September Update

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

September has been a relatively quiet month as the children have gone back to school. Operation Gauntlet proved a huge success with no recorded robberies on The Rye during the school holidays, and anti-social behaviour down. Numerous people filled in the questionnaire with the PCSOs to say how much safer they felt having a mobile police station on The Rye during the summer holidays.

The new school term has seen us attend the schools to tackle a few issues usually brought about by children entering new school years. We will be endeavouring to work with the schools to educate the children about aspects of crime and safety to point them in the right direction.

Speeding
There have been no new speeding problems identified this month.

Parking
The regular problems with parking surround schools and Wycombe Rugby Club in September. The problems at the schools seem to be well marshalled at the moment by the PCSOs and have not caused any problems above the ordinary. We will continue to work with the Rugby Club to request members do not park along Kingsmead Road but until offences occur our hands our tied.

Anti-Social Behaviour
Despite the erection of gates after 11pm, it appears there are still problems with some cars displaying in the retail park in the early evening. Patrols help prevent a lot of this and we are continuing to work with the retail park owners to come to a more permanent solution.

Good News
Intelligence was received about regular drug dealing occurring at a property in Queens Road. A warrant was obtained and executed leading to the detention of three people. After an investigation one of the men received a caution for possession of drugs while the other two were released without further action.

Crime Prevention Advice
It has become apparent that there is an increase in theft of number plates especially in Wycombe Marsh area. Criminals find this an easy target, as they steal number plates, commit crime, and then discard the number plates. This makes them harder to detect. All makes, models and ages of cars could be targeted. Please make sure you park your car as securely as possible, either in a garage, or driveway, or somewhere overlooked by houses. We can provide tamper-proof number plate screws for anyone who would like them.

Offenders Brought to Justice

A woman was charged with dangerous driving in London Road and a man was cautioned with possession of cannabis in Halifax Road.

Have Your Say
The next Have Your Say meeting will be on Monday 11 October at Wycombe Retail Park between 1pm and 2pm. We look forward to seeing you there.