Crime: 19 February 2014 

First a message re the Floods from Supt Kate Ford:
 
Thames Valley Police and other partner agencies have now relocated one of its operational bases back to Windsor police station.
Wraysbury Primary School has now been handed back to its management to allow them to prepare for the return of their pupils next week.

Representatives from the police, fire service, local authority, military and environment agency have collectively worked from the school since last Tuesday (11/2), allowing them to swiftly respond to any issues regarding the floods as well as providing local residents an opportunity to pop in for advice or to talk through any questions or concerns and provide community reassurance.
In addition, three multi-agency community hubs have been set-up to provide temporary points of contact for residents in the most affected areas of the floods.

The hubs, which can provide helpful information and advice, opened to the public this morning (19/2).
They will be initially staffed by representatives from Thames Valley Police’s neighbourhood policing teams and Local Authority, as well as Environment Agency ambassadors. They will be joined by other key partner agencies with the aim of helping residents’ lives return to normal following the severe flooding in the area.

One of the hubs is operating from Datchet Parish Council offices, in Allen Way, with a second hub situated within Wraysbury Baptist Hall, in High Street.

A third hub, which will serve people living in the Bisham/Cookham/Hurley area, has been set-up in Cookham Parish Council, High Road, Cookham Rise.

All three hubs will be open from 9am to 7pm.
The water levels in Windsor and Maidenhead are now stabilising and will be dropping slowly over the next 24 to 48 hours. No further river flooding of properties is expected. We are not expecting any heavy rain over the next five days which is also good news as the local authority and partners starts the clean-and-repair operation across the borough.
 
For the very latest information about the floods, please go to the Borough’s website where the situation is updated regularly:
 
http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/news_flood_update.htm
 
NEXT – SECURITY COMPANIES COLD CALLING:
 
Loads of calls over the last few days, to say you have been receiving phone calls from a security company offering to come along to your home, carry out a Home Security Survey and then discuss security possibilities, with you.  The first two questions are – do you own your own home and do you live alone / do you have a husband ?
 
They go on to say their agents will be in the area walking about, making appointments.  The answer should always be the same – I am not interested and simply put down the phone !
 
If you are worried about your security, simply email the Neighbourhood Team at their group email below.  They will be happy to come along and carry out a Security Survey, completely free of charge.  They will leave you with a list of any recommendations they make, which will be practical and fit your personal circumstances !!!
 
MORE COLD CALLERS, AFTER THE STORMS AND FLOODS:
 
I have been receiving calls and emails, to let me know that there have been ‘dodgy builders’ out and about cold calling and saying that they have seen damage to roofs, chimneys, or flood damage they can sort out.
Please remember out NHW MOTTO:
 
I am sorry, I do not buy goods and services at the door.
 
Close the door, firmly but politely and call the police, with a full description of the person, any van they were driving and what was said.
 
I have had a flier from a resident in Ascot – a man offering to clean out drains.  The only telephone number on the flier is a mobile number.  Don’t touch any tradesman with only a mobile number.  Same for the phone number on the side of a van.  No local number – no deal !
 
If you are of pensionable age, or in receipt of any form of benefit and you need any work done on your house, please contact Louise Tyson at ‘Repair With Care’ at Housing Solutions.  She has a list of checked and Insured builders/ contractors of all kinds.  Her leaflets are attached.  It is a brilliant service and should always be your first port of call for any work you need done:
http://www.housingsolutions.co.uk/SupportedServices/Repairwithcare.aspx
 
Tel: 01628 545 000
‘It can be hard to find a good, reliable tradesman today. But if you live in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, there is help at hand. If you are over 55 and a home owner, private tenant, or have a disability, our Repair with care service can help you find a reliable tradesman to repair and improve your home.
Repair with care can take care of those small jobs around your home, major repairs or any improvements you may want to make. Our aim is to make sure the whole process from start to finish is simple and stress free for you and that the work is done to a high standard.
The Repair with care Service is operated by Housing Solutions. For a small hourly fee our Handyperson Service can take care of your small jobs around your home. For those larger jobs, renovations and home improvements, we have a unique Contractor Service, taking you from start to finish with trusted contractors at competitive prices.’
NEXT.
PC Michelle Race has been to see me with a photo of a stolen bike.  It is quite distinctive.  If you see it, please phone it through to the PEC for the attention of PC Race. – photo attached
 
FROM THE TRADING STANDARDS TEAM AT THE BOROUGH:
 
Car clocking leads to community order for Maidenhead man
 
A Maidenhead car dealer who fraudulently sold a vehicle knowing it displayed a false mileage has been sentenced to 90 hours of community payback.
 
Shakeel Awan, who traded as Valley Trading, was sentenced at Slough Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 18 February. The 90 hours penalty was reduced from 120 due to Mr Awan’s guilty plea at an earlier hearing.
 
In addition he was ordered to pay £2,495 compensation to the car buyer, prosecution costs of £1,400 and a victim surcharge of £60.
 
Mr Awan, owner of Valley Trading, Malvern Road, Maidenhead, had already pleaded guilty to three trading standards charges, all under the Fraud Act and all committed in November 2012:

• committing fraud by false representation in that he sold a vehicle with an incorrect mileage reading on the odometer contrary to Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006
• committing fraud by failing to disclose information about the mileage on a vehicle which was in his possession and sold contrary to Section 3 of the Fraud Act 2006
• committing fraud by possession of a vehicle with an incorrect mileage indication contrary to Section 6 of The Fraud Act 2006.