'Upbeat' newsletter launched

This is an occasional free newsletter produced jointly by the Police and Home Watch, which can be picked up at various points in town and at P&G Stores in Gordon Road. It will be published in-between issues of the quarterly 'Update' bulletin.
The May issue is now available for pickup,
or download it
pUpbeat Issue 1 (May): download

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Polish Door Step Sellers
Members of the public have reported Polish Door Step Sellers selling their pictures. If the householder does not purchase a picture, which is often only a photocopy anyway, they turn their English written card over and beg for money.
Here is a notice in English and Polish to keep by the door in case of any callers: polish-sellers.pdf
(also printed in Update 22)
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Number for Messages
to the Home Watch: 222827
(checked weekly)
(Messages for the Police - see below)
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We have various alarms for sale
and equipment for loan -
see Update 22 p6 or download
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List of Traders recommended by Members:
download: TradersList-06.pdf

If you wish to recommend a trader please email:
g@gpm.cs.co.uk
(paste this address into your mail program then remove the full stop after gpm - i.e.gpmcs - I'm having to disguise it due to the large amount of spam sent to this email address!)
Giving as many details as possible :
Name of Business
Address/Postcode/Tel/Email/web
Justification:
service quality / responsiveness / value for money
Your name, address or phone or email
(We will contact the trader to obtain his agreement, but the trader will not be listed until 2 recommendations have been received).

Find a New Member!
Do you know of a neighbour who might be interested in joining Wimborne & Colehill Home Watch? Ask your Contact for a yellow Help Us information card to pass on, or you can download an A4 version here: join.pdf
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Minutes of the AGM last November: download
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POLICE PHONE NUMBERS
22 22 22
FOR ALL NON-EMERGENCY CALLS

999 - for emergencies, crime in progress, etc.

Safer Neighbourhood Teams :
WIMBORNE TOWN SNT
Wimborne PC Claire Clifton
Wimborne PCSO Tracey Downer
wimbornetowncentresnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521773

LEIGH PARK SNT
Leigh Park PC Julia Wilkinson
Leigh Park PCSO Jon Radford
leighparksnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521748

COLEHILL SNT
Colehill PC Steve Brett
Colehill PCSO Matt Johnson
colehillsnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521793

Wimborne POLICE STATION
Hanham Road
Wimborne BH21 1AS
01202 882345 or 222222
(Fax - 840597)
wimborne@dorset.pnn.police.uk
Opening hours
Mon-Fri: 0900 - 1700 hrs; closed 1300-1400
Saturday: 0900 - 1300 hrs

Dorset Police website: www.dorset.police.uk

229203 - Messages for your Community Beat Officers
at Wimborne Station

226214 - Anita Rigler, Watch Co-ordinator
at Ferndown HQ

MAILBOX
Membership forms, letters, etc can be left at
Brian Dryden's Shop, No.1, The Square, Wimborne
(Please note this mailbox is only checked twice a month)

1. About the Wimborne & Colehill Watch,
and how to join.

2. How YOU can help! (below)

1. This Watch group was formed as part of an initiative by the Police to improve the effectiveness of Home Watch in the local community by co-ordinating activities and improving communication. A committee headed by John Shave runs the scheme. We seek to ensure an active association providing value to its members. Our objectives are:

To operate an organisation to promote an understanding of the aims and benefits of Home Watch by the community and to recruit as many Members as possible.

To promote all aspects of a community based crime prevention organisation operating in close liaison with the Police.

To foster a caring community spirit such that Members contribute towards the protection of their properties by mutual co-operation and communication.

To promote a greater shared awareness of the crime problems in the community and a better understanding of the practical steps that can be taken to address them.

To assist Members in addressing specific aspects of crime prevention by making accessible relevant products and services at competitive prices.

To research and recommend best practice in key aspects of crime prevention.

To fund the Watch we have set a annual membership fee of £1 minimum for households. The fee is receipted by issuing a membership card (Grey for 2007/08). Newsletters are produced quarterly and distributed to all members.

You can join by sending your name, address & phone no. either by email to:
Graham Mallett: - g@gpm.cs.co.uk
(paste this address into your mail program then remove the full stop after gpm - i.e.gpmcs - I'm having to disguise it due to the large amount of spam sent to this email address!)

or phone: Anita Rigler, Dorset Police HQ, Tel: 226214

or drop a note in to:
Brian Dryden's Shop, 1, The Square, Wimborne -
marked 'Home Watch'
(Please note this mailbox is checked twice a month)

Please help us to help you and your neighbours to prevent crime - be an active member yourself and persuade your local relations, friends and neighbours to join us too!

2. How YOU can help!

If you support the aims of your local Home Watch, please consider helping us to help you and your neighbours in the fight against crime. There are various ways in which you can help:

1. Be a member - minimum subscription £1 per annum

2. If no Watch group exists where you live, set one up and become a Contact for your community

3. Give us some of your time and help with such activities as distributing newsletters, running events, recruiting new members, collecting subscriptions

4. Spread the word amongst your family, friends and neighbours. If you are able to help, please contact us

Responsibilities of a Contact:

Responsible for the operation of his/her road or community Watch group, and for communications with members. Examples of activities are:
- passing on Police crime alerts
- passing on crime prevention suggestions to neighbours
- collecting annual subscriptions
- recruiting new members
- delivering quarterly newsletters
- implementing actions to address specific community issues

Special Offers for Members
Show your current membership card
to take advantage of these offers:

Wimborne Hardware (38 High Street; 884525) offer 10% off security products on production of a current membership card.

Knoll Gardens & Nursery at Hampreston have offered a 10% discount to members on production of a valid membership card.

Holly Hedge Nursery at Church Road, Three Legged Cross, are offering a discount to members on production of a current membership card when spending more than £10.

Portique 42 East Street Wimborne offer various services for members including free cleaning service on gold and diamond set jewellery, discount on written valuations and more - contact them on 884282

Will Matters & Estate Planning offer a 10% fee discount for members - call 855939.

Roe Lodge Pest Control offer a 15% discount on all aspects of pest control - call 875856

MANY MORE OFFERS on our Traders List - see above.

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Lifeline - The Lifeline two-way communications system is designed to give support to vulnerable people by enabling them to get in touch with a relative, friend, or neighbour, even when they cannot reach a telephone. The cost of Lifeline is £14.84 +VAT per calendar month (VAT is exempt in some cases); contact Kim Armstrong or Alma Goddard at East Dorset Housing Association Lifeline on 01202 864224/5 for more information, and mention Home Watch.

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Useful crime prevention advice can be found at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/prevention/index.shtml

 

 

Last updated 9.5.2008

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9th May 2008

During the past two nights there have been attempts made to steal from cashpoint machines around the county by two, or possibly three males using an electric or petrol driven angle grinder to cut into the cashpoint machines.

On the first occasion the males were successful in obtaining an amount of cash, but on the second they were disturbed by a member of public and made good their escape.

These males are said to have been wearing hooded tops and balaclavas on their faces and on both occasions they made off in a dark coloured Audi vehicle registration similar to YR06GJE.

This vehicle is believed to have also been connected to two other similar incidents recently, one an armed robbery in Poole at the beginning of the week and a similar ATM attack which occurred in Hampshire last Monday. On these previous occasions it is thought the vehicle may have been displaying a set of false number plates.

For the past two nights members of public have been disturbed by the level of noise created by the angle grinder and reported the incidents promptly to Police.

The Dorset Police are seeking your assistance in tracing this vehicle and its occupants and urge anyone with information or who may hear suspicious noises in the early hours to contact Police on 999 immediately quoting Crime Number 19933.

DO NOT APPROACH THESE PERSONS OR VEHICLE YOURSELF. Please advise your friends and neighbours.

If you have any information regarding this message please call the Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

3rd April 2008

Colehill 3 members.

2 cars have been broken into:
Pilford Heath Road 1/2 April. Vehicle parked on the driveway. Stereo stolen.
Lonnen Road - drivers door forced whilst parked on the road 1/2 April stealing the stereo as well.
If you have any information regarding this message please call the Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

2nd April 2008

Wimborne Town:
A garden shed has been broken into in Leigh Gardens 20 March. Items stolen from within.
Hardy Crescent - windows broken to a house by a rock thrown March.
East Borough - 2 vehicles damaged 23/24 March parked on a forecourt with another one damaged at the rear of Riverside Park in Station Road.
Lead stolen from a flat roof of a house in High Street, 1 April.

Colehill members:

Furzehill area - please be aware that a burglary has been reported to a cottage in Pig Oak, Holt last week via the patio doors. Nothing appears stolen however.

Paget Close reports finding marks around a door lock in March which they believed was an attempt to gain entry.

Freemans Lane 2 fence panels damaged by kicking 27/30 March.

Beaucroft Lane 3 cars broken into and equipment stolen from within 26 March and 29 March.

New Merryfield car broken into parked on the road stealing the stereo 1 April.

If you have any information regarding this message please call the Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

26th March 2008

URGENT MESSAGE

Further to the message regarding St John's Security, it has come to our attention that this is a legitimate company with links to Dorset Police. The Company is accredited with the Security Systems and Alarm Inspection Board (SSAIB).

Please disregard the warning, but do contact us if you have any concerns regarding sales tactics, which we will seek to address with the Company.

If you have any information regarding this message please call the Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

20th March 2008

Dorset Police are being swamped by telephone calls from concerned residents about a security company canvassing for business saying they are recommended/ approved/ working with their local police station.
See the message above for further details.

17th March 2008

Horse Watch East Dorset, and Wimborne and Colehill Home Watch:

There is a free tack marking event for horse tack being held on Wed 26 March between 3.00pm and 5.00 pm at the Co-op store in Colehill from the Community Safety Vehicle.

Colehill :
an insecure bike was stolen from outside a property in Pilford Heath Road 12 March during the evening.
Lonnen Road reports hub caps stolen from a vehicle parked on the road 8/15 March

Everyone :
that wretched burglar alarm and fire safety company are back canvassing for business - European Environmental Controls (EEC). They are in Broadstone today. Please warn your more vulnerable members not to have anything to do with telesales callers.

12th March 2008

Colehill members - we have 2 further attempted burglaries:

Dales Drive, afternoon of 11 March. Attempt made on side kitchen window but no entry gained.

Paget Close - another attempted break discovered this afternoon but could have occurred since yesterday. The attempt was made to the door lock. No entry gained.

Please check your own windows for any marks and remain as vigilant as possible for any callers to your neighbours property.

If you have any information regarding this message please call the Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

7th March 2008

We have been made aware that requests have been made via phone cold calling to attend and measure loft spaces for insulation as grants are available.

DO NOT LET STRANGERS INTO YOUR PROPERTY

We advise only to deal with firms who write for appointments on official headed paper.

DO NOT DEAL WITH PHONE COLD CALLERS

If you have any information regarding this message please call Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

6th March 2008

Colehill 2 members

A burglary has been discovered in Foxcroft Drive on return from holiday 4 March. Entry gained via the rear window. Cash and jewellery stolen. I have no other burglaries in your area but I do have several in St Leonards and West Moors. Just in case they have moved down the road!

Please remember that your Home Watch association has a very effective burglar alarm which can be borrowed free of charge if you are about to go on holiday and are concerned. Please call Graham Mallett 884642 or email (see left) if you would like to borrow it. Very simple to install and no wiring.

If you have any information regarding this message please call Dorset Police on 222222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Oct 2007

That burglar alarm and fire safety company we continually warn you about - European Environmental Controls are back canvassing in the area.
You are aware of previous recommendations not to have anything at all to do with cold callers of this nature for your own consumer protection.

IF ANYONE HAS HAD A CALL FROM A COMPANY CALLED EMPIRE DAMP PROOFING PURPORTING TO BE CONDUCTING A SURVEY THEN TRADING STANDARDS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU - 224012.

STOLEN NUMBER PLATES
ARE FREQUENTLY USED TO DRIVE OFF WITHOUT PAYMENT FROM PETROL STATIONS. ALWAYS REPORT NUMBER PLATES BEING STOLEN.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES
PLEASE look out for:
(none at present)