Crime: 26 August 2011

Firstly I thought you might like to see an email I have just received from Supt Tim De Meyer, the Area Commander:
Jeff,

‘I have just been chatting with our detective sergeant in charge of intelligence. He tells me that we are now getting more and more information from our community messaging subscribers and that the information is proving extremely useful to his team, in building cases against thieves and drug dealers. These sightings and descriptions of suspicious vehicles and people, are very often giving us the bit of evidence we need to get a search warrant, or make an arrest. Please keep up the excellent work, keep signing people up and keep the information coming in’ !

Tim De Meyer

Many thanks,

Tim De Meyer | LPA Commander - Windsor and Maidenhead

You heard it from the top ! Your assistance is very much appreciated. It is really helping us, to help you. If in doubt ring ! 0845 8 505 505

Next, a thank you to everyone that came along to the Retirement Fair on Wednesday at Ascot Racecourse. All down to the excellent work of the Ascot Project and Cllr David Hilton. Members of the Ascot Project worked so hard all day, making sure everything ran like clockwork. Everyone I spoke to, thought they had done a brilliant job – the best and biggest so far ! If you have not attended one of these events, put it in your diary as soon as it is announced next year – the Hog Roast was fantastic ! My thanks also, to all those that came up to chat to us, Ascot NHW, did a excellent job on the stand all day. As always, it is a pleasure to meet what are now, old friends ! The Salsa dancers were very good too !!! I made loads of new contacts and talked about the proposed Community Action Against Crime Bid, getting some really good ideas. The Guidance and application form will be onlin e on the 31st August. I have an initial Bid Steering Group, but if you think you can assist, just let me know. This bid is specifically about work in and done by, the local community to fight crime. Have a look at this link:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/partnerships/innovation-fund/  
We will be competing with areas from right across the country for this money. Let’s work hard, to come up with some excellent new initiatives we could put into practice here that would have an effect on crime. 8,000 brains all put to good use, must come up with some brilliant suggestions, particularly when you consider the range of talent and expertise out there !. Please brainstorm and email any thoughts you have to the intel line. I will place them all before the group.
ringmasterintelligen@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk 

Next a message from CCB re the Digital Switchover–

Hi Jeff,
‘My apologies that the website address in my message, was inaccurate. It was not .com, but .co.uk. People should go to www.digitaluk.co.uk ’

I have just used the link and it works. If you put in your post code and house number on the front page, it tells you exactly when your switchover will take place and what you will have to do. I will only have to re boot my digibox – very simple – I do it regularly anyway, as new channels are added.

Sarah Ward goes on to say that she has been overwhelmed by your response, offering to attend the workshop to become volunteers in your community, to help others. She had not expected such a huge response – she is not used to us in the Royal Borough ! Apparently the workshop in Theale is now already oversubscribed a matter of hours after my message !! She is trying to arrange a second workshop in the East of the County and will let us know new dates, if she can arrange them. Well done everyone. When she came to me to ask if she could put out a request, I explained she would get a response !

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
24/8 – 25/8 Wednesday 5 p.m. / Thursday 9 a.m. Winter Hill, Cookham. Electronic gates forced. Shed break – nothing stolen. Repeat victim. The last time the thieves broke into another shed and presumably have come back to check out the second.
25/8 Thursday 3 a.m. / 6 a.m. Church Hill, White Waltham. Farm door forced. Tills searched and lead piping removed from the rooftop. Neighbours heard the screech of cars at about 3.15 a.m.
22/1 Monday 2 a.m. Workshop, Shurlock Row. Copper electric cables stolen from power electricity poles. The clocks all stopped at 2 a.m. The cables are being replaced with aluminium.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
25/8 Thursday 1.40 p.m. St Chad’s Road. A member of the public reported 3 very young lads, riding up and down the road in a dangerous manner on a moped, without helmets etc. The police attended immediately. 3 lads were stopped and questioned. They said they had purchased the moped between them for £25. The mother of one of them, said they had found it in the bushes. It was a blue and gold and Benelli Tornado moped. We have no records of such a moped being stolen, but the police recovered it to the poluice station. Have you, or someone you know, lost or had such a moped stolen ? If so – contact us immediately – 0845 8 505 505
20/8 – 22/8 Saturday 4.30 p.m. / Monday noon. The Points, Cox Green. Concrete statue which used to stand on a pillar at the end of a drive stolen – the second statue to go in a week ! If you have expensive / valuable / nice garden ornaments visible from the road, please take extra precautions at this time.
24/8 Wednesday 5.20 a.m. – 5.40 a.m. Foliejohn Way. Attempt to steal a grey Peugeot 206. the car was broken into and the fascia removed. A neighbour went out to get their phone which had been left in their car at 5.30 a.m. and saw 2 lads in the car, which had been moved from its usual parking space. When they realised they had been seen the kids immediately made off.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
No crime to report.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
Bikes stolen from – The High Street, King Street, Crown lane, leisure Centre, and Holmanleaze.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:
23/8 – 24/8 Tuesday 10 p.m. / Wednesday 9 a.m. Brownfield Gardens. Pane of glass in a bay window smashed.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
No crime to report