Waterhouse

Update

Are you interested in becoming a member of Neighbourhood Watch? Do you feel you could play an important part in making the area you live a safer place? If you are interested in becoming a Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinator for your area please contact PC Martin Willsher on the email address mentioned on this site for me details. I am working hard on trying to make Waterhouse a Neighbourhood Watch Area.

Waterhouse Neighbourhood Policing team are continuing the high visibility patrols especially around the Forest Drive area after numerous reports of anti-social behaviour. In the past months the number of reports has dramatically reduced. If you are receiving any problems of this nature please contact us, we take ASB seriously and will deal with it appropriately.

If you are aware of roads in our community where speeding is a problem, please contact us. We will then make plans to look at these areas and put measures in place.

Our PCSOs will be attending and targeting areas on our beat where we know speeding to be a problem. They will take with them the speed indicator device and the speed guns. We have found in the past that implementing these systems in areas where speeding is an issue we can often drastically reduce the number of speeding motorists.

We know that Forest Drive, Beeches Road and Writtle Road are problem areas for speeding. But please inform us if there are other areas you feel need attention.

If you would like any advice about how to keep you and your property safe please contact Trisha Staerck, crime reduction officer, at Chelmsford police station on 101.

The nights are drawing in earlier so its vital that we all ensure that secure our property before we leave it. Sadly we have been experiencing a steady increase in Dwelling Burglaries across the Chelmsford District, we are asking for members of the public to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious or any information however insignificant to us on 101 or 0800-555-1111 (this can be anonymous). I would like to take this opportunity to remind residents to take extra care to check all doors and windows are fully secured with the keys not left in the locks. If you are interested in a home security assessment please contact one of your local team to arrange this.

Incidents relating to Anti-Social Behaviour in the Forest Drive area have reduced in recent weeks. We still urge all persons that witness or are a victim to Anti-Social Behaviour to contact police. Our officers are regularly out and about on patrol and will assist with any problems you have. Essex Police will take positive action against all those committing Anti-Social Behaviour and its our aim to improve the quality of lives who its affected. The Mobile CCTV van has been and will continue to be deployed throughout the area. The van has recording capabilities within and therefore any Anti-Social Behaviour being committed may be recorded and could be used as evidence.

Please contact your local policing team if you receive any intelligence relating to any Crime or Anti-Social Behaviour in your area. Without the information you supply to us, we dont know what is going on. We thank you for working with us in making the area you live in, a safer place.

It has come our attention that there has been a recent crime trend in your area. In particular, It has been noticed that sheds and outbuildings are being broken into and items are being removed.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you to make sure that your sheds and outbuildings are secure, including items stored within them.

Thieves usually take small, lightweight valuable items that have a healthy second-hand value.

Please ensure that you do the following to ensure you give yourself the best possible chances of securing your property
• Keep your shed locked at all times, this is a visual deterrent in itself.
• Firmly secure the shed doors and windows
• Anchor items to the floor within, such as lawn mowers/bikes/ladders etc
• Anchor these items to each other to make it more difficult to remove them
• Fit a grille to the inside of your shed windows (if applicable)
• Fit a shed bar across the door
• Fit a lockable cabinet inside for power tools etc
• Purchase and fit a shed alarm

We know some of these suggestions have a financial impact, but many insurance companies’s will not reimburse for stolen items if the shed is not adequately secured. You must think of the replacement value for your goods. A good way to keep track of your belongings is to:

• Make an inventory of your belongings and include photographs
• Note the Make, Model, serial numbers and
• Mark your goods with your postcode.

It is our aim to reduce the crime in your area, if you would like further advice then please do contact the team on the numbers found on this site. If you see anything suspicious, please do call us and take as much detail as you can.

There are currently no policing priorities for Waterhouse Policing Team. This doesn't mean that work is not being carried out however. If you do feel that there are issues in your area that we should know about, please contact the team to discuss further.

Please feel free to contact me or any member of my time if you wish to discuss something. If the matter is of an emergency please dial 999. If it is not an emergency please contact 0300 333 4444. If you wish to discuss an issue in the local area please call a member of the team on 07817 454525.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy, healthy and safe 2012.