Hamworthy Neighbourhood Watch

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10052012 / Hamworthy SNT / Bogus Workmen targeting elderly and vulnerable people.

Bogus workmen are going door-to-door offering over-priced, shoddy services such as gardening, roofing and driveway repairs.

Investigations are ongoing into these rogue traders but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the way they do business and it’s not always easy to spot the rogues from legitimate businesses.

Some of them are using glossy, professional looking flyers with seemingly proper addresses, website details, email addresses and telephone numbers that only later turn out to be false or just a message taking service. This makes it very difficult to get the trader to come back if things go wrong. Others are using legitimate looking contracts but again these don’t contain the correct information or your cancellation rights.

Don’t agree to anything, get quotes from established businesses and don’t forget you can find trustworthy, reliable trades people who have been visited and pre-approved by trading standards on the Buy With Confidence scheme.

For more information about the Buy With Confidence scheme visit boroughofpoole.com/buywithconfidence

If you have any information please let Hamworthy SNT know on telephone number 101.

If you have any information regarding a crime in progress then please report it on 999. If you see anything suspicious which does not require immediate Police assistance then please contact your Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team on 101.

Good afternoon everybody,

Please find attached the latest ADW Newsletter. Can you please distribute to your area and/or ask your SNT to send out via Ringmaster. I hope this will be available within a few days on our website for members to view and/or download

Best wishes

*John*

John Shave MBE

Chairman, Association of Dorset Watches

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02052012 / Hamworthy SNT / Symes Road 3 suspicious men.

Hamworthy SNT are aware of some recent thefts from garages and sheds in the Symes Road area of Hamworthy. On one occasion three men were seen loitering on bicycles.

They are described as white males, aged 20 – 24 years, all riding bicycles wearing tracksuits and caps. One had trousers with 3 yellow stripes down the leg and another had trousers with a red stripe on. If you see these men loitering please call us and quote Incident 01:0309.

We would always advise that bikes are locked to something sturdy even in a shed or garage and that you use a good quality cycle lock.

If you have any information please let Hamworthy SNT know on telephone number 101.

If you have any information regarding a crime in progress then please report it on 999. If you see anything suspicious which does not require immediate Police assistance then please contact your Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team on 101.

Crimestoppers Crimestoppers UK (Trust) is a charity helping to prevent and solve crimes. The scheme allows you to give information anonymously about crimes that affect you and your local community. You can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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02-05-2012/Hamworthy Partners and Communities Together Surgery

Your Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team are holding its monthly public meeting at Hamworthy Library on Saturday 5th May 2012 at 10am until 11am. Please come along if you have any issues you wish to make your local Police team aware of or even if you just wish to meet some of your local officers. A local Councillor will also be present as will the Chair of the Hamworthy SNT.

If you see anything suspicious please call us immediately on 999.

If you wish to contact Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team we can be contacted on 101.

Crimestoppers Crimestoppers UK (Trust) is a charity helping to prevent and solve crimes. The scheme allows you to give information anonymously about crimes that affect you and your local community. You can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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30042012. Following information from the media and trading standards please be wary of companies trying to sell a POWER SAVER PLUG device that they claim saves on your electricity bill.This is a scam as no plug in device can make savings,many just contain a light to indicate they are on and are poorly made and present a fire risk.

Thank you.

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30042012. As a result of directed policing,recent arrests made and our SHEDUCATION events in Poole since January 2012,we have seen a decrease in the number of garage breaks reported.

The number of breaks reported for Poole reduced from 32 in March 2012 to 19 in April 2012.

There has also been an overall reduction of 25 reported shed breaks between January to April in 2012.

Thank you for your vigilance and your efforts to improve your security.If you do see or hear anything suspicious please call the police on 101 or 999 if a crime is in progress.

Thank you.

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28-03-2012 / Hamworthy SNT / Digital Switchover

Doorstep callers. Hamworthy has recently had a few elderly people visited by a company offering to assist with switching TV’s to receive the new digital signal. We would remind you not to deal with doorstep callers. Some of these companies are charging a lot of money for a very simple 5 minutes work.

If you have had such a company call on you and are concerned then please let Hamworthy SNT know on telephone number 101.

If you have any information regarding a crime in progress then please report it on 999. If you see anything suspicious which does not require immediate Police assistance then please contact your Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team on 101.

Crimestoppers Crimestoppers UK (Trust) is a charity helping to prevent and solve crimes. The scheme allows you to give information anonymously about crimes that affect you and your local community. You can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

This is a Community Message from Dorset Police, we thank you for your continued support.

28-03-2012/Hamworthy Partners and Communities Together Surgery cancel message.

The Monthly Surgery which Hamworthy Safer Neighbourhood Team hold is cancelled for April due to the Library being closed for the Bank Holiday.

The next Surgery take place at Hamworthy Library, Blandford Road between 10am and 11am on the first Saturday of May.

We apologise for any inconvience and remind you that if you wish to speak to the Police about a non urgent matter then please dial 101.

Please dial 999 in an emergency.

Thank you.

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20032012.OLYMPIC TICKETS FOR OFFER-ADVICE FROM MET POLICE

Police are warning the public of some recent advertisements that have appeared in national and international media advertising tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The advertisements just feature a mobile phone number or email address to contact for more information.

Detective Superintendent Nick Downing from Operation Podium said;

“Please do not attempt to buy tickets from adverts such as these as you risk paying over the odds for tickets that may not exist and your personal details may be stolen and used in other crimes. The safest way to buy tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is from the London 2012 website. On this site you will find the most up to date information about tickets, future Olympic and Paralympic Games ticket sales and the London 2012 website checker.”

If you have tried to buy a ticket in this way please contact Operation Podium BY EMAIL at “OperationPodium@met.pnn.police.uk ”

It is illegal to advertise or sell an Olympic or Paralympic Games ticket without the appropriate authorisation from the event organisers LOCOG and carries a fine of up to £20,000 for each offence.

Operation Podium is the Met’s dedicated team to tackle serious and organised economic crime against the Games and is working to disrupt those serious and organised criminals looking to target the Games. For full crime prevention advice on safe ways to buy your ticket for the London 2012 Games, visit the MPS Operation Podium website at

http://content.met.police.uk/Site/visitorolympics

Notes: For operational reasons the Met is not in a position to name the companies involved at present.

Met Police press bureau contact details: 020 7230 2171 “press.bureau@met.police.uk

PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO ANY NON-INTERNET USERS/FRIENDS OR FAMILY.THANK YOU.

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15032012.Dorset Police would like to remind residents not to allow strangers into their home, regardless of what they are told on their doorstep. Recently an elderly occupant became victim of a distraction burglary having allowed a stranger in to her home. The male claimed his car had broken down and asked to use her phone book to call for assistance. It was subsequently discovered he had stolen cash and bankcards. This is one of many fictitious reasons used to gain entry into unsuspecting victims homes. If you are in doubt of callers legitimacy, please call a friend or neighbour to assist you in verifying their identity. Please pass this information on. Thank you.