Issue 13 - October 2011 (PDF - Chipping Norton Times

THAMES VALLEY
POLICE
www.police.uk
news
and information
Neighbourhood Watch
Please consider joining your local Neighbourhood Watch.
Neighbourhood Watch is all about people getting together with
their neighbours to take action to cut crime.
Neighbourhood Watch schemes are community initiatives owned
and run by their members. They work by developing close liaison
between neighbourhood households and the local police. It is an
active partnership. Neighbourhood Watch schemes can:
• Cut crime and the opportunities for crime.
• Help and reassure those who live in the area.
• Encourage neighbourliness and closer communities.
For more information on how these schemes work, their benefits,
and running a scheme in your local area, please contact your local
Watch Administrator in Witney, Danielle Hilton - 01993 861640.
Each Neighbourhood Watch Scheme needs a co-ordinator, whose
main role is:
1. Maintain contact between the police and members of the NW
scheme.
2. Maintain a record of member households
3. Receive crime information from the Local Policing Team and
distribute this information to members.
4. Look out for the well being of vulnerable members.
5. Encourage members to be aware of and put into practice crime
reduction measures, such as property marking and fitting security
devices.
6. Supply each member with NW and police crime reduction
literature.
7. Promote vigilance amongst members and actively encourage
the early reporting of suspicious incidents direct to the police.
8. Welcome newcomers to the neighbourhood and invite them to
join the NW scheme.
9. Participate in the activities of the local NW Group.
10. Identify a Deputy Co-ordinator for the scheme.
Interested in becoming a co-ordinator in the is area? Contact
Danilee Hilton on – 01993 861640.
In general the public are very diligent about alerting us to
suspicious people and vehicles. It is important to encourage and
maintain this trend, as the more chances we have to check these
incidents helps us to maintain a relatively safe and secure
environment. Reports of unwanted calls range from cold callers
on the local estates to vehicles reported hanging about on farms
and around other isolated premises. The majority of cold callers
turn out to be genuine charities or other organisations such as
utility companies. However, this is not always the case, and you
should always call in on the non-emergency number if you are
worried. Any suspicious vehicles should always be reported - even
if nothing has happened at that time, it may be linked to another
crime. Any crime in progress should be reported using the 999
system.
Use 999 when:-
A crime is in progress - There is danger to life,
Violence is being used or threatened.
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