DAY 54: Chiltern and South Bucks teams continue crime prevention quest!

Here is the day in pictures...

PCSO Matt Sansom putting up Country Watch signs at Haywill Farm, Bellingdon

PCSO Matt Sansom horse whispering!

CRE (Crime Reduction Enterprise) products are used to deter thieves and prevent property from being stolen using the overt property marking technique.

The CRE-Mark silver marker is used to write your postcode and house number of first two letters of your house name in a clear and obvious place on your property. The marker is permanent, visible to would be thieves and if your property does happen to get stolen, the items are easily traceable back to the rightful owners.

You can also register property on the nation database Immobilise. This is a national database used by police forces in the UK when stolen property is found to try and locate the rightful owner. If your property is registered on the site and happens to get stolen, there is more chance of having the property returned to you if it is either security marked or registered!

Other ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) approved suppliers of forensic property marking equipment are:

Smartwater

Redweb

SelectaMark (supplier of SelectaDNA)

Crime prevention advice for securing your tools:

• Lock tools away in secure building or part of building when not in use
• Invest in a secure storage tool box
• Consider protecting the building where tools are kept with an alarm
• Tools should be uniquely marked, photographed and recorded, include your postcode and property name or number.
• Consider ‘Post coding’ and marking tools and equipment using the premises postcode and house number or first three letters of the property name
• Use property marking to uniquely mark tools. Popular options include overt visible permanent marking (painting or CRE-mark), or UV marking and DNA products.

PC Adam Thomas CRE-marking tools

 

 

 

DAY 13: Windsor and Maidenhead team set up shop



The Windsor and Maidenhead team had a successful day yesterday setting up the mobile police station at the Windsor Farm Shop. Between 11am and 4pm, the team had a steady flow of visitors coming to see them throughout the day and as well as rural crime prevention advice, they spoke to many non-farming residents about metal theft, fly tipping and general home security.



The team at Windsor Farm Shop



Anne Chalmers, the Crime Prevention and Reduction Advisor for the area then crewed up with two officers and headed out to Windsor where they visited seven farms and 10 farms in Ascot to discuss access security, agricultural machinery marking and oil and diesel security. Six of the residents visited signed up to Country Watch Alerts (the others were already signed up!).

Nigel Berryman, who farms on the Crown Estate said of the advice he has recieved: “I’ve certainly found it very useful. For us living on the urban fringe it’s great to see the police being more proactive with rural crime than they have ever been before.”

Anne and the team have more visits to do this week in the Maidenhead area, so keep a look out for them!

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the Country Watch messaging system yet, visit the site and sign yourself up. You will receive up to date crime news, witness appeals and crime prevention advice from your local neighbourhood policing team which is relevant to you area and the rural and farming community. You can also find some useful advice on the site about how to better protect your property and land.