PCSO Stephen Marnick Monthly Hale Crime Report (April 2017)

HALE VILLAGE PARISH COUNCIL (and Working Together) MEETING

18th April 2017 (report submitted after meeting)

From am 19th March 2017 to pm 22nd April 2017 the following entries are recorded on our systems for Hale Village. I have summarised the entries to make it easier to get an overview. They are not always in date order and details are omitted as needed.

As part of the “Working Together” initiative there will be time set aside for any meeting any residents wish to have in private with the local PCSO just prior to the Parish Council meeting and we thank the parish council for allowing this. A reminder any person can contact us 24/7 via 101 or any of the options below if preferred.

2 Alarms 5th & 7th April Church Road – both in order

7 ASB – Personal Nuisance & Anti Social Behaviour 23/03/17 on High Street 2 young males up driveway (advice given), 24/03/17 Baileys Lane Quads(legal) advice given, 26/03/17 Public House suspicious activity – no trace on arrival, 02/04/17 2 off road bikes on field off Hale Rd - made off on Police arrival, 02/04/17 repeat of above. 04/04/17 youths on pedal bikes causing issues, no trace. 15/04/17 Church End Mews – parking issue.

4 Violence/Harassment/Threats Assheton walk 29/03/17 x2 assault – no further police involvement and 11th and 17/04/17 Church End Mews x2 family related.

0 Sexual Offences

0 Burglary Dwelling

1 Burglary other than in a dwelling 04/04/17 Pheasantfield – items taken from shed.

0 Theft of a Motor Vehicle

2 Theft From a Motor Vehicle Both Church Road at the bottom 07th & 17/04/17 one vehicle broken into via door - nothing taken and other rear window smashed nothing taken.

0 Theft / Other

0 Criminal Damage

2 Drugs 19/03/17 Kildare Close two males seen believed dealing drugs and 20/04/17 Cocklade Lane poss. drug use.

Fraud

6 Admin -Messages to Pass & Misc. Prison related Simple Advice, Police Generated

2 Complaint against Police – same address

8 Intelligence Reports

2 Concern for Safety

10 Domestics including numerous from one address

8 Suspicious person/vehicle/Activity 20/03/17 High Street youths on path not moving, 23/03/17 Hale Rd incident involving Merseyside Police, 24/03/17 Greenore Dr. 3 males acting suspiciously near cars (one arrested). 25/03/17 suspicious vehicle Hoghton Rd – no trace on arrival, 27/03/17 Greenore Dr. susp. Vehicle (was all in order), 02/04/17 Church End susp. Persons in a car (no trace), 06/04/17 suspicious persons near public house, moved on before arrival, 20/04/17 as above

1 RTC’s Injury/Damage 12/04/17 youths on pedal bike knocked into car wing mirror Wellington Gate,

3 Highway Disruption 31/03/17 Crab Tree Close vehicle reportedly causing obstruction and same location 11/04/17 vehicle parked inconsiderately – no trace. 16/04/17 Aran close vehicle causing obstruction – Advisory left due to road race event.

9 Vulnerable Person reports often persons visited who the visitor suspects as being vulnerable.

0 Civil Dispute

2 Missing Persons same address 29th March and 6th April – person returned all OK

1 Stop/Searches

1 Search Warrants 06/04/17 Thorn Tree Close

0 Distraction Burglary

0 Animal Domestic

0 Prevent Breach of the Peace

0 Property Lost /Found

0 Abandoned phone calls

0 Wildlife matters

0 Road related Traffic offences

1 Firearms 05/04/17 collection of old gun

0 Sudden Death

0 Bail breaches etc.

0 Found Stolen Motor Vehicle

0 Assist other agencies – often ambulance etc.

Beat Manager covering the Hale Village area is PC 4238 Nicola Richards covering for PC Melling who is on maternity leave. Supervision is Sergeant 3114 Neil Edgar. PCSO for the Hale Village area is 9489 Stephen Marnick

Apologies for the big delay in submitting this report to the Parish Council, this was due to a number of policing Operations combined with the Easter holiday break.

Also there are a number of repeated points generated in the reports. I do think these are an important part of the report especially for first time readers.I want to record my/our appreciation to HaleVillageOnline website for posting these reports for publicity to a wider audience.

If you want an item adding or wish to comment at all on anything police related then please get in touch.

We do our best to ensure as much crime and anti-social behaviour is prevented and where it occurs to try and get those responsible. The villagers are increasingly helping us to achieve this objective by reporting matters such as suspicious persons, vehicles etc. A number of the calls below are testimony to the fact villagers do have the confidence to call us and allow us to deal with the incidents, hopefully preventing more serious incidents occurring.

You do not need to remain anonymous. This is obviously your choice but we can assure you your details are safe and not divulged to third parties.

I have and do patrol across the village as much as my duties allow. I also do some patrolling in the Halebank area. I know my PCSO and Police Officer colleagues also pay attention to the area when I am on leave or rest days. Some of my time was taken up with various Operations including “Disrupt” (ASB in the school holiday time) and “Shield” – residential – business property marking.

Again, when possible and I have tried to cover some of the smaller, quieter inner roads as well. I have conducted patrols across the village from up near the border with Speke to Halegate road and including the arterial routes. I also try to call into some of the residents or businesses in the remoter areas such as Ramsbrook Lane, Baileys Lane etc. If you see me say hello!

I have not been able to do any speed enforcement this period. I am aware the Safer Partnerships camera van has been active in Widnes and I will endeavour to encourage more use of this.

I want to be able to engage and update the residents who are unable to come to the parish council meetings perhaps due to age or disabilities so, if you know of any who would like a visit get in touch. I look forward to the day when we have a new village hall and continue to provide feedback to residents as we have done in the past.

We had two reports of traffic/parking issues around Hoghton Road and the “fruit tree” closes for poor or illegal parking. Patrolling will continue to check for issues here and elsewhere and issue Fixed Penalty Notice and / or have vehicles removed if they are found to be parking illegally – dangerously.

The No Waiting restriction (single yellow) continues to be checked outside of the school on an Ad hoc basis and checks are being made at both sides of the school for any drivers flouting the parking restriction. We appreciate the cooperation given by residents/parents.

19th April 2017 saw us join our colleagues in Merseyside Police for a joint operation (Recipe) with the aim of catching and disrupting the criminals who use the road network and this included off road bikes. We were joined on the day by HMRC and a number of vehicles seized with one driver being arrested – wanted on warrant. As always we aim to be visible to you but if you find an issue occurring that we have not noticed or has not been brought to our attention please get in touch (see below)

The ongoing Operational Order – Operation Scrambler which has and continues to be carried out by officers, with PC Vicki Abraham taking the lead, strives to try and reduce the number of incidents.

If you have any information that could identify the riders or their addresses please do make contact with us. This is an ongoing operation and officers have had some good successes recently. We do know the reports of illegally used motorbikes, quads etc. will continue and along with this our responses will increase too.

As Hale Village area now has a 7.5t weight restriction I will keep an eye on this to try and maintain low levels of transgressors. I have spoken with a few residents who have said they have noticed a good improvement.

Hale Estates ask persons not to trespass onto their land without permission. If you witness anything you perceive as suspicious please call us on 101.

We hope you can see for yourself by this report that, when you hear of reports that generally crime is falling, you can see how this is reflected in your area. As said previously we are not complacent and will continue to try and bring the figures down across all police-related issues. Thanks go out to those residents for calling us up with suspicious activity and we hope the level of service you received was of a high standard.

We want to encourage even more information – intelligence that we gather. If residents are not confident in passing their details to us they can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 – they won’t ask for your details and the information will still reach us. We would rather they have the confidence in us and the system as the callers’ details are “sanitized” from all the intelligence reports. I.e. suspicious goings on/suspicious persons/vehicles, smells of cannabis etc. if reporting vehicles or persons try and obtain details such as vehicle registration marks; clothing descriptions etc. – if you have a mobile with you many have voice recorders.

We are hoping the Parish Council, school, church, businesses and residents are encouraged and reassured by the report however if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

If you want up to date information about Hale Village policing matters we post messages on Twitter and Tweet as often as we should/can when we are on duty and our address is @PoliceWidnes (if any readers are local and they need any help with this I can also call along to set it up for you or show you how to tweet yourselves! (It’s so easy - just like texting!)

Another great communication tool is the Cheshire police’s internet site at

www.cheshire.police.uk

I would also like to promote the Cheshire police ALERT system further. We have now doubled the take up of this Alert system with 25 persons registered in the Hale Village area – thanks! This Alert system is geared up similar to a homewatch scheme whereby businesses or households can choose to be alerted on matters that you want – such as scams, bogus callers, etc. and by which method you choose such as text, phone call, email etc. There is more information on our website or via

https://www.cheshirepolicealert.co.uk I am more than willing to help any resident or business get set up.

A resource for obtaining information as to police related matters is https://www.askthe.police.uk (apps available)

Remember 999 calls are for emergencies only and these cover matters such as but not limited to:

• there is a danger to life

• violence is used or threatened

• a serious crime (violent crime/burglary) is in progress or likely to occur

• a suspect for a serious crime is nearby

• there is a road traffic collision involving personal injury or danger to other road users

• a vulnerable person needs urgent attention

• Our 999 call handlers strive to answer all calls within 10 seconds

Non-emergencies

For non-emergency calls, call 101. Using 999 for general enquiries may delay response to someone who needs urgent assistance. You should dial 101 (the non-emergency number) if:

• you want to report a crime or criminal damage that is not in progress at the time of your call

• you want to report a minor road traffic collision

• you want to contact your local police officer

• you want to enquire about lost property or provide information to the police

• you need information or advice

Finally, please do let us know what information you would like including on this report and we will see if we can incorporate this.

Thank You for your attention

PCSO 9489 Stephen Marnick [email protected]

PC 4238 Nicola Richards [email protected]