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                            Update from your local officer

Just a few bits to report this month, which includes some good news, and some slight changes to the Police Staff covering the area. We have also had our Safer Neighbourhood Team Governance meeting/Community Forum, which again saw a good attendance with representatives from a number of villages.

Incidents –
Mentioned in the last newsletter was a fire at a farm at Alsop en le Dale that occurred at the start of July 2009. Enquiries have been made and the persons responsible traced. This enquiry has involved a neighbouring Police Force, and is now almost complete. Also featured in the last newsletter was a Butchers advertising board taken from Tissington Village. The board has managed to find its way home having been found left on the shop doorstep.

Our Priority Profile at the moment relates to concerns about Dovedale Car Park and the people who visit it at night. We have continued to make checks to the area, and a number of cars have been checked and searched. Following such a check a person was dealt with having been found in possession of Cannabis. This profile was discussed at the recent Governance meeting and it will continue as a priority for the area.

We have had some thefts of cycles on a number of Caravan/Camping sites across the Stations area. On our area, bikes were stolen from the Sandybrook area on 29th August and on the 12th September 2009. Both occurred either late evening or during the night. If anyone is seen acting suspiciously on the Tissington Trail near to Seven Arches, or generally between Ashbourne and Thorpe, late afternoon or during the night, please ring us so we can try and check them out. We are looking at ways of trying to help the sites so they can offer customers more security options for their bikes. Just over the border, Staffordshire Police have suffered a few shed burglaries where expensive Mountain Bikes have been stolen.

We have had a few cars at The Hallsteads, Kniveton damaged and tampered with. These occurred overnight on the 13th September 2009.

At the recent Governance Meeting held at Bradbourne Village Hall, a number of issues were discussed. The main concerns raised were road safety issues, overgrown hedges obscuring signs, parking, speeds, etc. These are to be raised with Derbyshire County Council. I have also just had a site meeting with DCC Highways on the A5012 Elton Moor, to discuss some collision prevention ideas.

Staff Changes – We continue to have an area that is low on crime and antisocial behaviour. In relation to these it continues to be one of the best areas in the Country to live in. As Ashbourne has more issues and problems it has been decided by the Command Team that I will work more in the town on the Ashbourne Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT), whilst PCSO* Kate CLEVELEY will cover the rural Tissington SNT. Kate has been working in Ashbourne for some time, and is already known to many people across the Tissington SNT area. We should be able to overlap a little but Kate will now be your main point of contact.

Ian COOPER PC 1525                                                                22nd September 2009
Kate CLEVELEY PCSO 4431
*Police Community Support Officer

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Police Non Emergency 0345 1233333 (Non Emergency, for suspicious incidents, etc, requiring prompt attention, and routine calls)

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 (Call anonymously with information about crime)

Call Derbyshire 08456 058 058 (Derbys. Co. Council call centre, for reporting highways issues, e.g. potholes, verges obscuring junctions, icy roads, etc. Also any other County Council issues, e.g. Trading standards, etc.)

Severn Trent Water 0845 604 1655 (To check on the identity of callers claiming to work for the Water Board)

Please remember if you see, hear, or are told about someone that is acting suspiciously, or causing a nuisance, please make a note of any details. Registration numbers, good descriptions, are very helpful. Please ring us, if possible at the time. You do not have to give your details, you will be asked for them, but you can decline and remain anonymous. The most important thing is that the information is passed on.