@WEL - Rural watch update 24/04/14

Between the evening of Saturday 19th April and 17:00hrs on Sunday 20th April 2 peacocks and 1 hen valued at £250 have been stolen from Bottom farm in KNIGHTCOTE. Incident 76 of 21st April refers.

Between 21:00hrs Saturday 19th April  and 08:30 Sunday 20th April 2 cast bronze animals ( a stag and a doe ) valued at about £1600 have been taken from  garden in Banbury road KINETON. Incident 84 of 20th April refers.

Sometime overnight a barn has been entered at a farm in Stratford road WELLESBOURNE.

A window has been broken on a VW 4x4 vehicle and an ipad  stolen from within.

Also the contents of a chest freezer, 2 chainsaws, and a Honda strimmer have been stolen.

Enquiries are due to commence this morning. Incident no 45 0f 24/04/14 refers.

Also overnight a burglary has taken place at a golf course in Bearley road SNITTERFIELD.

Again enquiries have commenced. Incident no 53 of 24/04/14 refers.

After a fairly quiet spell it appears that we are seeing a slight increase in bugrlary and theft across our rural area.

The local team will be out on patrol as much as possible to deter this activity and hopefully bring the offenders to justice.

In the meantime please be extra vigilant and report anything suspicious on 101 or obviously 999 if you think a crime is taking or is about to take place.   

@NAT - Did you know there are eight security features on the £20 note?

The 'Bank of England Banknotes' app is an interactive touch screen guide for checking your banknotes. It enables users to view all current Bank of England banknotes and their security features. For example: did you know there are eight security features on the £20 note?

Using its interactive touch screen guide, it enables users to view all current Bank of England banknotes and their security features. It also provides advice on what to do if you think you have a counterfeit note. The Bank would like people who are frequent users or acceptors of bank notes to forward news of the app to work colleagues and friends and encourage them to download and use it.

For more information go to the Bank of England website: www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/banknoteapp

Alternatively, to find the app directly on the Apple or Google Play stores search for ‘Bank of England Banknotes’.

@NAT - Herd the one about the stolen tractor?

New Crimestoppers rural crime campaign
Crimestoppers, the national crime-fighting charity, is teaming up with local volunteer committees, law enforcement agencies and rural partners across the country to launch an innovative, social media campaign to help fight the crimes that affect the livelihood and stability of our rural communities.

This campaign urges the public to help protect rural communities from the damaging effects of crime.  Rural theft cost the UK an estimated £42.3m in 2012 and can have far reaching consequences for communities in terms of the impact that this can have on the food chain, deliveries and supermarket prices.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE

@WEL - Bus shelter vandalised in Wellesbourne

A notice board and bus shelter have been vandalised in Stratford Road WELLESBOURNE sometime after 8pm on Wednesday 16th April.

Incident number 250 of 17/04/2014 refers.

Please call 101 or Crimestoppers if you can give any information on those responsible.

@WEL - Nottingham Knockers

We have received reports of doorstep sellers in SNITTERFIELD  who are generally from the Nottingham area and claim to be ex offenders trying to make a living from selling items such as dusters and household cleaning products. Invariably they do not have the required pedlar's licence to do this and often use pressure selling techniques.

If you are in any doubt about the authenticity of any ID that may be presented or are suspicious about any person who comes to your door please politely decline their services and discreetly phone Warwickshire police on 101 so that local officers can carry out the required checks.  

@NAT - Crime Prevention Website Newsletter #10

Newsletter Number 10

Plenty of useful advice from a retired Metropolitan police officer

Current Directory list

Bradling Security Limited - Installers of alarms, access control systems and CCTV

Selectaglaze Limited – Manufacturers and suppliers of enhanced security secondary glazing systems

It Does Lighting Limited - Lighting design company

CPR Call Blocker - Manufactures and supplies telephone call blocking devices and operates the Call Prevention Registry

ViPA UK Ltd - Supplier of specialist CCTV systems to the police and local authorities

Detect Deter Defend - Security Consultants and Supplier of Personal Security products and Services

Griffin Research and Consultancy - Security Consultants, Crime Research and Training

Sixth Sense Training - Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Training

Jupiter 2000 - Security and Fire Safety Consultants

UK Crime Reduction Service - Security Consultants

Bunjee Products - Suppliers of Safety Bunjees to protect phones, wallets etc

Strand DNA - Supplier of Door and Entry Point DNA Offender Marking and Security products

Switched on Products - Supplier of Wire-free Timers for Wall Light Switches

Jacksons Fencing - Manufacturer and Installer of Security Fencing and Access Solutions

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