We welcome back on the area PCSO Tania Weston who has taken over from Stuart Craig and is working with Shirley. Tania previously covered Stanground before moving over to Hampton; she has found the move back easy and enjoyed catching up with familiar faces and taking on the new challenges of the area.

For the period of 01/02/2011 – 14/02/2011 there were 110 incidents reported for Stanground, Park Farm and Cardea. Incidents called into the Police Service Centre ranged from Violence to Broken Down Vehicles. Of these 25 crimes were raised and are broken down as follows:

• Theft of Motor Vehicle 3
• Making Off Without Payment 1
• Theft from Shop 1
• ASB 3
• Theft Other than Dwelling 3
• Robbery 2
• Burglary 3
• Burglary Shed 3
• Harassment 1
• Criminal Damage 2
• Affray 1
• Theft of Pedal Cycle 2

In January within Southern Sector 14 successful arrests were made and in February to date 4.

Shirley and Tania your local PCSO’s continue to do high visible patrols in the area on foot and in the vehicle and have attended several meetings involving the community and schools.

Two of these meeting worth special note are, 29th January, a coffee morning at St. Michaels Church Hall, Mace Road. This was an opportunity for residents to meet with their Local Councillors and Shailesh Vara MP. This event was very well attended and gave residents the opportunity to discuss concerns with their Councillors, MP and Police. Our thanks to Councillor Rush who made the arrangements.

3rd February, Southfields Junior School Welfare Drop In Meeting which is the first one the police have attended. We will in future be attending these meetings and look forward to meeting anyone who wishes to discuss issues with us.

We are still getting reports of parking problems around the schools especially at the end of the school day. These are a concern to us as reports are being received that some vehicles are being parked on zebra crossings or the zig zags. This is dangerous for those using the crossing and is an offence which carries a £60 fine and 3 points. We do our best to cover these schools but it is impossible to allocate the necessary time to each school. We have been advised by Paul Phillipson PCC that a car with a camera is to be made available to attend all schools. The idea is that the car will photograph all vehicles parked illegally and will be processed by PCC. It is anticipated that the vehicle will be up and running in May 2011, we will give more information once this is available to us.

Arrangements have been made with PCSO Haleem to carry out Speed Watch in Stanground and Park Farm, which is an area of concern for many residents.

Stanground/Park Farm continues to move forward in a very positive way, with crime on the decline this has been as a result of hard work and commitment from everyone, please keep ringing in your concerns it is the only way we the Police and our partners can find out what is happening and initiate early actions to disrupt crime.

(C) Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch Peterborough UK Tel: 01733 345581 Broadcasters direct call ISDN 'down the line' 01733 555319 ISDN Codecs G722 & APT All Press Enquiries Julian Bray 01733 345581

BT SCAM!!!

Fraudsters are currently phoning consumers claiming to be from BT or Ofcom.
They claim that the consumer’s telephone line needs digital upgrade work. This, they say, will cost £6 and if it isn’t paid within 10 days the consumer’s phone line will be cut off.

In some cases, the fraudster will claim that the line needs testing and they will temporarily disconnect it. When the consumer tries to make an outgoing call they are unable to do so. This is simply because the fraudster is still on the line meaning no outbound calls can be made.

This is a scam. Ofcom and BT have alerted the relevant authorities for investigation.

What to do if fraudsters call:

If you receive such a call and you suspect that it is fraudulent:

· Do not give out any personal or bank details
· Call your service provider’s nuisance call bureau to see if the call can be traced
· If it can, pass on details to Ofcom or Consumer Direct (contact details at the end of the article)

What to do if you have given out personal details

If you have already received a call and given out your bank details you should:

· call your bank immediately to let them know about the scam and to cancel your credit card or change your bank details

· ask your bank to try and trace the payment
· and if you get any details, let Ofcom or Consumer Direct know

To contact Ofcom’s Advisory Team call 0300 123 3333.

To contact Consumer Direct call 08454 04 05 06.



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Results!

Violent robber faces jail

A violent robber who attacked a man with a lump of wood in front of his pregnant girlfriend has been locked up. The victim and his pregnant girlfriend were in an internet café in Lincoln Road, Peterborough, at about 2.30pm on April 23 when they were approached by a man who asked him to come outside. When the victim refused, the man grabbed him and began dragging him out of the shop.
Mohammed Amin, 25, entered the shop holding a foot-long piece of wood and began hitting the victim. One of the men then ripped off the victim's neck chain, worth £250, and they ran off. Two days later the victim and his girlfriend spotted Amin in Lincoln Road. They called police and he was arrested.
Amin, of Lincoln Road, Peterborough, denied robbery, but was found guilty following a three-day trial at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday). He was remanded into custody and will be sentenced at a later date.

Man jailed for stealing cars A man has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to stealing four vehicles in Peterborough and trying to sell them for scrap metal. Jason Turiccki, 24, of Cosgrove Close, Peterborough, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates Court on Monday (February 7). The first car, a Ford Fiesta, was stolen from an address in Deerleap, Bretton on July 25, 2010. The second, a Vauxhall Vectra was stolen from an address in Willonholt on July 26, 2010. He then stole a Ford Transit van and a Mercedes 190 from an address in Moulton Grove on August 14, 2010.

woman jailed for two years
On Friday (February 4), 24-year-old
Peterborough Ayleasha Bennett, of Oundle Road, Peterborough was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin.






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Specials weekend

Our colleagues from the Special Constabulary, who volunteer their time, will be focusing on anti-social behaviour as part of a weekend of activity to showcase their work.

The region-wide Specials Weekend (Feb 11-12) will also see Specials involved in enforcement work around shoplifting and speeding.

Officers will concentrate on anti-social behaviour hotspots, building up intelligence and developing initiatives and links with partner organisations such as local businesses and community groups.

They are an integral part of the modern policing service, volunteering their time to help protect the community from crime and disorder by supporting the team.

Cambridgeshire currently has 203 Special officers who work about 45,000 hours every year.

Specials in Peterborough will help tackle neighbourhood priorities around anti-social behaviour as well as cracking down on alcohol misuse, parking issues and rowdy and nuisance behaviour.

For more information about the Special Constabulary and how to get involved visit our website see link below.

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team.

http://www.cambs.police.uk/recruitment/specials/ - Special Constabulary



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SACAMBUSTER BOOKLETS FREE 0800 389 3158

Online dating scams will leave a hole on your bank account

It really is amazing a deal looks too good to be true yet many of us will still fall for it. NO not many, thousands will fall for it! The new SCAMBUSTERS booklet free from the link above, is required reading if you are not up to date on the latest internet, royal mail and telephone scams.

All the chestnuts are in here along with a few new ones. Might be worth discussing the contents with your family, children and any enthusiastic 'silver surfers'.

If you think you've been caught by a scam or about to be call Consumer Direct on 08454 0405 06 tell them we sent you. Or if you don't want discuss it with a call centre, give us a call and we will talk you through what we know.

Scam List:

Advance Fee (Nigerian Letter and 419 scam) e-mail offers you huge sums of money to get money out of a foreign country - you just have to send a small administration fee and helpfully give them your bank details and passwords too in some cases.

Clairvoyants and Psychics Mass mailings: Send me money or something horrible/nice will happen to you!

Investment Opportunities Shares Gemstones Fine Wines. Usually run by overseas 'Boiler room' fly by night organisations.

Lotteries Congratulations! we just happened to pick you e-mail number blah blah blah... send an administration fee to unlock the money mountain....

Miracle Health Cures... Really nasty one this. Just ignore them all or run it by your Doctor first! Do not part with any money, please it is a nasty sick scam.

Online Dating. You sign up exchange e-mails then the distant potential lover male or female says he/she has been robbed/ needs urgent medical treatments / wants to meet you but cannot afford the flight. You being a kind person and 'in cyber love' send the money.......romance over you'll never hear from them again....

Phishing .... Your bank suddenly loves you and send you emails to update, validate, confirm your status. Don't do it unless you want your bank account immediately emptied and if you have an overdraft that would be gobbled up as well....

These are just a few of the scams outlined in the free booklet from the Office of Fair Trading , we believe every home should have one....

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COMMUNITY TRIGGER CORE OF NEW RAPID ACTION CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR ORDERS

The ASBO may be on the way out but in its place comes the CBO - the Criminal Behavior Order and pledges to immediately tackle low-level offending, and all forms of street crime. Police are to be given new powers to immediately confiscate iPods, stereos and other status symbols just as big-time criminals face confiscation orders. In addition troublemakers can be immediately banned from town centres and street corners for up to 2 years.

Julian Bray Chair, Park Farm NeighbourHood Watch comments:"A 'Community Trigger' can be used where more than five people make a complaint. We have to say that in our neighbourhood, Peterboroughs' Park Farm and Stanground, the local police panel are very 'on the ball' and do not wait for 5 complaints - one phone call or e-mail from PFNW is usually all it takes. We have over 100 people armed with camera phones constantly on the look out, with the new Community Order, the offender can face confiscation of his/her prized assets on the spot, such as an iPod or 'phone and made to put right any damage or graffiti without delay. It however goes without saying that if parents would exert some parental responsibility for the actions of their offspring, much of the nuisance would stop immediately. It cannot be right that a child (or adult)is seen by the parent, relative or guardian leaving the house with several large aerosol spray paint cans! The new measures are welcome and will certainly speed up what has to now for some areas been a long drawn out process."

Police are also to be given powers to force culprits to make immediate amends as an alternative to Court action. Offenders repairing the damage they have created, mending fences, clearing spray paint tagging and putting right other forms of graffiti or a litter pick. Failure to agree to do the task leaves the Court option available.

Under Criminal Behavior Orders, civil injunctions will be obtained "within hours rather than months" to stop nuisance activities, court orders will be immediately available to close a propertyand fines for people who have been a persistent nuisance.

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New Grit/Salt Bins Refilled & Hedge Cutting Blitz Underway

Wrap Up Warmly! More freezing weather on the way.... The new bright yellow Grit/Salt Bins have been refilled ready for the next onslaught..and we noticed the hedgecutting/ landscaping teams were out in force. Several street lights seem to be on all day at the moment so they have been reported...

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Peterborough hero killed by explosion in Afghanistan

Tributes have been paid to Warrant Officer Class 2 Colin Beckett, Company Sergeant Major of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, who was killed on Saturday as he was attempting to secure an area in Shaheed, a village on the Nahr-e-Bughra canal, when he was caught in a roadside bomb.

A total of 352 UK military personnel have now died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001, including 42 who have died as a result of accidents, illness, non-combat injuries or who have not yet officially been assigned a cause of death.

Company Sergeant Major Colin Beckett, was described as a “truly special husband” by his widow.

The 36-year-old, from Peterborough, who was known as Tom, was described by his colleagues as an inspirational and iconic leader.

He joined the army more than 20 years ago and has been on deployments to Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and three tours of Afghanistan.

(C) Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch Peterborough UK Tel: 01733 345581 Broadcasters direct call ISDN 'down the line' 01733 555319 ISDN Codecs G722 & APT All Press Enquiries Julian Bray 01733 345581

Pesky doorstep salesmen who won't take NO for an answer!

A homeowner has won a landmark legal action against a doorstep selling double glazing firm 'Safestyle UK' - You know the one! After years of abuse and inaction by trading standards, a new law was passed and it is the little known Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. To make it work, the householder displayed a small notice on his front door :

Salesmen, do not knock.

Leave the premises.

Do not return.

The salesmen ignored the notice and repeatedly called at the house. North Lincolnshire County Council finally took the firm to Court and after a three day trial, which ended last week, the firm were found guilty of engaging in unfair commercial practice, fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £18,000 in costs. Let PFNW know if you have been pestered by dooorstep salemen.

(C) Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch Peterborough UK Tel: 01733 345581 Broadcasters direct call ISDN 'down the line' 01733 555319 ISDN Codecs G722 & APT All Press Enquiries Julian Bray 01733 345581

MAKING PFNW MORE INCLUSIVE

Hmm, must be Hampton, the roads are too narrow!

It is clear that recent positive developments on our own Neighbourhood Watch Scheme has resulted in the reduction of ASB incidents and a better rate of crime clear ups generally. This is likely to be countered by the slimming down of front line police activity due to budget cuts by the Coalition Government. So more than ever PFNW is looking out for you and yours!

It is also clear that Park Farm being the younger brother of the well established Stanground community, both need to jointly develop an effective local voice in the management of our affairs and with concerted lobby activities at city and county level. Simply as budgets are squeezed, we can expect local resources and services also to be hit. I am floating this as an idea, that we expand PFNW to additionally take on the pro-active role of residents association.

We seem to be getting involved on the telephone information line (01733 345581) in situations that go beyond the narrow confines of the traditional PFNW objectives. Often, the person on the other end of the line has exhausted all other avenues and turns to PFNW as a last resort. Items as diverse as flytipping and a serial lack of weed control over many years from a developers (Persimmon Homes - again!) almost abondoned land bank.

We also had well intentioned PCC Officers who dutifully take notes and that is the last we have heard from them. Still waiting for notice boards to be repaired, fence 'tagging' to be painted out and spray paint 'tags' removed from street furniture. It will probably end up with us, again, going out with the paint pots and doing the PCC's /BT's job for them. Should not be like this but the alternative is an area that looks run down and uncared for, when the opposite is true.

We scored a minor victory with the BUPA abandoned Nursery site, having involved the London BUPA main board at London head office! The site opposite Heritiage Park School, has now had a clean up and hedge trim, shame they could not apply a lick of paint to the improved boarding up though! There are many other issues likely to present themselves as the severity of the cuts begins to bite and unemployment locally starts to rise. To be very clear, we need to be selfish and put our own area ahead of citywide and seemingly distant county concerns, because we have a lively set of residents who passionately care about their environment does not mean that less financial resources should be applied to this area rather than say a vandal prone, drug dominated, rat infested run down estate.

Both examples present different and difficult challenges, the fact that most of us try and care for our 'patch' is no excuse for the city council and others to divert resources elsewhere. Let me know about the residents association idea or how it can be best approached. We already have an effective drum beating and a decent media profile, perhaps we need to invest in a larger and louder one - drum that is! Boom! Boom!

(C) Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch Peterborough UK Tel: 01733 345581 Broadcasters direct call ISDN 'down the line' 01733 555319 ISDN Codecs G722 & APT All Press Enquiries Julian Bray 01733 345581

Book club Stanground library

This month we are reading 'The Devil's Acre by Matthew Plampin.

'When betrayl is second nature, trust is the ultimate gamble'

Its set in London 1853, in Colt's gun factory. The book is also on the TV Book Clubs list of Summer reads. We next meet on Tuesday 1st March to discuss this book, and collect the next one. Come along!




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www.Police.UK

Today sees the launch of a new website:-

http://police.uk/

The site is currently receiving 75k hits a minute according to the Daily Mail (so it must be right). The idea is you key in your postcode and the site tells you about crime levels and police teams in your area. I haven't yet managed to access the site, as it has been down for some time due to the heavy demand.

We've already had this information for some time through our Local Policing Team, so once again Peterborough leads the way!


(C) Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch Peterborough UK Tel: 01733 345581 Broadcasters direct call ISDN 'down the line' 01733 555319 ISDN Codecs G722 & APT All Press Enquiries Julian Bray 01733 345581