Farnborough Police Neighbourhood Watch
Monthly Newsletter - February2014
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Welcome to the February issue of the Farnborough Police
Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter!
Over several months Farnborough has suffered at the hands of
nuisance car drivers, many residents have phoned in to advise
your beat team that you can hear various cars/motorcycles
frequently identified as ‘boy racers’ or ‘sliders’ with loud
exhausts, racing around Farnborough. Unfortunately many of
the calls are only reporting loud noise, or racing vehicles with no
descriptions or even locations other than somewhere in
Farnborough, Cove, Southwood etc.
Your beat team are aware of these issues and many of the
beats have one of their priorities set to counter speeding, bad
driving and anti social driving activities. Sergeant Jamie
O’BRIEN of Farnborough SNT has actioned an operation to
identify the vehicles and drivers and take action against them
contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Police Reform Act
2002.
The Police Reform Act allows Police Officers and PCSO’s in
Uniform to issue warnings to drivers of vehicles driven
carelessly and used in an anti-social manner. A second warning
to the same person within twelve months enable’s Police to
seize the vehicle they are driving.
The operation involves Regular Police Officers, PCSO’S and
Special Constabulary officers from the Northern area together
with members of Rushmoor Council including CCTV and
Parking Wardens working together to gather intelligence and
identify and deal with Offenders.
RESULT SO FAR:-
2 x persons were arrested for causing damage
5 x other vehicles have been identified as causing a nuisance of
which three will be issued with S59 warnings in the near future.
We have clear intelligence of the meeting points and routes
used. Farnborough SNT will continue to target these people with
your help.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Included as an attachment to the newsletter is a checklist form
for Nuisance Drivers.
Please complete the forms when YOU SEE a vehicle causing a
nuisance or behaving in an anti-social manner i.e. wheel
spinning, doing donuts, drifting the back end on roundabouts,
street racing etc anywhere in Farnborough.
BUT IF all you can say is you HEARD a car or you saw a car/s
but can’t supply any identifying details please don’t fill in the
forms.
Try to get a full as description of the
vehicle especially a registration
number as possible including partial
registration numbers (without putting
yourself in any danger), then email
the details on the completed form
back to Farnborough SNT.
Help us eradicate this behaviour in
Farnborough and make our streets
safe.
1 x driver has been summonsed for Dangerous Driving and
Dangerous Vehicle Parts.
1 x vehicle was seized under Section 59 Police Reform Act.
PS Kevin Futers
Immobilise is a free online property register enabling users to create a secure record of personal
possessions such as laptops, mobile phones, cameras and various other items. Protecting personal
property is extremely important and registering it on Immobilise can assist in reuniting you with your
possessions if stolen or in deterring an offender from stealing them in the first place. Click here to visit
the Immobilise website or go to www.immobilise.com
Request for information - Burglary at St Michaels Abbey, Farnborough
Police would like to hear from anyone with information about a local burglary which happened
sometime between Sunday February 16 and Thursday February 20. Three Altar cards, which
are used in Mass, were taken. One of the cards is A3 size, the others are smaller. Detective
Constable Tim Faltermeyer who is investigating said: “The cards are unique and irreplaceable.
I’d ask anyone who has been offered these for sale, or who knows where they are to contact
us.”
EMPRESS & TOWN CENTRE WARD
Your SNT team is PC Rob Dunster, PC David Carpenter and
PCSO James Charlton.
Drug offences in residential premises. Police are still
investigating issues of drug use in Pond Road and Coombe
Way.
Upcoming Events:
Summary:
Cycle thefts are still an issue around Farnborough town centre
and the Farnborough Central development. We are in the
process of procuring more cycle locks at a heavily discounted
price to assist the public with preventing these incidents
occurring.
Police have been conducting operations in relation to nuisance
vehicles in the area. So far 1 vehicle has been seized, 2 further
drivers are under a seizure warning for 12 months and a further
5 drivers have been written to and advised about their vehicles
being a nuisance.
Currently we have no events planned in the immediate future.
Please contact us if you have any requests.
Monthly Statistics:
The figures for last month’s recorded occurrences in this Ward
are shown below.
Beat Priorities:
Burglary. The most recent burglary workshop took place on
1/3/14 in Princesmead. Please contact us if you would like us to
organise any further similar events.
Cycling on Pavements and in the town centre. The Cycle
operation, targeting cyclists in the town centre has now been
completed. Police have issued, 45 warnings and 4 fines.
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
7
10
3
7
0
0
CHERRYWOOD WARD
Your SNT team is PC Mark Ranola, PCSOs Lynn Anderson,
Gordon Pengilley and Nilam Rai.
Summary:
Burglary non dwelling. This month, a motor vehicle was
stolen from secure garage. A shed was also broken into and
items were taken. Offenders are using tools to force entry to the
property. We would like to encourage the residents to upgrade
their security systems and consider being more observant and
cautious in their area.
Theft of Pedal Cycle. Eleven pedal cycles were stolen from
the Farnborough 6th Form College’s premises in one day. Theft
of pedal cycles has constantly been major issue in the
Farnborough area.
Therefore, bike owners are advised to use a decent “D” lock to
secure their bike. Use a lock that has the Sold Secure Logo –
visit www.soldsecure.com for more information. Also register
your bike on Immobilise.com
ASB noise-nuisance. We responded to ten noise reports in
this month, which was high compared to last month statistics.
We would encourage that noise-nuisances are reported to
Environmental Health Department at Rushmoor Borough
Council.
If you are experiencing such problems, please avoid
confrontation and report to the right authority for them to deal
with the complaint.
Beat Priorities:
NHW. New scheme are being set up in Caswell Close and
Bracklesham Close. NHW scheme is a voluntary system run by
local residents in order to create a two way communication
between the police and local community.
Vehicle Crime. There were three reports of theft from motor
vehicle. Three people were arrested in relation to one of the
incidents.
Offences can take place during any time of the day, whether a
vehicle is parked in a driveway, on the street or in a public car
park. Please consider fitting alarms or immobiliser in your car.
More information about alarms can be found on the Thatcham
and Sold Secure Website.
Littering, parking issues and ASB in Fairfax Park. A small
scale survey was carried out in the ward to understand
residents’ concerns and issues. Nearly 60% of the replies were
concerned about littering in the area. Therefore, for next two
months, tackling litter issue would be added to our priority list.
Upcoming Events:
Cherrywood Week 15th March – 27th March
Spring Clean 22nd March 1000 hrs – 1200 hrs
Monthly Statistics:
The figures for last month’s recorded occurrences in this Ward
are shown below.
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
11
9
2
3
1
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that this concern remains as a community priority for this ward.
COVE & SOUTHWOOD WARD
Your SNT team is PC Lee Jeffers and PCSO Michelle
Curtis.
Summary:
On Friday 28/02/14, Cove & Southwood Ward held its
Community Forum at Rushmoor Community Football Club,
Grasmere Road in Farnborough. The forum was informed that
the crime statistics for 2013 – 2014 were on target to achieve
the reduction set by the Home Office for this year. It was
decided by the community present that the priorities for Cove &
Southwood should be:
1. Speeding vehicles on Southwood Road.
2. Nuisance vehicles in the vicinity of Summit Avenue and the
tributary roads.
3. Developing Neighbourhood Watch across the ward.
Beat Priorities:
Speeding vehicles on Southwood Road. Southwood Road
has seen two speedwatch operations being conducted during
February 2014. On 03/02/14, speedwatch monitored the
speeds of 248 vehicles and found 24 vehicles travelling above
the enforceable speed. On 18/02/14, speedwatch monitored the
speeds of 303 vehicles and found 5 vehicles travelling above
the enforceable speed. Those vehicles recorded travelling
above the enforceable speed will be contacted by a letter from
the Hampshire Constabulary. The community have requested
Nuisance vehicles. As a result of numerous complaint over
the last couple of months, the Farnborough SNT raised this
matter as a community concern for Cove & Southwood. To
date, one driver has been reported for Dangerous Driving and a
Dangerous Vehicle, one driver has been issued with a Fixed
Penalty Notice with a fine of £100 and 3 points on his licence,
and 3 drivers have been issued with Section 59 Police Reform
Act warnings for anti social driving. A Section 59 PRA warning
lasts for 12 months and if the driver or the vehicle is observed
to be driving in an anti social manner during this period, then
the police have the power to seize the vehicle.
Upcoming Events:
Police surgeries are held on the 1st Sunday of each month
between 10 am and Midday in the Cafe at Morrison's
Supermarket, Links Way, Farnborough. Please come and see
us if you wish to discuss any concerns in you neighbourhood.
Monthly Statistics:
The figures for last month’s recorded occurrences in this Ward
are shown below.
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
4
1
2
2
0
2
FERNHILL WARD
Your SNT team is PC Martin Cole and PCSO Mitch While.
Summary:
This Month we have seen a variety of incidents taking place.
The most notable of these are a theft of a pushbike, a theft from
a motor vehicle and a tampering with motor vehicle offences.
There were also two separate occurrences of thefts from the
Co-Op store, for which a male was detained for one of the
offences, arrested and remanded in custody.
We have also suffered two criminal damage reports within the
ward.
As a result of the recent beat Forum, Chapel Lane has been
added as a priority, the speed watch volunteers already have
two dates pencilled in for March as well as the Sandy Lane site.
Parking Issues Guillemont School. There is still no news on
when the County Council are planning on painting the white
lines outside the school.
Neighbourhood Watch.
We are planning adding more
neighbourhood watch within the ward and are in the process
drawing up a list of roads that we can canvass throughout the
coming Months.
Upcoming Events:
Beat Priorities:
Burglaries. In relation to Burglaries within Fernhill ward we
have had no burglaries or non dwelling burglaries through the
Month of February. We have been placing the mobile CCTV
van within the ward to deter burglary and help to reduce
speeding vehicles.
Speedwatch. In relation to Speed watch unfortunately one of
the date's in February was cancelled. On 27th Feb, 141
vehicles were checked, 4 of which were found to be above the
trigger point for which they have been sent letters.
Beat surgeries are held on the first Saturday of every Month at
The Fox Public house between 10.00 and Midday. Please feel
free to come and visit us with any concerns you have, also at
the surgeries there will always be at least one local Councillor
and often the local County Councillor.
Monthly Statistics:
The figures for last month’s
recorded occurrences in this
Ward are shown below.
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
2
3
0
2
0
1
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Prevention Surgeries have been well attended so far and we
hope this will continue.
KNELLWOOD & ST MARKS WARD
Parking Issues near to South Farnborough Junior School.
Joint patrols continue with the Civil Enforcement officers, we
have found that the problems in the area have reduced and
there have been no further complaints.
Your SNT team is PC David McDonald, PCSOs Jenni
Lawrence and Matthew Tulett.
Summary:
This month we have seen a rise in assaults, however the
majority of these are by people who are known to each other, so
we do not believe there is an increased risk to the general
public.
Speeding on Reading Road, Salisbury Road & Sycamore
Road. Speedwatch continue to carry out their excellent work to
reduce the speeds in the area.
Upcoming Events:
Of the three burglaries reported, two experienced very low value
thefts, though that does not detract from the feeling of invasion
in to the personal space. The remaining burglary was a very
high value theft of items.
We have several Mobile Crime Prevention Beat Surgeries
planned for the upcoming weeks. The local beat team will be on
hand to speak to residents about any issues that they might
have and to provide crime prevention advice to homeowners.
Please come and see us on:
We would strongly recommend that many high value items are
not stored within the home if possible, but instead kept in safety
deposit boxes or in safes which are bolted in to the ground if
they must be within the home.
Sun 9 Mar – Avenue Road 2pm-3pm
Sun 16 Mar – Osborne Road 2pm-3pm
We continue to see a reduction in Anti-social behaviour reports.
Monthly Statistics. The figures for last month’s recorded
occurrences in this Ward are shown below.
Beat Priorities:
Burglaries. We continue to carry out regular patrols in an effort
to reduce burglaries in the area. The pre-planned Crime
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
4
12
3
5
0
3
ST JOHNS WARD
Your SNT team is PC Lee Jeffers and PCSO Lisa
Attwood.
Summary:
The partner agencies including police, Sentinel Housing and the
Local Authority are still carefully monitoring several youths that
were identified back at the beginning of December 2013 as
being involved in causing Anti Social Behaviour on St. John’s
Ward. As a result of this continual work with these youngsters
the ASB figures for February for the whole of St. John's Ward
has fallen to just ONE reported incident. In addition during
February St. John's Ward has had no reports of Burglary,
Robbery or Vehicle crime.
The reports of damage to property have also fallen during
February, however police are investigating a report of damage
to a vehicle parked in Kingfisher Close on the evening of
Saturday 22nd February 2014. From enquiries made by police,
we have been made aware of a disturbance linked to a party at
a nearby address on the same evening and would appeal to
anyone who witnessed this disturbance in Kingfisher Close to
contact PCSO 13131 ATTWOOD.
Beat Priorities:
Anti Social Behaviour in and around the Pyestock Estate:
The Local Authority has now placed the order for the new
community building which will replace the current partnership
ASB
Assault
Burglary
1
5
0
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building at the rear of Whetstone Road shops. It is planned to
remove the old building on 27th March 2014 and some
preparation work will then take place before the new building
arrives on 14th April 2014. On these dates it will be necessary
to cone off some areas around the building location and part of
the service roads. Proposals for the use of the new building
include, youth clubs, community meetings and private hire to
local clubs / community groups.
Developing Neighbourhood Watch: Canvassing is now well
underway to create new NHW schemes in Woodlands Road
and Collier Close. At present St. John's Ward has 51 active
schemes with 1350 members.
Upcoming Events:
Beat surgeries are held on the 1st Saturday of each month
between 10 am and Midday in the restaurant at The Plough &
Horses public house, Fleet Road, Farnborough and on the 3rd
Thursday of each month between 3 pm and 4 pm at The
Partnership Building, rear of Whetstone Road Shops,
Farnborough. Please come and see us if you wish to discuss
any concerns in you neighbourhood.
Monthly Statistics:
The figures for last month’s recorded occurrences in this Ward
are shown below.
4
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
4
0
0
Advice for all Wards:
Many of the cable type bike locks are not strong enough to deter bike thieves. Farnborough SNT are
currently selling Kryptonite Silver Secure D-Locks for £20 (RRP £40) so if you would like to obtain one of
these then please e-mail us at:
[email protected]
WEST HEATH WARD
Your SNT team is PCSO Harry Collins-Hardman.
Cycling on Pavements. The dedicated operation targeting cycling
on the footpath and cycling with no lights has now come to an end
with warnings and fines being given out throughout the operation.
Summary:
There were a number of suspicious person and vehicle calls in West
Heath over the last month, a number of these have been unknown
people hanging around or cold calling. If there is anyone acting
strangely in your road, please contact Police via 101 so that Officers
can attend and check their details. If they are cold callers we are
happy to check they are from a genuine and reputable company as
this will combat door step crime to our vulnerable residents.
There was a general rise in reports across the ward over the last
month however most of these have been dealt with and where
appropriate further investigation/patrols are continuing to bring the
number down. A vehicle was seized on Fernhill Road this month due
to the driver having no insurance and was formally dealt with.
Although the operation has come to an end I will be continuing to
patrol the areas highlighted as problem
areas as will colleagues from Town Centre
who also suffer from this issue.
Upcoming Events:
A Crime Prevention Surgery and Property
recording session will be held on 13th
March 2014 at Medway shops. I will be
there from 6pm to 7pm and welcome
residents to come along for general crime
prevention advice and to raise any issues/
concerns regarding the West Heath area.
Beat Priorities:
A Ward forum will be arranged in due
course.
Blunden Park ASB. Again this month there has been no reports
of any Anti Social Behaviour in the area of Blunden Hall and
surrounding park area.
Monthly Statistics:
During patrols some groups have been found however there was no
alcohol or untoward activity going on. Patrols will continue especially
over the next few months as we start heading towards the warmer
weather.
The figures for last month’s recorded occurrences in this Ward
are shown below.
ASB
Assault
Burglary
Damage
Robbery
Veh Crime
4
6
0
2
0
5
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