Neighbourhood Watch

Stop Press : Police surgery in Preston, Fri 6th.Aug 14.30-16.30.

Neighbourhood Watch is one of the biggest and most successful crime prevention initiatives ever; it's all about getting together with your neighbours to take action to cut local crime. Through forming an active partnership with the local police Neighbourhood Watch can effectively do the following:

. Cut crime and the opportunities for crime
. Help and reassure those who live in fear of crime
. Encourage neighbourliness and closer communities.

The Neighbourhood Watch scheme works in Preston in the following way: a committee has been set up consisting of 10 members, who are all residents of the village and prepared to give up their valuable time to keep everyone informed of local incidents that could have an impact on our village. The names/telephone numbers of the committee are as follows:

The Police incident numbers are as follows: In the event of an emergency or if you witness a crime actually taking place call 999.

For all non-emergencies including fly-tipping please call 0845 33 00 222.

For the removal of fly-tipping, then ring Veolia on 0800 3286023

PC Matt Jenkins is our Ward Constable and PCSO Heather Burrows is our Community Support Officer. They are responsible for dealing with local community issues in Preston and can be contacted on 01707 354192. Matt is also available on 07736 225349 & Heather on 07847 364955.

Information regarding local crime is sent from Herts Police using the "OWL" system, which sends messages via e-mail or telephone to the members of the NW committee who then relay that information on to everyone in their designated area.

The Neighbourhood Watch committee members will endeavour to pass on to you information that is received in the village from the police about relevant crime incidents in this and neighbouring villages, as well as reports of any suspicious behaviour, or activities observed elsewhere in the village and reported into the system.

Please remember that the Police would like to hear of any crime or attempted crime incidents affecting your property, any suspicious activity you may have noticed and any incidents of hooliganism or damage to property that come to your notice. The hope is that, with such a two-way flow of information within the village, we will all be able to take extra care and exercise greater vigilance.

These numbers also appear every month in the parish newsletter. Our Safer Neighbourhood Team carry out police surgeries in Preston and the surrounding villages on a regular basis.The dates of which are on the village Notice Board.

Preston surgery details are also published in the Parish Newsletter and on the village website Notice Board, both of which can be accessed on this site.

We are very fortunate that at the moment Preston has a low crime rate when compared to neighbouring villages - lets make every effort as a community to keep it that way. If you would like to discuss Neighbourhood Watch further or would like a crime prevention pack please contact Ita Leaver on 453250

Minutes of Neighbourhood Watch meetings

Links
www.hertscrimeprevention.org
www.herts.police.uk
www.stevenageneighbourhoodwatch.org