October Update

This month’s update for the wards of Abbey & Ryemead is brought to you by PC Andrew Gilbert.

October is always the month when we see the nights drawing in and people start to turn their thoughts to winter and the festive season. For us it also brings a big upturn in potential crime. Our job is to pre-empt and hopefully prevent it.
Halloween and Bonfire night always lead to an upsurge in anti-social behaviour (ASB). This year we are running Operation Grim Reaper where all of the Neighbourhood Policing Team will be working evening and night shifts to tackle it. Halloween should be a time for much fun but not everyone appreciates being threatened with “trick or treat”. Please call the police if you are not happy with the activities of children in your area. Also please report any sightings of children carrying fireworks. Unorganised firework displays can also cause much distress and be dangerous so we will tackle these where we can.
The other activity we will be concentrating on is burglaries. In past years it has been proven that burglaries increase when the clocks go back an hour. Burglars love the dark nights so please remember to lock all doors and windows, and try not to leave your house in darkness when going out.

Parking
There have been no new significant parking problems this month. We have worked with Beechview School to encourage parents to respect residents when parking on Guinion’s Road and this has massively reduced the parking problems.

Speeding
There are no new speeding problems this month.

Anti-Social Behaviour
There appears to be an increase in calls from around the Poets Corner area of Abbey. This is predominantly in the roads around Shelley Road. Callers have complained of cars parking up, possibly drug taking, and also doing wheel spins in their cars. We will try and tackle this while working on Operation Grim Reaper, but if not we will try and set up an operation afterwards.
Problems also seem to be reappearing along Westover Street. This is a reoccurring problem which we will go back to.

Good News
At the start of the month three schools in our area reported a suspicious male on their premises. In one of the schools he had managed to enter a building and steal some money. Throughout the month this male has been identified and is currently in prison awaiting to be interviewed.

Offenders brought to justice
A male was charged with assaulting a police officer on the London Road
A male received a fixed penalty notice for cannabis possession.
Three males were charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm at three separate locations within Cressex.
A male was charged with criminal damage to a car in Gillfield Close.

Have Your Say online
You can now send non-emergence messages to us using the online form that is available on the Thames Valley Police website. A number of people have already sent their concerns using this method. For you to do that please follow the link http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh/yournh-about-nh-pol/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n116-hys
Please allow some time for us to get back to you as we do check our mail box only at certain times of the day.

Future Meetings
The next ‘Have Your Say’ meeting will be on Monday 8th November at 2pm at Wycombe Leisure Centre.
The next NAG will be on Wednesday 10th November at 7pm at Wycombe Cricket Club.
Please come along and meet your Neighbourhood Team at either of those events.