Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

March 2009

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

Be ‘Ready for Anything’

A two week radio campaign which called on people across the county to think a head of an emergency and be ‘Ready for Anything’ took place in January and February this year.

Developed by Hertfordshire Resilience, the county’s multi-agency planning forum, ‘Ready for Anything’ targetted the vulnerable at home - those people who are elderly and live alone, or who rely on support from a family member or professional care service or those who are socially isolated.

The themes of the campaign cover bad weather and flu which are highlighted as areas for attention on the county’s risk register. Using scenarios of flooding and household emergencies, the radio adverts ask people to think about what practical and common sense things they can do to avoid problems in the event of a crisis which affects their home.

It is also being supported by BBC Three Counties Radio who are running a series of feature programmes around flooding, flu and severe weather next week on their breakfast show.

Richard Smith, Executive Member for Community Safety, said: "The authorities in Hertfordshire have plans in place to respond to emergencies, but it is important that residents to think about simple things they can do now to prepare for an emergency such as severe weather, flooding and widespread influenza.

"The best items to have in your home in case of an emergency are a torch, radio (battery powered), telephone numbers of family and friends and emergency help lines, bottled water, ready-to-eat food and a first aid kit.

"Simple things to prepare include making copies of financial documents and keeping them somewhere safe that you can access in an emergency, and familiarising yourself with how to switch off gas, electricity and water supplies."

Have you befriended a vulnerable person, are any of your neighbours vulnerable or are members of your family vulnerable? A leaflet called 'Ready For Anything' proving information and guidance is available at your local library. It includes useful tips, advice and contact information on issues such as;

● a Carers Emergency Scheme;

● the effects of flooding and how to prepare;

● vulnerable customer schemes offered by utility providers;

● what to have in your home and car in case of an emergency;

● electric blanket and home fire safety checks

If an emergency happens, tune in to your local radio station. The authorities will use local radio to update and advise the public.

The leaflet, plus further information is available at www.hertsdirect.org/emergency or call 01992 555961 for a copy.

No speed checks this month due to device failure

G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/99	Burglary-(other)	Slip End	6^th Feb 09
Offenders stole motor cycle from barn.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/104	Theft-from motor vehicle	Ashwell Street	6 - 7 Feb 09
Petrol siphoned

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/137	Burglary-(other)	Ashwell Street	17^th Feb 09
Factory entered by forcing door and items stolen

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/140	Burglary-(dwelling)	Ashwell Road, Hinx’th	17^th Feb 09
Entered by forcing toilet window and stole items

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/152	Theft-of motor vehicle	Newinn road, Hinxworth	21 – 22 Feb 09
Stole vehicle off driveway

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/09/172	Burglary-(other)	High street Hinxworth	24 – 26 Feb 09
Offenders broke into sheds and stole items

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/106	Damage	Barkway	8^th Feb 09
Snow ball used to break window.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/147	Burglary-(other)	Barkway	19^th Feb 09
Entered garage by kicking front door and stole cash

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/181	Burglary-(other)	Nuthamptead	28^th Feb 09
Offender/s cut through steel padlock and stole property.

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

No reported Crime.

Reported Hare coursing Incidents in our area.

	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
03-04	3	13	28	3	8	13	9	3	80
04-05	4	13	4	0	4	0	1	0	26
05-06	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	6
06-07	0	4	4	6	1	0	2	0	17
07-08	3	10	4	6	9	2	4	3	43
08-09	7	5	2	4	4	4

Number of Sunday Hare Coursing and Nuisance Vehicle Patrols Carried Out to Reduce. coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use, patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8am.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
07								3	3	3	0	3
08	9	5	6	8	8	2	2	2	2	3	1	4
09	1	1

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	02/07/08	SANDON	26/03/08
THERFIELD	26/11/08	REED	05/03/08
BARKWAY	15/07/08	BARLEY	04/02/08
KELSHALL	21/04/08	NUTHAMP	01/05/07
ASHWELL	01/10/08	BYGRAVE	14/01/09
CALDECOTE	05/05/08	WESTON	13/03/08
RADWELL	29/04/08	WALLINGTON	02/07/08
HINXWORT	14/02/08	CLOTHALL	02/07/08

Area	Last Meeting	Next Meeting	Location and Time
G4E	19th November 08	Tue 7th April 8pm	Hinxworth Village Hall
G4D	9^th October 08	Tue 21st April 8pm	Therfield Fordam Hall
G3C	23rd October 08	Tue 2nd June 8pm	Rushden Village Hall

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, , Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Peter Shuttlewood, Keith Bone Christine Schwick, Janette Kingsley.

Meeting

12/08/08

Tasks set

1. High visibility patrols in daylight hours in a bid to Reduce Incidents of hare coursing, Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use. Three Sunday Hare coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8pm. Log to be published each month.

2. Continue with crime prevention and evidence gathering securing evidence in relation to suspicious vehicles. All suspicious vehicles that appear in rural locations to be full checked and information forwarded to police information systems.

3. Continue with speed checks by PCSO’s to monitor vehicle speeds. Details of locations to be taken from Parish Councils and details published each month. Enforcement was not considered a good use of resources.

4. Next meeting Tuesday 10^th march 2009.

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00
Barley, St Mary s Church. Barkway, St Mary Church	Rushden, Mill End Nursery Sandon, Cecil Sale Weston Village shop	Ashwell URC Hall
Thur 5th March - Barley	Tues 3rd March - Rushden	Fri 6^th March
Thurs 2nd April - Barkway	Weds 1^st April- Weston	Fri 3^rd April
Thurs 14th May - Barley	Weds 13th May - Sandon	1^st May
Thurs 25th June - Barkway	Weds 24th June - Rushden	5^th June
Thurs 9th July - Barley	Weds 22 July - Weston	3^rd July
Thurs 6th August - Barkway	Weds 5th August - Sandon	7^th August
Thurs 3rd September -Barley	Weds 2nd Sept Rushden	4^th September
Thurs 15th October -Barkway	Weds 14th October - Sandon	2^nd October
Thurs 12th November -Barley	Weds 11th Nov - Rushden	6^th November
Thurs 10th Dec Barkway	Weds 9^th Dec - Weston	4^th December

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.

http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm

Rural Watch

Jan

RUSHDEN

SANDON

THERFIELD

ASHWELL

BYGRAVE

CALDECOTE

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.