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October 9th From Monday 16th to Friday 20th September members of the Neighbourhood Teams were involved in Operation Ranger as part of Rural Crime week. The intention of the operation is aimed at increasing the awareness of rural crime and ways to help prevent it by speaking to businesses and farmers. In addition some of the PCSOs were matched with their Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators and spent the day visiting “hot spots” around the area. Steventon PCSO Andrew Gunn looks after the village of Steventon and recently he has been involved in the following. · Trying to resolve the parking issues at the Steventon Primary School. · Looking to create and set up a neighbourhood watch scheme with local members of the public. During October he will be: · Patrolling the area and on the lookout for any rogue traders or door to door sellers should he receive this kind of information from the community. · Giving a talk on fireworks night and Halloween at Steventon Primary School years 3 to 6 · He will be holding a Have Your Say meeting on Sunday 20th October from 12pm until 1pm outside the Co-op in Steventon. East Hendred, West Hendred, Ardington and Lockinge My name is PCSO Sue Harris and I have taken over from Catherine Johnson as your Police Community Support Officer. Although I am new to your area, I am not new to the world of PCSOs, having previously worked in Wantage Town for 7 years. I have already met some residents and business owners on my travels, but look forward to meeting more of you. Thames Valley Alert – This is an alert system whereby you can receive a text, email or landline message regarding any crime or incidents in your area. See below for details on how you can sign up, which is completely free, or you can collect a form from East Hendred or Ardington shop and either send it back to Abingdon Police Station or leave at the shops for me to collect. I had a lovely time meeting the children at both St Amand’s School and East Hendred Church of England School. At St Amand’s the children got to look around a police car, talk to control room on the radio and make lots of noise putting the sirens on! At the Church of England School I post coded numerous bicycles. I will be doing this again and the school will advertise dates. With Halloween approaching I shall leave some “No Trick or Treat” posters with both Ardington and East Hendred shop if you would like one. If you have any issues or fears on Halloween please do not sit at home worried, phone us on either the non emergency number of 101 or in an emergency 999. I will be holding a Have Your Say Meeting on Tuesday 12th November from 6pm until 6.30pm in Snells Hall, East Hendred. Please stop and have a chat with me if you see me in the village. If you need to contact me ask for PCSO 9825 Sue Harris via the 101 telephone number. Or you can email me at WantageandGroveNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk – please note this email address cannot be used to record crimes or for urgent matters. Upton, Chilton and Blewbury PCSO Mike Clayden will be visiting a number of schools on his area giving presentations and advice to the children on enjoying Fireworks night and Halloween safely in the lead up to these events. Mike will be holding Have Your Say meetings as follows: Thursday 10th October from 11am until 12pm in Blewbury at the Bus Stop on the A417 next to the Barley Mow Saturday 26th October from 3pm until 4pm at Upton Village Hall Saturday 26th October from 4pm until 5pm at Chilton Village Hall PCSO Denise Clements and PCSO Gary Kirby spent a morning at Savages Garden Centre where they were on hand to give free and impartial crime prevention advice. They were giving out free property marker pens and signed lots of new members to the Thames Valley Alerts. Have Your Say Meetings will be held as follows Thursday 10th October from 11am until 12pm in Blewbury at the Bus Stop on the A417 next to the Barley Mow Thursday 7th November from 11am until 12pm in Blewbury at the Bus Stop on the A417 next to the Barley Mow He will be holding a Have Your Say meeting in Harwell Village Hall on Sunday 3rd November from 2pm until 3pm. Thames Valley Alert Receive free local crime alerts and crime prevention advice by registering at www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk today. This allows anyone who signs up to choose what updates they receive and how they would like to receive it. A new option includes receiving information via text but more traditional landline and email messages are still available. You can also filter the updates you receive by specifying the priority level of the messages you receive. Contact Us If you want any advice or would like to contact the Neighbourhood team you can call us on the police non-emergency number 101 but if your call is an emergency then dial 999. You can also contact us via email: WantageandGroveNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk – please note this email address cannot be used to record crimes or for urgent matters. If you have information about crime or Anti Social Behaviour in your area but you do not want to speak to the police, please call the Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. To view information on your Neighbourhood team, visit the force website www.thamesvalley.police.uk
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