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25 Jun 2012

Chester Outer North - Blacon and Saughall

• Saughall Road - Criminal damage. Daytime of 18th June. Offender(s) use sharp implement to scratch bodywork of parked Honda Civic motor vehicle.
• Long Lane- Theft. Overnight 17-18th June. Unknown offender(s) enter shed in rear garden through insecure window and makes negative search. A bicycle (no further description available) was then stolen from the garden.
• Hatton Road - Theft from motor vehicle. Overnight 21-22nd June. Unknown offender(s) steals wallet from insecure Renault Megane vehicle parked on driveway.

Chester Outer South - Lache / Westminster Park / Curzon Park / Handbridge / Saltney

• Appleyards Lane - Theft of gates. Afternoon of 15th June. Offender(s) enter driveway of house and steal metal gates that had been taken down for painting.
• Oxford Road / Shrewsbury Way - Criminal damage. Daytime of 18th June.Unknown offender(s) smash windows of premises using stones.
• West Cheshire College - Theft of pedal cycle. Daytime 18th June. Offender(s) steal purple Carrera mountain bike from racks.

Chester Outer East - Kingsway / Hoole / Upton / Huntington / Vicars Cross / Boughton

• Woodlands Drive- Burglary (other). Between 9th-16th June. Offender(s) enter brick outbuilding by forcing padlock using unknown means. Power tools and 2x mountain bikes stolen.
• Vicarage Road - Theft of pedal cycle. Between 15-19th June. Unknown offender(s) enters garden (over wall) of property. Then cut through security chain before stealing Specialized Marin Mountain bike as well as wheel from other cycle.
• Sefton Road - Theft from motor vehicles. Overnight 22-23rd June. Offender(s) enter a number of vehicles outside various premises by unknown means & remove items from within (no details as yet of what stolen).

Update

Kingsway

Following the offence that took place on the morning of Saturday 9th June 2012, Chester Outer NPT Officers and PCSO’s have provided high-visibility patrols in the Kingsway area. The officers attended over 90 addresses near to the incident location for the purposes of making house to house enquiries as well as offering reassurance to the local Kingsway residents. This assistance allowed the Chester CID , who are actively investigating this case, to perform other vital case-related enquiries. We will keep the community informed concerning any progress and would ask that if anyone has any information that could assist this case then they should ring 101.

However, if you wish to pass information via an independent anonymous source, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Community News

On Wednesday June 6th Panna football was organised to take place in Saughall, unfortunately it was not able to take place due to circumstances involving the towing vehicle.

The youth workers acted very quickly so as not to let the children down and went out and bought some goals which were used for numerous games of 5-a-side. This went down really well despite the heavy down pours of rain and those that took part were not too disappointed.

On Thursday June 7th Mountain Monkeys came to Saughall offering the chance for all ages to have a go at archery on the climbing wall.

There's was another good week for community engagement with the local police in Upton with two positive interactions being attended by PCSO Matt Browell.

On Wednesday 20th June Matt was invited to the Countess of Chester Hospital to offer advice and guidance on cycling matters as well as engraving postcodes on to NHS staff's cycles as part of a cycle initiative organised by Alex Ford of the Procurement department. The initiative also involved representatives from Big Bill's Bikes who were doing safety checks and adjustments and had a few bikes to sell.

The day was good with around 10 cycles marked.

Another good opportunity for local school children and their families to meet the police was on Saturday 23rd June at Acres field Primary School's summer fete. PCSO Browell attended the school with a marked response police car to show the young people and parents a tool that helps the police officers get from A to B (Sometimes quickly in an emergency).

In summing up the two events Matt said,

I am always proud to represent the police at these events, especially as Upton's local Community Support Officer. I have attended the cycling events at the Countess of Chester a few times now and I always have staff approaching me for their cycles to be marked. Local police officers and PCSOs regularly engage with people they see on high value cycles in suspicious circumstances and although post coding of cycles does not make them "Theft proof", it does help the police identify instantly where the bike comes from, which in turn could make the difference in providing a police officer with the grounds to arrest a potential thief or burglar.

Schools are a great place to interact with the young people of my local area; it breaks down barriers and helps foster respect for the emergency services and the job they do in the community. After 5 years on my beat area I have children and parents who now know me by first name and aren't afraid to come and say hello and ask questions about the police, my role or raise concerns in their neighbourhood, although I feel the police car with its flashing blue lights easily steals my thunder!