Today’ s operation was once again spread around the whole Wycombe area, advising farmers, business owners and employees and even delivery drivers about the importance of calling police if they see anything suspicious.
The Local Policing Area Commander, Superintendent Houalla, also joined officers and visited farms and businesses in the North Dean and Lacey Green areas, reaffirming the need to call police on 101 if there is anything that causes concern. He was very keen that those he spoke to make full use of the rural crime reduction services and marking systems that we offer.
The mounted section (horses to you and me!) were also part of today’s operation, patrolling around Speen and Loosley Row and spreading the rural crime prevention message. By a stroke of luck they were close to a primary school at home time, making the day of the children leaving school!
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| A CESAR marked tractor |
The local newspaper was also involved and will be helping to spread the message that the High Wycombe’s Rural Police teams take rural crime very seriously and local people are being actively encouraged to call the police if they suspect criminal activity. Police will attend and deal with those suspected of being involved in criminal activity very robustly.
Tips to consider:
- Have you spoken to your employees about reporting suspicious activity? Young workers may be particularly apprehensive about reporting suspicious activity just in case in turns out to be nothing. Remind them it doesn’t matter if it does turn out to be nothing, police officers will decide and deal appropriately. Nobody will get into trouble for having a hunch!
· If you see anyone acting suspiciously, don’t approach or confront them, particularly if the perpetrator is seen to be hare coursing or poaching with firearms. Call police straight away instead.
· When reporting a crime or suspicious activity details such as exact location, direction the offenders travelled off in, how long ago you saw them and descriptive details like height, build, clothing, hair colour, skin colour, car registrations are all really helpful to not only help officers find them but link other jobs that have been called in if the descriptions match
The Wycombe team’s numbers for Thursday’s operation are as follows:
31 farms visited
28 crime reduction packs delivered
20 people signed up to Thames Valley Alerts
24 people signed up to Country Watch
11 signed up to Horse Watch
54 Country Watch gate signs put up
190 pieces of horse tack marked and...
23 pieces of agricultural machinery marked using CESAR!
If you are interested in security marking your valuables, you can do so via the immobilise website. Police forces across the country check stolen items they find on the immobilise website to try and trace the real owner. So if your property is stolen, police have more chance of getting it back to you once it is found.
