Kirkham Enquiry Desk to Stay

Kirkham and Rural Fylde newsletter inJanuary 2012 theincorporating Bryning know with Warton, Clifton, Elswick, Freckleton, and Wrea Green. Kirkham, Newton, Singleton, Staining , Weeton, Wesham know your Kirkham enquiry local team Bryning with Freckleton desk to stay Warton Kirkham enquiry desk is to remain open - this is great news for Kirkham and the surrounding areas as this will continue to be staffed by local public enquiry desk staff PC Dave Little who can offer a more personal service. The PCSO Carly Smith enquiry desk is open 10am until 6pm every PC Vicki Doherty day except Saturday. If you would like to desk is closed so your call will always be speak to them you can contact them on answered. There is also an email address that PC Robin Hardiman 01253 604734 or simply pop in during the can be used that is checked on a daily basis; PCSO Mark Partington opening hours. They can let you know when Kirkham.NPT@lancashire.pnn.police.uk Kirkham your local officers are on duty and can pass Furthermore there is also a voicemail facility on messages. The number diverts to for the neighbourhood policing teams that Blackpool Communications when the enquiry cover Fylde 01253 607044. Pupils urged to ‘bee safe and bee seen’ PC Bev Davis PC Lisa Griffin Youngsters in Kirkham and Wesham were we remind youngsters that they need to think urged to ‘bee safe and bee seen’ as local about their safety when they are near roads. PCSO Arran Woodward neighbourhood police officers deliver road As many children make their journeys by car, safety messages to them. Billy Bee will be outside the school gates and Newton and Clifton

Billy Bee, the mascot who campaigns to get will be a reminder to parents that safety is just PC Dave Little PCSO Angela Slater more people to wear seatbelts, joined the as necessary inside a vehicle as outside and officers as they spoke to pupils and parents that everyone should be wearing seatbelts.” at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School and Singleton, Elswick, Medlar with Wesham CE School on Monday 28 Staining and Weeton November. Pupils were taught about the importance of wearing light coloured or reflective clothing PCSO Andy Rigby while out during the dark nights; appropriate

behaviour when near roads and how to cross PC Dawn roads safely. Conolly-Perch PC Gary Cross, Community Beat Manager for Kirkham, said: “At this time of year, when Wesham conditions are darker as children make their way to and from school, it is important that

PCSO Jacqui Marwick Kirkham.NPT 01253 607044 PC Gary Cross @lancashire.pnn.police.uk Wrea Green

PCSO Trevor Stirling

PC Gary Cross Let us know your views on this newsletter, email [email protected] It’s good News in brief to know Parents who have bought their 101 is the new number to call to report Ashley Grundy from Birley Street children laptops or mobile phones for non-emergency crimes or incidents, Kirkham, was convicted of Affray Christmas are being urged to talk to to discuss anti-social behaviour or to at Crown Court and received a 19 them about online safety. speak to us about a general enquiry. month custodial sentence. A growing number of young people It will be available 24 hours a day, 7 now have private access to the days a week and replace our old non internet and may be unaware of the emergency number - 0845 1 253545. Last month’s subsequent risks, particularly when it Every force in the country has adopted comes to using social network sites. the new number. top priorities Parents are advised to help their Kirkham: children understand that they should Anti-social behaviour under the never give out personal details to railway bridge and on the Memorial online friends they do not know and and Coronation Parks. think very carefully about what other details they give. PACT Elswick, Singleton and Visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk for more Weeton: internet safety information for both and events Speeding in Weeton Village and on parents and children. Come along and meet your local the main roads during mid morning officers at the following Police and and early evening weekdays and Motorists are advised to ensure they Community Together (PACT) meetings: mornings on Sundays. are ready for the winter weather. In particular, police encourage you to: Freckleton First Monday of the month 6pm, Newton and Clifton: • make sure your vehicle is in good Freckleton and Kirkham Methodist Dogs from nearby farm causing working order in terms of tyres, Church, Kirkham Road. concerns and annoyance to residents brakes and overall repair. on Hornby Drive, Newton. Kirkham • check your lights are working, First Monday of the month 5.30pm, Wrea Green: headlights are set correctly, washer Mill Street Community Centre. Dogs worrying live stock at bottles are full and wipers work. Singleton Great Plumpton. • ensure you fully defrost your car First Thursday of the month 6.30pm, before you set off on your journey. Singleton Village Hall. Medlar with Wesham: Motorists should also carry the Medlar with Wesham Burglaries in area. following items in their vehicles: First Monday of the month 2pm, Old Fire Station, Station Road. Staining: • a shovel Wrea Green Theft of bicycles. • a bottle of water First Monday of the month 7.30pm, • a blanket Wrea Green Institute. Warton: • outdoor footwear Detecting/Preventing further fires. Warton • a torch First Tuesday of the month 6.15pm, • a charged mobile phone Warton Village Hall. Freckleton: Speeding issues on Kirkham Road. Newton and Clifton Lancashire Constabulary has First Wednesday of the month 5pm, For information about last month’s introduced a new telephone number Newton and Clifton Village Hall. priorities and the action we have for people who want to talk to the taken please visit Elswick police about non-urgent issues. www.lancashire.police.uk First Tuesday of the month 6pm, and type your postcode in the Elswick Village Hall. My Area box.