Crime: 27 June 2012

Attached is a flyer for the RBWM Burglary Road Shows.  These will be held right across the Borough.  Dates and locations are on the Flyer.  The team will be at the Retirement Fair, Wednesday 15^th August 10 a.m. / 4 p.m. at Ascot Racecourse – if you have never been to one of these events and you are over 50 (classified by the Home Office as ‘elderly’ !) put it in your diary – there is plenty of parking and it is a brilliant day out.  I will circulate more details nearer the date.

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:

cookhamneighbourhood@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n107

25/6 – 26/6  Monday 10 a.m. / Tuesday 10 a.m.   High Street, Hurley.  2 garages broken into – doors jemmied.  Nothing stolen.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK :

boynhillcoxgreennhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n108

25/6 – 26/6  Monday 11 p.m. / Tuesday 6 a.m.   Penshurst Road .  Burglary.  The thief reached up via the catflap and opened the rear door – BECAUSE THE KEY HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE LOCK – IPOD, cash and house keys stolen.  Laptops were left behind – the thief may have been disturbed.  Changing all the locks on the house is a very expensive business, particularly as it has to be done immediately.

27/5 – 26/6  Lancastria Mews, Boyndon Road .  Lock chained to a cross beam in a garage stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT :

maidenheadriverside&belmontnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n192

26/6 – 27/6  Tuesday 11 p.m. / Wednesday 6 a.m.   Ray Park Avenue .  Burglary – UNKNOWN POINT OF ENTRY – wallet& contents, mobile, laptop and keys stolen.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

maidenheadtowncentrenhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n193

NO CRIME TO REPORT.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

oldfield&braynhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n206

NO CRIME TO REPORT.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

Pinkneysgreen&furzeplattnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n213

26/6 – 27/6  Tuesday 5.30 p.m. / Wednesday 7.30 a.m.   Bushnell Place , Alwyn Road .  Burglary – new build.  Thieves have climbed over a garden fence.  Copper piping was ripped out of newly plastered walls and stolen.  If you are a new build / renovation or even have a skip outside.  Your property will be on the radar for thieves looking for copper.  As we know, flatbeds tour our streets daily looking for such things.  If you are having work done, secure tools and the property as best you can.

27/6  Wednesday 0.30 a.m.   Thicket Grove, Newlands Drive .  Car rear window smashed – nothing stolen.

26/6 – 27/6  Tuesday 7 p.m. / Wednesday 8.30 a.m.   Marlborough Road .  Car front and rear index plates stolen.

Members comments:

I received this email from Philip reminding us that we should secure our wireless networks:

Hi Jeff

Your IT guy Paul Hay, might like to write something for the NW Alert, to remind Internet users with WiFi, to secure their networks.

I have run inSSIDer on my laptop at home and see that in my vicinity.  Of the nine WiFi transmissions, there are four WiFi's with no password protection.

They are all with BT (BTFON, BTOpenzone,BTHub) and all have the default SSID.  They are all on channels 1 or 11.

There is also a Virgin customer on channel 11, but they have WPA2.

They may all be getting co-channel interference, causing reduced link speed, or drop-outs.

ISPs should not leave their customers vulnerable like this. I could probably log into their modems using the defaults ! I of course, would not do this.

My WiFi has two WiFi routers, one for 802.11N and the other for 802.11G. This maximises the link speed.

They both have the admin access secured and have WPA2/AES and WPA/TKIP security respectively.

I am also using radio channels that nobody else is using: 9+13 and 8.

Regards

Philip

Leaving things set on their default security settings, is what permitted the phone hacking scandal to happen and be so successful.

I have had this response from Paul:

Jeff,

This is sound advice. People should ensure that they have secured their wireless.  In most cases it can be just to stop others using it.  However, if somebody does connect to your router, it is then possible to find the other machines connected and then hop onto those machines.  Although, this would only be possible, if people have not password protected their router, or the machines attached, or put in place a firewall.  

This can be a big topic, which can become very technical very quickly. I guess that most of your audience may not be in a position to get too far.  However, if asked for general advice, you may want to point them to this link for an ‘easy to understand’ explanation of what they should do.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/secure-wifi

Trouble is, each router operates in different ways. If they are unsure on HOW to change the password, or set the security for their router, I suggest they contact their broadband supplier, who will be able to give them exact instructions.

For example, I am on Virgin and they have step by step guides on their Website.

Regards,
Paul
Many thanks Paul – we are so fortunate to have apool of experts out there, willing to share their expertise with the rest of us – our grateful thanks to Philip and Paul.