POLICE ALERTS

Your Principal Beat Officers are:
PC1837 Adam Dewfield
PC2199 Henry Henderson

You can contact Adam or Henry by telephone or e-mail
as follows:

Telephone:
0116 222 2222 X3929

VoiceMail:
Please dial the telephone number and when prompted enter the officer's ID number (shown above)

E-mail:
adam.dewfield@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk
or
henry.henderson@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk

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Adam and Henry work together with Police Community Support Officers Steve Adams and Elaine Morton to form Broughton Astley's Neighbourhood Policing Team. Working closely with the District Council's Area Enforcement Officer, Melanie Wilkinson, they aim to provide a level of policing that is second to none.

Doorstep Sellers

Harborough police have received information from Neighbourhood Watch members living in Husbands Bosworth that they had been visited by doorstep sales people selling dusters and allegedly claiming to be ex-offenders from a local young offender’s facility.

Having been in touch with several agencies including the young offender’s facility, Police confirmed that they are unaware of any such scheme for ex-offenders.

It is well known that distraction burglars and other doorstep criminals will often carry out some form of reconnaissance in an area prior to carrying out any offences. This reconnaissance will often take the form of calling at the homes of elderly and vulnerable residents and trying to sell products on the doorstep. As such Harborough police would like to know where and when these doorstep salespeople arrive on our patch. They encourage anyone to report any such doorstep sales activity to the police by phoning 0116 222 2222.

Whilst we obviously cannot and will not state that all doorstep salespeople have criminal intentions, the police are keen to ensure that they continue to receive good quality timely intelligence so that they can react accordingly to deploy appropriate police resources.

Garden Thieves Return For Summer

Recently the Police have had several reports of thefts of garden planters. Various types of ornamental planers, tubs and pots have been stolen from outside peoples homes and from inside their gardens.

At this time of year many people begin to fill their planters with bedding plants ready for the coming summer season. A planted tub or planter can be an attractive item for a passing thief as they can be sold on for a few pounds quite quickly.

Harborough police would urge the following advice:-

• Consider anchoring your planters with discreet wiring to prevent easy removal.
• Consider placing a brick or two in the bottom of your planters before filling them to make them lass easy to walk away with.
• Try to avoid placing planters in easy reach of any public walkways or paths.
• Consider placing any high value planters out of sight in your back garden instead of outside the front of your home.

If anyone has any information about anybody responsible for these recent thefts, you can pass this information onto the police by phoning 0116 222 2222 or you can call CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111.

Garage Break-ins

There has been a recent increase in the number of garage burglaries, particularly at Lutterworth. However, it does not take long for Broughton Astley to appear on the criminals' radar, and that means we may be next. To avoid potential problems please ensure that your garage is securely locked overnight, and during the daytime if you are out at work.

If you do store high value items in your garage, try to improve security by parking a vehicle close up to the door itself.

For further crime prevention advice contact the Area Crime Prevention Officer. Ring 0116 222 2222 for details.

When to call 999

Think carefully before you dial 999 as trivial calls could potentially put lives at risk in a genuine emergency.

Some of the 999 calls logged recently have been requests for telephone numbers or travel directions and someone even rang to say "I need somewhere to stay as my girlfriend has thrown me out" and "Will you put me through as I've got no credits on my mobile."

Of the 131,372 calls received from April 2005 to March 2006, in the region of 33,000 calls were deemed to be an inappropriate use of the 999 system.

Inspector Nigel Banks said: “Our call takers will deal with those genuine calls that need a police response but some people call 999 when they don't actually need the police or when the situation is not a genuine emergency.

“Every minute spent speaking to a misguided caller jeopardises immediate responses to genuine emergencies, so please think before you dial.

“We hope you will never have to call on the emergency services, but if you do, the steps below should help to speed up the response to your call.”

You should ring the 999 system if:

* There is a direct and immediate threat to life, or property.

* Prompt attendance is required to catch suspects in the act of committing a crime or have just committed the crime and are in the vicinity.

Please do not use the ‘999’ system to report general nuisance or antisocial behaviour e.g. noisy neighbours or an abandoned car.

You can contact Leicestershire Constabulary on Leicester (0116) 2222222 for every other non- emergency situation - for example where no immediate police response is required or does not require police attendance at all.

If you have information about crime in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, you can contact us on Leicester (0116) 222 2222 or Crimestoppers, which is anonymous on 0800 555 111.

Please check any correspondence you may have received from Leicestershire Constabulary as this will often include a telephone extension number to assist with swift and direct contact with the right people to assist with your enquiry.

If you know the identification (collar) number of a particular officer, you can use our voice messaging system to leave them a message. Telephone Leicester (0116) 222 2222 - follow the instructions and when prompted, enter the officer's identification number to leave a message.

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