POLICE CONTACT NUMBERS

IN AN EMERGENCY ALWAYS PHONE 999.

Police Cover for Whiteparish

Whiteparish is served by a Community Beat manager PC Henry Clissold. Contact details are:

The following are extracts from bulletins that PC Clissold and previous Community Beat Officers have sent us.

Local Crime Alert—What You Can Do

In the 30 days to 16th April '08, Whiteparish suffered three "non-dwelling burglaries" and two thefts. PC Clissold passed on the following advice from Crime reduction officers in Salisbury.

• Always close and lock the external doors and windows of your home even if you are just going out for a short time.
• It is recommended that all exterior doors be fitted with a minimum 5 lever mortise lock conforming to BS3621, or with a rim deadlock. This will be a requirement of most home insurance policies.
• Patio doors should be fitted with an anti-lift device and preferably two door locks to support the hook lock.
• Don't leave door keys in locks, and keep house and car keys out of sight and out of reach of letterboxes.
• Fit a 'spy hole' to allow you to see who is at the door—remember Stay Out Stranger and do not open to door to people you do not know and are not expecting.
• Fit and use window locks, keeping the keys out of sight.
• Visible burglar alarms, good lighting and carefully directed security lighting are all good crime prevention measures.
• Keep garages and sheds locked. This will not only prevent your tools being stolen, but also prevent them being used to gain entry to your home.
• Keep an inventory of all items of value with serial numbers where appropriate. Permanently mark all property of monetary or sentimental value. This not only acts as a deterrent, but will enable police to return any stolen items they may recover.
• For help and advice, please contact the Crime Reduction Officers on 0845 408 7000.

“Vehicle 25” Vehicle Security Scheme

Statistics show that 77% of victims of vehicle theft are over 25 years of age. Over 90% of car thieves are under 25years old, and a considerable number of vehicles are taken during the hours of midnight and 5am.

Salisbury Police have launched “Vehicle 25”, a campaign aimed at providing the owners of vehicles which are driven exclusively by people over 25 years of age and don’t generally go out late at night or early in the morning added protection for the vehicles. To take part, an "Over 25" sticker should be obtained and fixed to the rear windscreen of a vehicle. In the event that the vehicle is seen by a Police Officer and is being driven by someone that appears to be under this age, and between the hours of midnight and five in the morning, the vehicle will be stopped and checked.

This scheme is particularly aimed at people over the age of 25 as they are statistically less likely to be car thieves.

“Vehicle 25” follows a very successful campaign in Salisbury following a rise if theft of and from cars in the area.

Crime Reduction officer, Claire Rooney said “We are extremely pleased that figures for vehicle crime are getting lower, we have had a team of dedicated officers working on this operation and their efforts and the assistance of the public have reaped rewards. However, we do not want to be complacent and the launch of Vehicle 25 is part of an ongoing crime reduction strategy to ensure that the people of Salisbury and South Wiltshire play their part in assisting us to reduce car crime and the likelihood of them becoming a victim in the future.

The scheme is being launched in conjunction with Spire FM on March 17 th. Representatives from Spire FM and the Police Crime Reduction team will be out and about every Saturday at various locations in the Salisbury area. At these events the public will be able to obtain their sticker and obtain any further crime reduction advice they might need.

Stickers can also be obtained from;

• PC Henry Clissold Beat Manager for Alderbury
• Spire FM studios, City Hall, Salisbury
• By post from Claire Rooney, 01722 435210 (leave a message giving your name, address and postcode)
• Salisbury Police Station

November 2007: Christmas is Coming !

The festive season is fast approaching and it’s time for me to remind you all of the perils of office parties and the cursed drink driving. Every year we attend accidents on the roads in our area during the festive season and unfortunately some do occur as a result of over indulgence. If you are attending an office / works party or even a social gathering within the village, THINK. Nominate a driver, book a taxi or even walk! It is not worth taking the chance not only with your safety but the safety of other road users.

I'm happy to be able to introduce our new PCSO as Bill PARR, he joined us at the end of October and is already getting out about meeting everyone. If you see him around, do stop to say hello and have a chat. A proper introduction with photos will be produced in the near future.

At this time of year you start to wander what to buy the special people in your life, I have the answer a new selection of security products are available from Community Affairs office at Salisbury Police Station. We unfortunately don’t hold stock at Alderbury Station.

The following table summarises the products—for some pictures as well, click here (3-megabyte download).

And above all have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year!

Lottery fraud

PC Henry Clissold sends the following warning. Lotto frauds are becoming prevalent in the UK with promises of huge winnings arriving in the form of unsolicited e-mail or letters to UK residents. A number of these letters and emails have recently been received by local residents. Invariably the communication will purport to come from an overseas lottery and claim that the recipient has been allocated winning numbers.

The recipient will contact the organisers, whether directly through telephone, by post or e-mail and will be invited to send money in to assist in the administration for the release of the winnings. These winnings do not exist! This is merely a scam and attempt to elicit money from unsuspecting victims. As the winnings on offer are substantial, so too can are the advance fees required to release the funds.

If you receive these communications do not answer it. You can report these communications to the Enquiries Unit at the Office of Fair Trading. Enforcement teams within the OFT work with overseas authorities to collect evidence and can use this evidence to prosecute the fraudsters. The OFT number is 08457 224499.

Reduction in Reported Crime

PC Henry Clissold was proud to be able to report that since the implementation of neighbourhood policing in the Alderbury area there has been a 21% reduction in the amount of reported crime in our area. There has been a significant reduction in the amount of reported dwelling burglaries, non-dwelling burglaries and criminal damage as well as a reduction in fraud and 'other crime'.

Team Police Community Support Officer Moving On

PC Henry Clissold reports that "Our PCSO Jon Trounson will be leaving Alderbury on the 16th September to join Wiltshire Police as a police constable. He will be based at headquarters during his probationary period prior to deployment within the division. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jon for the all the work his has done on our area and I'm sure you will all join me in wishing him every success in his new role. As yet I have not been informed when a replacement for Jon will be in post."

Have You Lost a Bike Recently?

Alderbury police are asking villagers if they have had a lost bike to contact the office, our garage is now bursting at the seams with a collection of bicycles. Some new, some old and some very very old... We would be delighted to reunite owners with their missing steeds, all we require is a description which could include:

• Make
• Model - Childs / ladies etc
• Colour - main colour or colours
• Any damage
• Any stickers
• Saddle - colour / type
• Mud flaps - colour
• Reflectors
• Stand

The more information provided the greater the chance of it being located and returned. The easiest way of finding your bicycle is to lock it securely and have it post coded, we still do carry out a post coding service at the station.

Staddle Stones

PC Henry Clissold from the Alderbury neighbourhood policing team is warning home owners with staddle stones outside or in their gardens to ensure they are secured. This warning follows a spate of thefts in the area, thieves struck over recent weeks in the villages of Winterslow, Pitton and Whiteparish, as well as properties in Hampshire. The mushroom shaped stones originally used to support granaries above ground to prevent vermin getting in are worth hundreds of pounds each. Although the stones are heavy they can easily be lifted into a van or pick up in a matter of seconds.

>The dilemma faced by owners of saddle stones is one of theft prevention, if you drill them or concrete them to the ground you are reducing their value, if you do not then they are vulnerable to theft. Any marking on the stones to make them identifiable will assist the police greatly in returning them to the rightful owners, this can be aided by photographing them as well. Finally, moving the stone to an enclosed garden or location will reduce the threat of theft.

I appeal to villagers that any suspicious vehicles or activity is reported to the police immediately in an attempt to locate the offenders.

Has your drink been spiked?

There has been an alarming increase in recent times in the number of reports of sexual assaults, including rape, where the use of so called date rape drugs, have proved instrumental.  You may not think that, residing in a rural community, this affects you but many people from the area, younger women especially, frequent the bars and clubs in Salisbury, Southampton, Romsey and the surrounding areas where the reports are on the increase.

Liquid Ecstasy, Liquid X, Scoop, Easy Lay, Rope, Ruffies, R2, Ruffles, Roche, Forget Pill, Kid Rock, Special K – these are just a few of the street names for these so called date rape drugs.

Take these simple steps to ensure that you know what you are drinking:

• Never accept a drink from someone you don’t know or trust
• Never leave a drink unattended
• If you see or hear talk of drugs tell a member of staff
• Travel home together, don’t leave a drunk friend to go home alone
• If your friend seems more drunk than they should be, tell a member of staff

Happy New Year!

Security of Your Xmas Gifts

While the majority of us law abiding folk do our Christmas shopping by visiting retail outlets, selecting the goods we’d like and then actually paying for it out of our own money, the travelling criminal(s) has a far more novel and cheaper way of carrying out this task.  He will target isolated homes about a week or two prior to Christmas eve and have a peek through the windows to see which of us have been clumsy enough to leave all of our wrapped presents on the living room floor around the tree.  He’ll knock on your door and, if there’s no reply, he’ll force his way in and make off with your gifts.

Please, please don’t let these low lives get their hands on your hard earned Christmas presents.  If you have somewhere else to store them then please do so once they have been wrapped and don’t put them out until the morning of the 25th.

Drink Driving

Need I say any more than……………………………… DON’T !

Please enjoy a very happy and most of all, safe Christmas this year.

Don't be a prize fool

If you receive a letter, e-mail, phone call or mobile phone text advising you that you are a competition winner and to ring 09*** ******, you are being CONNED. This will be a premium rate number and your call will last several minutes, clicking up a very large phone bill.

Emergency number on mobiles

Are you aware of the 112 emergency phone number from mobile phones???
If you call 999 from a mobile it will connect you to the nearest available call centre which may be located anywhere in the UK; it then takes a certain amount of time to send this to the emergency services in your area.

112 is the emergency number from ANY mobile phone for any emergency—FIRE, AMBULANCE, or POLICE—and you will then be connected to your local dispatch centre.
Please pass this information on to anyone you know who owns a mobile—it could be a life-saver.

Summer is upon us . . .

As the time of year approaches when you are thinking of tidying up the garden and getting the lawnmower out—so is the burglar! Thefts from garden sheds dramatically increase at this time of year. Power tools are easy to sell on at numerous outlets.

HOW SECURE IS YOUR GARDEN SHED? Remember to note down the MAKE, MODEL and SERIAL NUMBERS of your POWER TOOLS and mark them with any identifying feature that you will recognise. We can supply you with a simple form to record these details so that if the worst happens you have the information to hand to assist us in apprehending the offender.

Please also remember that shed alarms are available at a very reasonable price.

A Mobile Library run by the County Library Service calls at the village every other Thursday, calling at the Surgery Car Park between 12.15 and 12.50 pm, and at Ashmore Close between 1.00 and 1.15 pm. For more information, see the Wiltshire County Council website, where it may be helpful to know that we are on "Route D" for the Wilton mobile library.

The nearest library branches are at Salisbury and Downton.

The weekly black-bag collection calls on Fridays, unless special Bank Holiday arrangements apply. For useful information about waste collection and recycling (including Bank Holiday collections), see the Salisbury District Council website.

Recycling Containers for glass, paper, cans, and plastics were until very recently (April 3 2006) sited behind the Village Hall. Following a decision to remove these, Councillor Leo Randall (01794-884881) has asked for suggestions about where they could be relocated.In the meantime, click here to find nearby Wiltshire recycling collection points. For people living on the East side of Whiteparish, the nearest full-scale recycling depot is probably the one administered by Hampshire County Council at Bunny Lane, Timsbury.