Daresbury & Windmill Hill Newsletter April 2021
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Runcorn Local Policing Unit Daresbury & Windmill Hill Newsletter April 2021 Local News Update Welcome to your April 2021 Newsletter for your area It’s definitely getting warmer! Spring is in full bloom and more social restrictions have been lifted just in time! Unfortunately with the warmer weather comes an increase in Anti-Social Behaviour and in particular the use of off-road motorbikes. Runcorn LPU is running Op Scrambler which is dedicated to targeting the users of these anti-social bikes on the streets of Runcorn. We are asking the community to provide us with any information as to the location and storage of any off- road bikes know to ride illegally. April saw Cheshire Constabulary’s Op SCEPTRE – this was a week of action highlighting knife crime and the dangers posed to young persons who carry knives and the consequences involved. The LPU held a range activities including knife sweeps, educational visits & presentations. Plain clothed and uniformed patrols were in your local area targeting known locations and individuals intent on carry weapons or engaging in ASB. Again if you know someone who carries a knife please let us know via Crime Stoppers or calling 101 anonymously. I continue to hold weekly police surgeries, Again I’d like to focus on any Road Safety concerns in your area to be raised to me so we can target our resources effectively. Deb Bromley PCSO 23175 BROMLEY Police surgery - upcoming meetings Due to the current restrictions, we are unable to carry out face-to-face surgeries for the time being. Digital surgeries are being held weekly and will be advertised on the Facebook and Twitter pages. I can be contacted by direct message on Facebook and Twitter. News Stories From Your Local Area A Lexmoto moped was stolen on the afternoon of 1st April from business premises on Warrington Road. CCTV enquiries are ongoing. In the early hours of 9th April a property was entered on Hatters Close,. The keys to a vehicle were stolen and the vehicle was then stolen from the driveway. Enquiries are ongoing. A Lexmoto scooter was stolen from the front of a property on Bridgeway West, Windmill Hill on 12th April. The scooter had been secured using a padlock and chain which had been cut through. A window was smashed by an unknown offender on Bridgeway East, Windmill Hill on 13th April. On 14th April, a group of youths had gathered in the woodland area of Phoenix Park and lit a small fire. Another group of youths were reported on 18th April near to the skate park in Phoenix Park who were starting small fires using toilet rolls. On arrival of officers, the youths had left the area. A male was reported to be firing a catapult at birds in Phoenix Park on 16th April. The caller did confirm that no birds were injured. Patrols have been increased on Phoenix Park following these recent incidents. News Stories From Your Local Area Street of the Month Street of the Month was carried out in April in Waterfront, Preston on the Hill in April. This is an opportunity for you to have your say on anti-social behaviour in your area and what your priorities are for you in your community. There is a pre-paid envelope attached to the surveys to return to us. If you would like your street to be included in Street of the Month in the future, please get in touch. On 26th April, we commenced a week long operation that focused on the impact that knife crime has on our communities and the dangers of carrying weapons. Knife sweeps were conducted by officers in Phoenix Park and on other beat areas. No knives were found during the knife sweep in Phoenix Park. In addition to this, officers in uniform and plain clothes were out in the community targeting individuals who continue to carry weapons and schools were engaged with to educate young people in the dangers of carrying a weapon. The Co-op Late Shop in Windmill Hill received a bleed kit in partnership with Onward Homes. These kits are designed to control severe bleeding as a result of injury. There are a number of kits at various locations in Runcorn, available to anyone who needs them. News Stories From Your Local Area We’ve visited Moore Primary School this month to deliver a presentation to the year 4 children on Staying Safe Online. Children are spending more and more time online so it is important to get the safety message across to them at an early age. We were asked some very interesting questions and the children engaged well. I’ve joined the Litter Bugs team for a litter pick this month in Windmill Hill. Most of the volunteers were local children who worked really hard on a very hot day to collect as much rubbish as they could! The picture shows just some of the rubbish we collected. Further litter picks have been arranged for the coming months. News Stories From Your Local Area Impact IMPACT is Cheshire Constabulary protecting your community from serious and organised crime by relentlessly disrupting criminal activity as well as safeguarding vulnerable adults and children from criminal exploitation to make it a safer place to live. Working closely with our partners and in line with the Home Office and National Crime Agency (NCA) strategy our aim is to reduce the risks and threats from organised crime using the four main objec- tives: Prepare – reduce this criminality and prepare for when organised crime takes place Prevent – seek to prevent peo- ple from engaging in organised crime by stopping and identifying those at the source Pursue – Relentlessly pursue offenders through disruption, targeted action and prosecution Protect – protect communities, vulnerable people and businesses from organised crime How You Can Help While we are do everything in our power to protect Cheshire from serious and organised crime we also need support from the public. Nobody knows their villages, towns and city better than you. The people who live and work there. We need you to be our eyes and our ears by looking out for suspicious behaviour that is out of place and spotting the signs of vulnerable children and adults being exploited. If you think you have information – no matter how small get in touch with us and together we can help to make your community a safer place. News Stories From Your Local Area Signs to look out for: Increase in visitors or cars to a house or flat People coming and going at odd times of the day and night Strange smells coming from the property (illegal drugs) Windows covered or curtains closed all the time Cars pulling up to or near the house for a short period of time People talking on phones outside the address People handling large amounts of cash and owning numerous mobile phones Unexplained, sometimes unaffordable new things (e.g clothes, jewellery, cars etc An increase in violence at the property or in the area. County lines criminal exploitation A county line is operated by an organised crime group who use a mobile phone, known as a ‘line’ or a ‘graft’ to extend their criminal activity business into new locations - usually from a city into rural are- as. In some cases organised crime groups can target and exploit children, vulnerable adults and disa- bled people to deliver and deal drugs on their behalf. Know the signs: A child or young person going missing from school or home and travelling to market towns or ru- ral areas Self-harm or a significant change in emotional wellbeing or their behaviour The use of drugs and alcohol Having more money, new expensive clothes or accessories which they are unable to account for Having multiple mobiles, tablets or SIM cards and receiving an excessive amount of texts and calls Forming relationships and meeting with controlling or older people or groups Carrying weapons Significant decline in school results / performance Lone children from outside of the area There are a number of ways to report information or a crime: Call Cheshire Police on 101 Call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 Speak to your local officers Get in touch through our online form Always call 999 if there is a crime in action or immediate threat to life News Stories From Your Local Area Step 3 - not before 17 May Social contact As part of Step 3, no earlier than 17 May, the government will look to continue easing limits on seeing friends and family wherever possible, allowing people to decide on the appropriate level of risk for their circumstances. This means that most legal restrictions on meeting others outdoors will be lifted - although gatherings of over 30 people will remain illegal. Indoors, the Rule of 6 or 2 households will apply - we will keep under review whether it is safe to increase this. As soon as possible and by no later than Step 3, we will also update the advice on social distancing between friends and family, including hugging. But until this point, people should continue to keep their distance from anyone not in their household or support bubble. Business and activities Most businesses in all but the highest risk sectors will be able to reopen. In all sectors, COVID-Secure guidance will remain in place and businesses may not cater for groups bigger than the legal limits. Indoor hospitality will reopen - and as in Step 2, venues will not have to serve a substantial meal with alcoholic drinks; nor will there be a curfew. Customers will, however, have to order, eat and drink while seated.