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From Jackie Daniels - Hurst Police Community Support Officer
NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION GROUP
We are still looking for new members/volunteers for our Neighbourhood
Action Group (NAG). If anyone is interested, please do contact me and
we can set the ball rolling! We really do want people from Hurst to participate,
as obviously it is in the interests of our own community.
The NAG has been up and running for a year now and the top three issues
raised in the first Neighbourhood Profile/Survey were:
- Speeding
- Lack of Youth Facilities
- Car Crime
These issues are all work in progress and all looking quite positive. However, as
it's a year on, the decision was made to do a new survey at Summer Fetes in the
district. The
Hurst Horse & Country Show
was very successful and we came
away with a couple of new potential members and volunteers to help out with
the Speed Indicator Device (SID).
We are now concentrating on Car Crime and below are a few tips put together
by our Thames Valley Police Crime Reduction Advisor on how to keep your car
and possessions safe, when you are visiting local beauty spots such as Dinton
Pastures.
SIMPLE STEPS TO SECURE YOUR CAR
- Leaving anything on view in your vehicle could entice a criminal to break in
and steal your belongings - remove ALL items from your car.
- On a rainy day, a coat becomes valuable to someone without one!
- If you must leave bags etc in the boot, make sure you put them in there at the
beginning of your journey (you never know who will be watching!)
- Make sure all windows are closed
- Did you hear the locks engage? Did you see the indicators flash?
MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS LOCKED, ALARMED AND IMOBILISED - it only
takes a minute for an opportunist to dive in and take what they want.
REMEMBER - an empty car is a safe car.
SATNAV - always take your SATNAV with you AND the cradle that it sits in.
Thieves will break into a car if the cradle is left on the dash, thinking that the SATNAV
may be in the glove box. Once the cradle is removed, also make sure the sucker ring
mark on the windscreen is wiped away as this also entices criminals.
CONTACTING THAMES VALLEY POLICE
Thames Valley Police has now only one general purpose phone number:
0845 8 505 505
In an emergency you should always dial 999 or 112 from your mobile.
If you wish to contact me directly, my e-mail address is
jacqueline.daniels@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
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