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Monthly Newsletter February 2015
Western Rural Police Team
Email western.rural.npu@cheshire.
Twitter @WesternRuralNPU
Website www.cheshire.police.uk
Message from Inspector Keith Curbishley
This month, I would like to concentrate my message on some of the measures you can take to prevent you from becoming a victim of crime.
Identity theft sounds innocuous, but can have long term effects on individuals’ ability to obtain future credit. Offenders will use a variety of means to gather basic information about you (name, address, phone number etc) and then use this to try to gather extra information – possibly by phoning you up, pretending to be from a bank or computer company, or going through rubbish in your wheelie bin for un-shredded documentation etc. They will then use this additional information to apply for things such as financial loans or home delivery shopping, which they will intercept before it reaches your door. Please treat your personal information with the same care that you take of your credit cards or cheque books – destroy or shred any paperwork with such details and do not divulge personal information to unsolicited callers.
Secondly, social media evolves quickly, with new sites quickly gaining in popularity. However, all sites require a certain amount of personal information about each user upon registration. They will also request additional information which enables additional features of the site to be accessed. Unless each user goes into ‘settings’ for the site to restrict how this information is used, then this information may well be available to all other users of the site! This information may well identify when a user is not at home, such that an offender will know when an address is unoccupied. If you use any social media sites (Facebook / Instagram / Twitter etc), please make sure you adjust your security settings to restrict who has access to your personal information.
Local priorities for February 2015
- Shed & Garage burglaries – Such outbuildings are being targeted by offenders, mainly overnight, stealing expensive pedal cycles and power tools. Officers are aware of the areas being targeted and are taking measures to deter future offences and to arrest the offenders.
- Road Safety – At this time of year, roads are often icey, hedges are thin, possibly allowing livestock to stray onto roads, and high winds regularly bring trees down. Police publicise as widely as possible where problems arise and also proactively target those who drive too fast for the conditions (note that this may be substantially less than the maximum speed limit)!
- Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) – Most people think of ASB as rowdy youths causing damage and litter etc. However, ASB also manifests itself as drug abuse, drunken behavior and driving without the correct documentation or when not fit, thereby putting members of the public at risk. Local officers will work closely with communities to identify culprits and then to target their unsociable behavior.
Local news
Waverton and Rowton.
1.A white Ford Transit van index AV59AOL has been seen in suspicious circumstances in the Ringway area of Waverton.The driver had been cold calling at houses,selling mattresses from the rear of the vehicle.
Christleton and Littleton.
1. A detached garage has been broken into on Littleton Lane, Littleton.Offenders have smashed a window and removed a leaf blower which they left behind.Forensic enquiries are continuing.
2.An attempted burglary has occurred at a premises on Skips Lane, Christleton.Offenders have opened a window and removed the secondary glazing, No entry was gained to the premises.This is similar to another burglary in Rowan Park the previous month, where offenders entered the premises through an insecure window.
3.Two sheds in a garden on Woodfields have been broken into.The two offenders were captured on CCTV forcing open the shed door and stealing a large quantity of fishing equipment and power tools.One offender was wearing a light coloured hooded top, the other offender was wearing a parka coat and a woollen hat .They are believed to have made off from the rear of the property, onto Village Road.
4. Police were called to an address on Woodfields following a report of an assault taking place.Whilst at the location a number of cannabis plants were discovered in the house.Two males have been arrested for cultivation of cannabis , assault and criminal damage.
PC 2236 Busby.Mickle Trafford police station
Voicemail; 0845 458 6394.
You said we did
1 You said-vehicles are speeding along Station Lane, Barrow.We did-speed enforcement has been carried out with one vehicle seized.Speed education carried out with warning letters issued to drivers regards minor speed infringements and the deployment of the speed indicator device.
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Local meetings
1 Waverton shops, Guy Lane, 1400-1600 Friday 13th February.
2 Barrow village stores, 1500-1600 Monday 23rd February.
