removed an unknown quantity of frozen meat.


Long Itchington Ward:
WK-20120529-0196: Snowford Hill, Long Itchington. Overnight 28/05 into 29/05 unknown offenders have entered an empty property and removed a large quantity of frozen meat.


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If anyone has seen or heard anything suspicious please contact Stratford Crime Desk quoting the incident number above and give details.


Any information for any of the above incidents, needs to be past onto Crime Desk on 01926 415000 and ask to be put through to Crime Desk and quote the incident number above the incident.


As well as these messages being sent out, the team here at Southam also rely on the vigilant members of our community to keep us informed of any information that is not reported to the Police.


We encourage all members of our Community to report incidents no matter how big or little they are.
This message if possible needs to be past onto all co-coordinators for your areas. I really appreciate your help, your continued support and look forward to working with you all.


Please report all crimes and/or incidents on the new non-emergency reporting number 101.
All emergencies on 999
Kind Regards,


Claire Murray
PCSO 6247
on behalf of . . .
SOUTHAM / WELLESBOURNE FARM WATCH & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Southam Police Station
High Street
Southam
Tel : 01926 684984
Email : southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk / southam.snt@warwickshire.police.uk

Pedlar's Certificate

It is worthy of noting that anyone calling at your door and selling items "on the spot" require a Pedlar's Certificate from Warwickshire Police. Below is a sample of one so you have a point of reference.

Should someone not have the required Certificate please contact Warwickshire Police on 101 and leave your details with the call handler.



PCSO Claire Murray


on behalf of . . .
SOUTHAM / WELLESBOURNE FARM WATCH & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Southam Police Station
High Street
Southam
Tel : 01926 684984
Email : southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk / southam.snt@warwickshire.police.uk


Please do not report crime directly to the team, the correct number for reporting is 101 (non-emergency) or 999 (emergency).