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.

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.

August Update

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

August is always a busy month as children are off school and looking for things to do.

Operation Gauntlet has continued to run throughout August on the Rye as we continue to tackle robberies and anti-social behaviour on the Rye and in the Town Centre. So far it has been highly successful with no recorded robberies on the Rye. Hopefully I can bring the full figures next month.

Good News
The graffiti mural on the Abbey Underpass has now been completed, as part of a project between PCSO Criona Riordan Thames Valley Police and Wycombe Youth Action.
The mural was funded by many partnership agencies, such as Bucks Drugs and Team, Neighbourhood Action Group, Joint Action Group and the Council.
The mural has brightened up the underpass which has suffered from criminal damage forcing the council to spend a large amount of money a year getting rid of the graffiti; the mural is now coated with a protective material to prevent it from getting vandalised. Both the walls in the subway now have a vibrant young feel with a design that reflects Wycombe in a positive way highlighting its assets, including the town’s landmarks with a colourful and child friendly element to it.

We have already received many complimentary remarks from members of the public and had interest from the press, so look out for the Bucks Free Press story.


Anti-social behaviour
It has been a good month for anti-social behaviour with no specific areas causing a problem. There has been a small increase of phone calls around the Kings Road and Beech Close which we will continue to monitor. Thank you to the residents around there who have assisted us.
Since the gates have been installed on the Wycombe Retail Park this has massively reduced the problems we were having with cars displaying. It appears that the problem has been eradicated during the night, but sometimes cars still get in there and cause a nuisance before the gates get locked.

Speeding
An Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) road safety check was conducted on 12th August on the Marlow Hill. It produced the following results.

Seat belt offences
• 28 offences including 2 persons dealt with regarding child seat belt/safety matters.
Vehicle road-worthiness offences -
• 4 offences (excessively tinted front windows)
Road tax
• 2 offences
Goods vehicle offences
• Numerous offences committed by 1 driver concerning driver’s hours and failing to keep tachograph records. Dealt with by way of graduated fixed penalty and the driver was prohibited from driving until he had taken a daily rest break.
Mobile phone offences
• 2 offences dealt with by fixed penalty
Also stopped was driver suspected of drink driving, alcohol was suspected but he blew a “pass” on the breathalyser. He was given a fixed penalty for no tax displayed.

Parking
There have been no specific parking problems this month.

Crime Prevention
The PCSOs have been working hard throughout August on the “Clear Car Campaign” which has been promoted jointly by Thames Valley Police and Wycombe District Council. We have written to owners where valuables were clearly visible in parked cars to warn them about the potential dangers. Please remember not to leave anything on display that will invite potential thieves.

Offenders Brought to Justice
A man was issued a cannabis warning on the London Road
A man was charged with Actual Bodily Harm and public order offences for a domestic related incident on the Rye.
Another man was cautioned for public disorder on the Rye
Two men were issued with cautions for an Actual Bodily Harm incident on London Road
A man received a caution for an assault in the Wycombe Retail Park
A female received a caution for criminal damage to a car in Queens Road.
A female received a caution for public disorder and possession of cannabis in Gomm Road.
A man was charged with theft of a vehicle from Shelley Road.
Another man was charged with possession of a knife on Marlow Hill.



Neighbourhood Action Group/Have Your Say
Please note the next NAG meeting is on Wednesday 29th September at 7pm at the Cricket Club.
The next Have Your Say meeting is at Wycombe Leisure Centre between 2pm and 4pm on Monday 13/9/2010.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Abbey Underpass

The Abbey Underpass has now been re-vamped with a graffiti mural. This sterling work was all possible thanks to the determination and countless hours of work by PCSO Criona Riordan and Crime Prevention Officer Gemma Herbert. Please come visit the underpass and let us know what you think of it!

July Update

This month’s neighbourhood update for Abbey and Ryemead comes from PC Andrew Gilbert:

July has been another busy month in the neighbourhood and has seen the break up of schools and the start of the summer holidays.
This has meant the start of our annual Operation Gauntlet which is intended to tackle violent crime on the Rye and Town Centre. This operation was first initiated two years ago after it was noticed that violent crime increased during the summer holidays. The results last year were remarkable with a dramatic decrease in robberies. This year we have a mobile police station on the Rye during office hours with officers giving out crime prevention. Please come down and see us on the Rye.

Anti-Social Behaviour
This month has seen a rise in the number of calls we have been receiving about mini motos. Primarily groups of young boys have been whizzing around the fields and woods around Tom Burt’s Wood and Poet’s Corner area. This is anti-social, dangerous and illegal. Mini motos can strictly only be ridden on private land. Police Community Support Officer Riordan has done some sterling work in identifying the offenders and Section 59 warnings have been issued to all those concerned. Unfortunately we can’t seize their bikes until we catch them in the act but at the moment the warnings seem to have worked. Please continue to call in if these mini motos continue to be a problem.

Parking
There have no serious parking problems this month. We have found there have been a growing number of calls regarding heavy parking around the King’s Road area. This will be monitored and tickets issued where appropriate.

Speeding
There have been no specific speeding issues this month.

Good News
There is now access on the web site to see the level of crime in Abbey and Ryemead. In the three months from April to June this year all crime was down by 20 per cent. The biggest decrease was in burglaries which were down by 40 per cent. This is excellent news.
After nearly a year of negotiations we have persuaded the owners of Wycombe Retail Park to put a gate up at the entrance during the night. Since this has happened we have not had one single phone call of people displaying their cars in the car park.

Offenders brought to justice
A man received a caution for assault in Queen’s Road.
A man was charged for possession of cannabis in Pinions Road.
A man admitted a burglary in Queen’s Road and another man admitted a burglary on London Road. Both offences will be taken into consideration.
A manager from an Off Licence in Wycombe Marsh received a penalty notice for selling alcohol to an under 18.
Two boys received Youth Restorative Disposals for stealing bikes on the Rye.
A man was cautioned with shoplifting in the Shell Petrol Station in Cressex.
A man received a Penalty Notice for being drunk and disorderly on Marlow Hill.

Crime Prevention
If you come to see us on the Rye we can mark your bikes and mobile phones with property markers and give out pens that you can use at home. Also be aware of a website www.immobilise.com which allows you to record all of your valuables on a website so they are easier to return to you should they get stolen.

NAG
The next NAG will be on Wednesday 11 August at 7pm at the Cricket Club. There will also be a monthly Beat Surgery on Monday 9 August between 2pm and 4pm on the Rye.

I would also like to welcome our new Sergeant, Steve Why to the area. From this month, Sgt Why will be the neighbourhood sergeant for our area and I know he is keen to meet residents.

Farewell

Today we bid farewell to Abbey Police Community Support Officer Nicola Abbott. We all wish her the best of luck in the future, and thank her for the support and help she has given the last couple of years.

June Update

This month’s neighbourhood update for Abbey and Ryemead is given by PC Andrew Gilbert:

Anti-Social Behaviour
This is always a time of year to be weary as school children finish their exams and find they have more time to play outside. So far this month we have had no significant increase in anti-social behaviour within Ryemead. In Abbey I am really pleased to report that we are getting far fewer calls relating to anti-social behaviour along West End Road area due to the hard work from PCSOs Nik Abbott and Criona Riordan. However there seems to be a sudden increase in reports of children on mini-motos around the Poet’s Corner area of Abbey. This is a relatively new problem and we shall attempt to target resources up there straight away to nip the problem in the bud. They can be a terrible nuisance to residents and potentially very dangerous.

Speeding
We will be carrying out a major speeding operation along with the Roads Policing team on 30 June and hopefully I will be able to update you with the results next month. This will concentrate on Coronation Road in Abbey and Kingsmead Road in Ryemead where we get the most complaints.

Parking
We have had no new complaints about parking this month. I am still waiting to hear the results of the fire brigade attempting to run their vehicles down Freer Crescent and Ludlow Mews following last months updates.

Good news
The best bit of news this month was the arrest and charge of a young girl from our area who has been causing a nuisance for months by knocking on doors and asking people for small amounts of money on false pretences. After much work collating evidence we arrested her and charged her with eight counts of fraud. At the moment she is on bail pending pre-sentence reports, but she has conditions not to knock on doors and has also signed an Acceptable Behaviour Contract not to do so, which means we need a lot less evidence to arrest her in future.

Offenders brought to justice
A well known Wycombe man has been charged with possession of drugs with intent to supply from the London Road.
A man was given a fine for disorder on Station Road and another on Keep Hill. Another man was given a PND for possession of drugs in Fennells Road
One man was given a caution for possession of drugs in Alexandra Road and another on London Road. Another man was cautioned for possession of a knife on London Road.
One man was given a PND for shoplifting in B&Q, London Road
One man was given a caution for Theft from a Motor Vehicle in Kingsmead Park.
One man was given a caution for theft of a phone in the Rye.

Crime Prevention
On our patrols we notice more and more windows left open in the hot weather. Please remember an open window is an open invitation to a burglar so ensure you never leave doors and windows open unless you are in the house.

Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG)
The next NAG is on 7 July 2010 at the cricket club. As mentioned last month we are looking to use the Community Payback scheme as much as possible so if you have any ideas of where it can be used please contact us.

I would like to publicise our Wellbeing Day which is being held on 9 July between 10am and 3pm. It is a joint venture between the police and Wycombe District Council held in the Town Hall, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe and will include bingo, a raffle and refreshments. It will also include information on crime prevention and we will be giving out free smoke detectors and offering a free mini health check. Please come and join us.

The next ‘Have Your Say’ meeting will be held on Monday 12 July at 2pm behind the Wendover Arms. This is your opportunity to meet your neighbourhood team and pass on any concerns you have in your area. Please come and find us.