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Farndon & Elston
Completed Beat Priorities
- Anti-Social Behaviour and Off Road Vehicles within the Community Show details
A survey was taken using the number of Incidents created by calls from the community within our beat area and a number of incidents, which have also been reported to the Safer Neighbourhood Team. It was discussed as a priority at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group meeting that during the evenings Youths are congregating and are engaging in Anti-Social Behaviour particularly on Marsh Lane in Farndon and that at various times in the day Off Road Motor Bikes and Mini Motor Bikes are also being ridden in and around the Farndon and Southern Villages Areas.
This priority will be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting, which will take place in January 2012.
We will update you regarding the time and venue
Our Response
The local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team have taken reports of individuals engaging in Anti-Social Behaviour in and around Farndon as well as using Off Road vehicles in an anti social and illegal manner in and around the southern villages.
We are encouraging the community to ring in any incidents of Anti-Social Behaviour and highlight any individuals that they see committing these acts.
To help combat the issues raised the Safer Neighbourhood Team in conjunction with the Off Road Team the Special Constabulary and along with the local Anti-Social Team from Newark and Sherwood District Council will be providing high visibility patrols in these areas at appropriate times.
Any group or individual reported/seen and identified engaging in any anti social act will be stopped and dealt with in the appropriate manner.
This would be by the use of a verbal/written warnings; the issuing of fixed penalty tickets and even where the need arises vehicles will be seized where appropriate.
The use of Media and Leaflet drops in and around the locality as well as in the local schools will help to highlight any Anti Social Behaviour along with the legality of owning any Off Road vehicle.
We will also be incorporating a Multi Agency approach with any individual or group should the need arise.
Use will also be made of stop search powers.
02/01/2012
Your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will be holding a Safer Neighbourhood Community Meeting regarding this priority.
The time and date and location for this public are to be arranged and we will be posting the details on this web site.
Please come along and have your say. Let us know what affects you as an individual or as a community.
22/12/2011
Do you know where your children are tonight?
What are they doing?
It has come to the attention of the Safer Neighbourhood Police Team that there is still a small minority of children going around Farndon Village engaging in acts of Anti-Social Behaviour.
We are asking you the community that if you see or hear anything in relation to these crimes for you to contact the Police on 101.
If you wish to report a crime in progress then please dial 999.
We want to be able to identify and deal with these individuals.
Help us to help you…..
From you Safer Neighbourhood Team we wish you all a Safe and Happy Christmas.
27/11/2011
Over the next coming months we the Safer Neighbourhood Team will be taking part in Operation Animism, which relates to attending and tackling reports of Anti Social Behaviour in and around your Community.
Your local Police Team along with the Special Constabulary and other partner agencies will be conducting High Visibility Patrols.
We will be taking positive action against anyone found undertaking any act of Anti Social Behaviour and persistent offenders will be visited at home and may be asked to enter into an Antisocial Behaviour Contract with the Police and Newark and Sherwood District Council.
Your call can help to make a difference……
Our Solution
Tansferred to cluster priorities - HGV problems at Alverton & Kilvington Show details
Concern has been raised at the Safer Neighbourhood Group meeting on the 6th January 2010 that Heavy goods vehicles are travelling through Alverton & Kilvington causing a danger to residents and other motorists.
This priority will be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting to be held At the Village Hall, Hawksworth Road, Syerston, Newark. on 07/04/2010
Our Response
The Local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will be conducting high visibility mobile patrols in and around the villages at various times to identify any of these heavy goods vehicles being driven and causing a danger to residents and other motorists.
Any vehicles found to be committing any offence while being driven through the villages will be stopped and the driver spoken to. Advice will be given to the drivers and letters will be sent out to the companies that they are driving for to highlight the issues. PC Walker we will also be issuing fixed penalty tickets where appropriate.
PCSO Munro and PC Walker will also be making use of the enforceable speed detection device that will enable them to highlight any speeding offences that take place through the 30mph speed limit set for the villages.
01/04/2010
The Safer Neighbourhood Team have been conducting further Speed Detection Operations at various locations and to date no further vehicles have been detected as driving over the stated speed limits.
However a number of other offences have come to light and these have been dealt with by means of a Caution or Fixed Penalty.
Other Offences related to: -
Driving while using a Mobile Phone,
Vehicle Lights,
Insecure Loads,
Seat-Belt Offences.
01/12/2009
PC Walker and PCSO Munro have conducted static / mobile patrols within the appropriate villages at various times of the day and to date no vehicle has been seen committing any offences.
The Safer neighbourhood group members are talking with the relevant Highways authority to identify a long term solution to large goods vehicles using this route.
Our Solution
The Safer Neighbourhood Group feel that, as this issue will continue it will not remain as one of their priorities. However we as a Safer Neighbourhood Team will continue to take an active part along with the local Community Speed Watch Groups.
However the local authorities are now looking at implementing a weight restriction with in the locations and further action on this will be implemented within the District and Parish Councils.
This has been fed back through the Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting and into the Community to give them the progress of this priority.
The community have thanked the Safer Neighbourhood Group for their attention to this priority and have praised the Safer Neighbourhood Team for their continued help. - Local School Parking Issues Show details
The Safer Neighbourhood Team are aware of a number of reports that vehicles are parking in a dangerous manner in and around the local schools. This has been highlighted at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting
This is happening at the start and end of the school day when parents/guardians are dropping off their children to go to the said schools.
This priority will be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting to be held At the Village Hall, Main Road, Cotham. Newark. on 07/07/2010
Our Response
The Safer Neighbourhood Team will be conducting high visibility patrols in and around the locality of the school at the appropriate times.
We will be engaging with the school, vehicle owners and pupils to highlight the issues and dangers that these parked vehicles are causing and that we will be there to ensure the pupils safety as they travel to and from school.
We will be stopping and speaking to the drivers found to be causing a danger / obstruction when they park their vehicles and we will be issuing fixed penalty notices to vehicles that are found to be committing any offences.
08/07/2010
This priority has been reviewed and you the Community have said you would like it closing, but have asked if we the Safer Neighbourhood Team would continue to monitor the parking, which we have agreed to do.
28/06/2010
You the Community and the Safer Neighbourhood Team will be reviewing this priority at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting.
04/05/2010
The Safer Neighbourhood Team attended the Local school Travel Plan Meeting along with the Head and Governors of the local School, Local Residents and a member from the Nottinghamshire County Council Road Safety.
We have produced a joint letter to highlight the concerns about child safety around the school entrance when Vehicles Park causing an obstruction. This will be distributed to local residents who live near the school and vehicle owners who drive to the school.
We have also discussed having a Walk to School Day for the children that we as the Safer Neighbourhood Team will look forward to taking part in.
01/04/2010
As you may have seen around the entrance to the local school, Yellow Lines have appeared.
These have been put in place by the local Highways Authority to help highlight the need to keep a certain area clear of vehicles to help with the safe ingress and egress of pupil.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team will continue to patrol and monitor the parking giving out advice and when necessary the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices for any obstructions seen.
05/03/2010
The Safer Neighbourhood Team have continued to provide High Visibility Patrols in and around the areas. We have still not found any vehicle to be committing any offence that we could issue a fixed penalty for.
03/01/2010
To date no vehicle has been found committing any offence that we could issue a fixed penalty ticket for. A number of vehicle owners have been spoken to and our advice seems to have been well received.
02/12/2009 PC Walker and PCSO Munro have conducted high visibility patrols around the school entrance, which has provided reassurance to the pupils as they enter and leave school
Our Solution
Without the local Authorities creating further parking for the local school this issue will always remain within the community if not as a national priority.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team will however continue to monitor these vehicles and drivers and take the appropriate action when needed.
Our main objective is to create a safer community for these pupils that go to and from the school and with their help we will make every attempt to progress further with this priority. - Fly tipping in rural area Show details
Concern as to the increase in fly tipping in gateways and dykes in the rural area, especially around the area of the Cotham Refuse Site.
Our Response
To work with Newark & Sherwood District Council to reduce the problem.
Our Solution
Having engaged with Newark and Sherwood council we now have a good working partnership to respond to cases of Fly Tipping.
We will continue to monitor the area in and around Cotham Refuse Site.
Also with the help of the owners of the recycling site in Cotham any reports of illegal tipping are again acted upon with the help of the environment agency. - Parking issues outside Farndon St Peters School Show details
Parking problems caused by motorists attending the school to drop off and collect children.
Our Response
To work in partnership with the school, residents and motorists to find a solution to a nationwide problem.
Our Solution
This priority will remain on our High Visibility Patrols to help to educate any driver that parks near to the school and causes a danger to children attending and leaving school.
The school in question has taken a big part in speaking to parents when they do park up causing a danger and with help from the children this is proving to have an effective outcome.
Some local parents are beginning to walk their children to school, while others are parking away from the school gates to help to alleviate the problem. - Burglaries and Distraction Burglaries Show details
It has been identified at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting and through surveys carried out with local residents that the fear of Dwelling Burglaries / Distraction Burglaries is a concern for residents throughout the southern rural villages.
It has therefore been agreed to adopt this concern as a Safer Neighbourhood Beat Priority.
This priority will be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Community Meeting, which will take place in January 2012.
We will update you regarding the time and venue
Our Response
The Safer Neighbourhood Team along with the local Neighbourhood Watch Members will offer and deliver free crime reduction advice to householders within these rural communities.
We will update local communities with our actions taken and we will also provide further High Visibility Patrols in and around these rural village locations to offer further reassurance.
Intelligence will be gathered by means of Stop and Search powers on any known offenders found to be in and around these rural locations and we will look at taking positive action where required.
If you the community have any information in relation to a crime or you see or hear anything suspicious then please contact your local Police on 101.
Alternatively you can contact Crime Stoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.
02/01/2012
Your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will be holding a Safer Neighbourhood Community Meeting regarding this priority. The time and date and location for this public are to be arranged and we will be posting the details on this web site. Please come along and have your say. Let us know what affects you as an individual or as a community.
23/12/2011
We the Safer Neighbourhood Police Team have to report that after a call regarding a Burglary in progress was made to the Police a number of Officers attended Farndon Village; this included the Police helicopter and a Police Dog Unit.
With a well coordinated search made by the officers the helicopter and the dog unit, two males were arrested nearby in relation to the burglary and are currently helping police with their enquiries.
27/11/2011
Over the period of November we the Police have taken a number of reports regarding sheds that have been broken into and items stolen from within.
Did you see or hear anything in relation to these Incidents. If you did then please call the Police on 101 or you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
25/10/2011
This priority has been discussed at the last Safer Neighbourhood Community Meeting.
I would like to thank all those that attended, and we have agreed to keep this priority active.
I also have to report that we have had two further incidents reported regarding outbuildings having been broken into and items stolen. Again if you saw or heard anything suspicious in and around the area at the time, then please contact the Police on 101 quoting the reference number.
Between 9.30am on 21/10/2011 and 12.30pm on 22/10/2011 along the A 46 near to Elston a unit has been broken into and items stolen. Please Quote BN/082950/11.
On the 23/10/2011 at 9.00pm and 24/10/2011 at 7.30am a farm building in Elston was entered and items stolen from within. Please Quote BN/083195/11
Our Solution
No longer an issue - Rural / Agricultural Crime Show details
It was discussed at the last Safer Neighbourhood Community meeting that the southern communities were becoming concerned with regards to the increase in rural crime in and around their villages / farms
It has therefore been agreed to adopt this concern as a Safer Neighbourhood Beat Priority.
This priority will then be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting, which will take place in January 2012.
Our Response
The Safer Neighbourhood Team will be undertaking further high visibility patrols in and around the southern rural villages
We will update local communities with our actions taken.
Intelligence will be gathered by means of Stop and Search powers on any offenders found to be in and around these rural locations and we will look at taking positive action where required.
If you the community have any information in relation to a crime or you see or hear anything suspicious then please contact your local Police on 101.
Alternatively you can contact Crime Stoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.
02/01/2012
Your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will be holding a Safer Neighbourhood Community Meeting regarding this priority. The time and date and location for this public are to be arranged and we will be posting the details on this web site. Please come along and have your say. Let us know what affects you as an individual or as a community.
23/12/2011
Your Safer Neighbourhood Team will be looking at visiting all the local farms within their rural area that they police.
As well as introducing ourselves to the owners/farmers, we will want to offer further Crime Reduction advice and we will also be looking at working with the NFU in order to identify any issues within or around the local farming community.
27/11/2011
Your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team has been conducting high visibility in and around the rural communities.
We have to report that there has been two incidents of theft from the construction area off the A46, one being of fuel from a vehicle and the other being machinery items.
Also we have taken a report of a trailer that has been stolen from a yard in Staunton in the Vale.
If you did see or hear anything in relation to these incidents then please contact the Police on 101
We would like to ask you the community that if you should see or hear anything suspicious in or around your village it probably is.
Please report it to the Police.
Our Solution
No longer identified as a priority - HGV problems at Alverton, Kilvington and Staunton in the Vale Show details
Concern again has been raised at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting at Farndon Village Hall that Heavy Goods Vehicles are ignoring speed and weight restrictions and travelling through Alverton, Kilvington and Staunton in the Vale causing a danger to residents, properties along with other motorists’.
This priority will be reviewed at the next Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting, which will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 6th April 2011, which is to be held at the Village Hall on School Lane at East Stoke.
Our Response
Static and Mobile High Visibility patrols along with speed checks by the Safer Neighbourhood Team will be conducted at various times throughout the day in various locations in order to identify these vehicles.
We will be working very closely with our local Community Groups such as Speed Watch and along with other external agencies such as Highways and Local/District Councils we will be taking positive action against these HGV drivers and their companies.
This may result in the use of a verbal/written warnings; the issuing of fixed penalty tickets and even where the need arises vehicles will be seized where appropriate.
06/04/2011
It was discussed at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group Meeting that took place at East Stoke on the 6th April 2011 that all avenues regarding this priority had been exhausted with regards to input from the meeting and as such this priority would be removed from the agenda.
However we as your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will still continue to conduct speed awareness operations in and around the local rural areas.
Should you at any time need to report any faults with regards to the Highways, Signage or Lighting. Then you can contact Nottinghamshire County Council’s customer Service Centre on the following number 08449 80 80 80.
29/03/2011
We the Neighbourhood Policing Team along with the Community Speed Watch Volunteers have undertaken a number of speed detection days in and around your rural villages.
To date:-
·56 vehicle owners have been sent an advisory letter with regards to their speed.
·4 vehicles have been stopped and the drivers issued with a Fixed Penalty Notices.
·1 Haulage Company has been sent an advisory letter with regards to their vehicles/drivers speed.
7 vehicles were also stopped and their drivers advised regarding other matters.
28/02/2011
As you may be aware an incident involving a HGV overturning on the C3 along the severe s-bend and narrowly missing a cottage just as you go through Alverton and Kilvington occurred on the 31/01/2011.
This vehicle did cause some major disruption at the time but all agencies involved responded to the scene and the HGV was safely recovered.
After this incident further contact was made with Highways with regards to this incident and they have replied with updates that further bollards will be introduced to the location and repairs to the damaged verges will be undertaken.
The C3 has also been a focus of attention for some time: an Environmental Weight Restriction is currently in the consultation stage: an improvement scheme is being carried out to add 1 chevron and raise the height of the top chevrons and enhance the double bend Advance Warning Sign.
Further updates will be added to this web site, but should you need to report any faults with the Highways, Signage or Lighting. Then you can contact Nottinghamshire County Council’s customer Service Centre on the following number 08449 80 80 80.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team would also like to let you know that the Community Speed Watch Volunteers have been out and about and they have recorded 17 vehicles travelling through the villages of Alverton and Kilvington in excess of the permitted speed limit.
These vehicles have all been recorded and an advisory letter has been dispatched to all the vehicle owners.
27/01/2011
PC Mortimore is due to talk to local residents in relation to the matter of speeding vehicles and HGV’s travelling through the local rural villages.
This matter has been raised again at the last Safer Neighbourhood Group meeting and together we will be looking at further problem solving plans that could be put into place in and around these areas.
23/12/2010
The Safer Neighbourhood Team are still actively seeking volunteers to engage within the local community speed watch teams.
If you feel that you would like to volunteer then please contact us 101
25/11/2010
The Safer Neighbourhood Team has undertaken a number of early morning speed checks and we have to report that no vehicle have been identified as driving above the designated speed limit. However a number of HGV drivers have been stopped and advice has been given as to the manner of their driving.
29/10/2010
To date the Safer Neighbourhood Team and the local Community Speed Watch Volunteers have undertaken a number of speed checks throughout the rural villages, with a number of positive results. The results from these checks will be published on the next update in November.
If you wish to become part of the Community Speed Watch Team then please contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team for further information.
Our Solution
This priority has now been taken on board by the Highways Dept, however the NPT will still monitor and continue to hold speed awareness operations in and around the local villages.
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