Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

October 2010

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Amy Rainbird PCSO 6522 Brabrook

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

I received a call the other day from a member of public who had been called, allegedly by Sky, and asked for payment over the phone for a “Satellite services repair warranty” which he knew had already been paid for. When the caller was asked to quote the householder’s account number, he was unable to do so and so there is a good chance that this was a bogus call.

Upon checking up on Sky fraud, I found the below two articles which I have pasted in from www.skyuser.co.uk and www.digitalspy.co.uk which I though offered good advice

A company named 'Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd' is currently targeting consumers with the following statement either by telephone or by mail.

"URGENT NOTICE - Your Sky Digital Satellite System Warranty Is Due To Expire - Call 0871 423 7974 without delay"

If you receive a letter from this company or any other company stating this or words to similar effect, either ignore it and dispose of it or forward it to your local trading standards office for them to investigate.

We have had reports of another scam, householders have been receiving calls - allegedly from District Councils to say that they are to be awarded a Council Tax rebate and asking them to call up (on a number which the caller specifies) to arrange for funds to be transferred.

District Council know nothing of this and have confirmed that they WOULD NOT advise people of any overpayments in such a manner.

Please warn your friends and neighbours that this is a BOGUS call and if anyone receives such a call, they should report it to us on 0845 33 00 222 and NOT divulge any personal details to the caller.

Once again, can I advise you that you should NEVER give any personal or banking details over the phone, unless you can be absolutely sure of who you are talking to.

Veh Fastest Av.

Hinxworth	High Street	10/09/10 1600 - 1630	29 veh / 36 mph / 26.4 mph
Newham	Ashwell road	10/09/10 1500 - 1530	18 veh / 37 mph / 28 .7 mph
Weston	Damask Green Road	27/09/10 1100 - 1130	20 veh / 32 mph / 24.2 mph
Bygrave	Upper Bygrave	10/09/10 1700 - 1730	27 veh / 38 mph / 28.3 mph
Ashwell	Station Road (40 limit)	27/09/10 0930 - 1000	25 veh / 51 mph / 35.5 mph
Ashwell,	Newnham Way	28/09/10 0835 - 0905	27 veh / 44 mph / 29.8 mph

Date & Times	Location	Cautions	Fixed fines	Prosecutions
07.55 – 08.30 17/09/10	Barley Camb Rd	3	2	0
08.40 - 09.10 17/09/10	Therfield Rooks Nest	2	1	0
13.00 – 13.30 17/09/10	Mill End Rusden	2	0	0
07.20 – 07.50 17/09/10	Barkway Camb Rd	3	3	0

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

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/700	Burglary	Newnham	04-11/09/10
Offender(s) have removed padlocks from a secure building; offender(s) have stolen gardening equipment.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/711	Theft	Bygrave	13-14/09/10
Offender(s) have stolen a caravan from a secure area.

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/673	Burglary - Dwelling	Barkway	01/09/10
Offender(s) have gained entry to a secure property.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/674	Burglary - Dwelling	Barkway	01/09/10
Offender(s) have gained entry to a secure property, and stole several valuable items.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/714	Burglary - other	Nuthampstead	15-16/09/10
Offender(s) have gained entry to an unsecure garage and stolen several power tools.

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/10/476	Burglary - Other	Luffenhall	03-04/09/11
Offender(s) have cut through padlocks and gained entry, offender(s) then stole items from building.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/10/487	Theft – from motor vehicle	Weston	11-12/09/11
Offender(s) have stolen car badge from the rear of the vehicle.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/10/488 - 93	Theft – from motor vehicle	Weston	11-12/09/11
Offender(s) have stolen car badge from vehicle.

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	2	1	29
09-10	3	3	10	3	1	1	2	1	24
10-11	0

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	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	1	4
09	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	2
10	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	08/07/09	SANDON	22/04/09
THERFIELD	06/09/10	REED	04/03/09
BARKWAY	23/06/10	BARLEY	01/06/09
KELSHALL	20/04/09	NUTHAMP	09/06/09
ASHWELL	02/06/10	BYGRAVE	14/01/09
CALDECOTE	05/05/08	WESTON	12/08/10
RADWELL	10/05/10	WALLINGTON	08/07/09
HINXWORT	09/09/10	CLOTHALL	02/07/08

Area	Last Meeting	Next Meeting	Location and Time
G4E	Monday 26th July 8pm
G4D	Wed 3^rd February 2010	Weds 1st Sept 8pm	Barkway Village Hall
G3C	Tue 2^nd February 2010	Weds 25th August at 8pm	Rushden Village, Hall.

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

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

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

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Keith Bone , Charlie Snowdon

Meeting

20/01/10

Tasks set

1. Tackling incidents of hare coursing and nuisance vehicle use within the rural community on Saturday & Sundays between the hours 06.00 – 19.00 (G4D, G4E, G3C).

2. To improve/increase intelligence gathering in relation to suspicious vehicles/persons and attend incidents when reported. (G4D, G4E, G3C)

3. To tackle speeding - locations West end / Newnham Way Ashwell, Station Rd, Ashwell. Upper Bygrave Rd, Bygrave, London Road, Barley, Cambridge Rd Barkway, The Causeway, Therfield, Ashwell Road, Newham, Damask Green Road, Weston, Outside the Moon and Stars public house, Rushden and High Street, Hinxworth. 10 Speed checks a Month. From June 09 to Sep 09 to have a temporary trial on monthly enforceable checks in Barley, Therfield & Rusden.

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00
Barkway – Reading Room. Barley – Church. Weston – Post Office. Ashwell URC Hall. Sandon Cecil Sales
Weds 8^th Sept - Weston	Thurs 2^nd Sept - Barley	Fri 3^rd Sept - Ashwell
Weds 13^th Oct - Sandon	Thurs 14^th Oct - Barkway	Fri 1^st Oct - Ashwell
Weds 3^rd Nov - Weston	Thurs 11^th Nov - Barley	Fri 5^th Nov - Ashwell





Weds 8^th Dec - Sandon	Thurs 9^th Dec - Barkway	Fri 3^rd Dec - Ashwell

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.