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UPDATE FROM YOUR ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA? Last month we spoke about the crime prevention PC 898 PAULA GILLULEY #9pmRoutine initiative designed to encourage residents to TEL: 07766990802 get into the habit of locking and securing houses, out buildings and vehicles before settling down for the E: [email protected] evening. Did you know that you can get lots of free crime prevention advice from our Norfolk Police website? The Norfolk Constabulary and its partners are committed to Crime Prevention page provides an A-Z of advice on reducing road casualties and making our roads safer. common topics including Anti-Social Behaviour and Al- The Community Speedwatch (CSW) scheme arose from lotment Security, Dangerous Dogs & Dog Thefts, Equine an idea to empower local communities to assist in this Security, Domestic Violence Risk, Fraud Prevention, Hate commitment by helping to make their neighbourhoods Crime, Security Alarms, Social Media and Vehicle Security safer and improve residents’ quality of life. Put simply, to name but a few. Why not follow the link https:// speed monitoring is carried out by trained volunteers norfolk.police.uk/advice/crime-prevention-z and see how who want to make a difference in their community. you can take steps to prevent becoming a victim of crime? Breckland is fortunate to have 24 CSW teams across the If you are a user of social media we put out regular “Top District who work in partnership with Norfolk Tips” on crime prevention advice on current or common Constabulary helping to keep our roads a safer place for crime trends – check out our pages on Twitter all. We are looking for new volunteers to either join @Breckland Police and Face Book at Brecks Police. For established teams in your area or to set up a new team those of you who live in rural communities or have rural where CSW is not currently active. If you are interested businesses did you know you can sign up to our fortnightly in helping make your community a safer place to live in Operation Randall newsletter compiled by our Rural Crime and can spare a little time each month please contact Team which tackles and discusses rural issues. If you me at [email protected] or our would like to sign up to receive the newsletter following Community Speedwatch support team direct at the link https://member.everbridge.net/ [email protected] for details. index/892807736722380/#/signup and select “Rural

CURRENT NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES DATE OF NEXT SNAP MEETING

• Tackling Drug Misuse To Be Confirmed • Tackling Speeding in the Villages • Tackling ASB in

DECEMBER 2020

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CRIME UPDATES (November 2020)

Offence Numbers What could this entail

Arson 1 Damage caused as a result of fire. Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Harassment, alarm or distress is caused in a non-crime incident. 2 Burglary business and community A person commits theft in a building or structure that is not lived in. 1

Burglary residential 1 Entry and theft in a building or a structure that is lived in. Criminal Damage A person destroys or damages property belonging to someone else. 3 Domestic Domestic incidents where a crime has not occurred. Parties are aged 16 or 3 over and have been intimate partners or family members regardless of sexuality. Hate Incident Any incident where a crime has not occurred which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.

Race or Religious aggravated public fear Any crime determined to have a hate element as per above.

Possession of controlled substance Unlawful possession of a drug classified in class A, B or C.

Possession of weapons Unlawful possession of an article used as a weapon. Public fear, alarm or distress Public order offences e.g. from a verbal altercation to offences just short of

violence. Robbery Includes a range of offences where force is used, threatened or the victim is put

in fear. Theft from a motor vehicle Any item stolen that was in, on or attached to a motor vehicle. 1 Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor Any motor vehicle including those abandoned.

Theft of pedal cycle From a public place, if stolen form a shed or garage this would be a BOTD.

Theft from a person Purse being taken from a handbag, or a mobile phone from a shopping basket.