West Leeds Neighbourhood Policing Team newsJanuary 2018 making a difference locally Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Pop badge initiative launches Officers from Outer West road safety; drink and drug driving, pupils around road safety. Children Neighbourhood Policing Team are speeding, using a mobile phone, not are to be encouraged to engage with working with children in the wearing a seatbelt, appropriate child officers when they are on the beat to Farnley and Wortley Areas of seats and wearing a helmet when collect the rest of the set. Leeds to remind them about the riding a bike. Officers on patrol in the area will importance of road safety. have a selection of the badges to Children are encouraged to collect give out for the next few weeks Pop badges have been produced to the full set of 6 badges from their following the presentations. appeal to primary aged children to neighbourhood officers whilst on the encourage them to consider theirs beat. The initiative has already been and their family and friends safety successfully run in the Calderdale when traveling on the roads of West Ward Officers and Police Community Policing area. Funding for the Yorkshire. Support Officers will be attending badges was secured through the Primary Schools in the Farnley and district’s partnership funding officer Six badge designs have been Wortley area and giving out the first from the Safer Communities Fund. created, each focusing on an area of badges whilst engaging with the #ClickB4UCall - How to contact us Did you know that you can ‘chat’ live online to our Customer Contact Centre using ‘101 Live Chat’. To access the chat, or find out more, please visit our website at: https:// www.westyorkshire.police.uk/ contact-us Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Winter Friends spreads warmth Local Officers have teamed up with ● Those suffering from a long term ● Minimising social isolation Leeds City Council to help spread medical condition key messages which will help keep ● Children 2 or 3 years old Here in Leeds, WYP have identified the most vulnerable within our key operational staff and volunteers communities safe this winter. ● Pregnant to become advocates of the Winter Friends scheme. They have ● Or a carer Did you know that, in Leeds, there attended a workshop with experts are on average 350 excess winter Just a few simple interventions may from Public Health and have access deaths (December – March) each save someone’s life this Winter: to key resources to support this year suggesting that much more can campaign. be done to support those most at ● Flu vaccinations risk If you are worried about someone ● Review of medicines this Winter or you yourself feel that We know that anyone can be at risk ● Heating review you need some support or advice, of cold weather but we all are please get in touch with the reminded that those who are at ● Ensuring regular hot meals & Neighbourhood Coordinator for your greatest risk are: drinks area of Leeds or email the Crime ● Safeguarding against falls & Reduction Team ● Aged 65 and over promoting personal safety on [email protected] olice.uk Sharon Wade West Leeds [email protected] Debby Thornes South Leeds [email protected] Sarah Halloran East Leeds [email protected] A winter checklist, detailing the agencies working with us on the campaign and their contact numbers is available via our advocates, so please get in touch without delay. You could be saving someone’s life this Winter! Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Illegal tobacco seized in Leeds Officers in Inner West Leeds and shop in the Town Street area of owners of the shop are now being West Yorkshire Trading Standards Bramley. Over £10,000 worth of prosecuted by Trading Standards. executed a warrant at an off-licence illegal tobacco was seized. The PC Jamie Wilkinson paid an enjoyable visit to Guiseley Primary School in January. There were some great questions (and tricky ones too) with lots of prospective police officers of the future. The kids particularly enjoyed exploring the police van. Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Keeping your van and tools safe Vans are often targeted by thieves for their tools. Here Use an approved steering lock or gear clamps, and are a few simple tips to help secure your van and its remember to set your immobiliser and alarm if you contents: have one. Fit a dual band tracking device that works on VHF/ It might sound obvious, but make sure you lock the UHF and GPS to ensure that one tracking system is doors and shut the windows whenever you leave still functioning if criminals use GPS blocking your van unattended. techniques to avoid detection. Purchase devices to Never leave any valuables visible - keep ALL ‘Thatcham’ and ‘SBD’ approval to combat this type possessions out of sight. Even if you know that of vehicle theft, as vehicles equipped with a tracking there is nothing valuable in your jacket pocket or file device are often promptly recovered. left on the seat, a thief may try their luck. Use a “Pedal Box Guard” to encase the pedals Remove tools from your van when left over night when the vehicle is not in use. If removal of tools is not possible, fit a tool safe and Fit an on-board diagnostic (OBD) safe device, a ensure it is fully secured with good quality locks. secure lockable device that fits over the vehicle’s Consider parking your van close to a hedge or wall OBD port, inside the cabin, to prevent additional in order to restrict access for anyone trying to get keys being coded. inside. Engrave or mark tools and their boxes with your We recommend products that are Sold Secure, or Secured By Design. postcode and house number. Fit additional locks external locks to van doors. Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Police Cadets help out Horsforth As part of a larger national scheme, Volunteer Police Cadets from the West Leeds area have been working with us and helping out in the community. They have been working towards their bronze Duke of Edinburgh award and learning about neighbourhood policing by taking part in a day of action. Some spent the morning taking part in a community tidy-up in Newlay, whilst others spent the afternoon assisting local officers with Speedwatch checks on Low Lane and Scotland Lane. For more information about the cadets and what they do, please visit http://vpc.police.uk Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Contact Opportunities Mondays ■ Brownlee Stone Centre, Town ■ ASDA, Holt Road, Holt Park, Street, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5BL. LS16 7RY. 3pm - 4pm. ■ New Wortley Community Centre, 6pm - 7pm Tong Road. 9.30am - 10.30am. ■ Bramley Community Hub (Library, Hough Lane, LS13 3ND). ■ Courtyard Café, Town Street, 12pm - 1pm. Horsforth, LS18 4GN. 11am -12pm. Fridays ■ Yeadon Library & One Stop ■ Morrisons, 89 Otley Road, Centre, Town Hall Square, LS19 Guiseley, LS20 8PS. 5pm - 6pm. 7PP. 2pm - 3pm ■ Otley Town Council Office, Otley Core Resource Centre, Unit 11, Orchard Gate, Otley, LS21 3NX. Wednesdays 2pm - 3pm. ■ Morrisons, High Street, Yeadon, LS19 7YU. 12pm - 1pm. Saturdays ■ Armley Post Office, 9 - 11 Town ■ Morrisons, 69 Town Street, Street, LS12 1UG. 11am - 12pm. Horsforth, LS18 5BP. 10am - 11am. ■ Otley Town Council Office, Otley ■ Pudsey Library, Church Lane, Core Resource Centre, Unit 11, LS28 7TY. 11am - 12pm. Orchard Gate, Otley, LS21 3NX. 11am - 12pm. Local officers Memory Lane will drop in and show their Dementia Café support too! ■ Do you have memory problems or dementia? ■ Are you supporting a relative or friend who has memory problems or dementia? ■ The Memory Lane Café is chance to make friends with other people from Armley & Wortley living with memory problems and dementia Come join us every third Thursday of the month at: Armley Helping Hands Strawberry Lane Community Centre, LS12 1SF 12 noon until 2.30pm For more information contact Karen Catterill on 0113 2799 292 Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Safer Internet Day will take place Globally, Safer Internet Day is teachers, social workers, law on 6th February 2018 with the celebrated in over a hundred enforcement, companies, theme: Create, Connect and Share countries, coordinated by the joint policymakers, and wider, to join Respect. A Better internet starts Insafe/INHOPE network, with the together in helping to create a better with you. support of the European internet. Get Involved to play your Commission, and national Safer part! Coordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centres across Europe. Internet Centre, the annual event Last year we collectively reached sees hundreds of organisations get The day offers the opportunity to 42% of UK children - with your help involved to help promote the safe, highlight positive uses of technology we can make SID2018 even bigger! responsible and positive use of and to explore the role we all play in digital technology for children and helping to create a better and safer More information can be found young people. online community. It calls upon here: www.saferinternetday.org.uk young people, parents, carers, Visit us online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk Police road safety campaign A hard hitting project to make roads dreadful impact of collisions and even “The feedback from the students safer has motored by a major showed them a body bag of the kind themselves, their teachers, their parents milestone after reaching more than which victims of fatal incidents would be and our partners has been excellent and 10,000 teenagers. put in at scenes. I want to thank the schools and colleges involved for all their support.