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High Visability Patrols

One of our main aims as a Neighbourhood Policing team is to conduct regular high visibility patrol in and around the Cottingham area on foot and in car. This is with a view to reducing crime, youths causing annoyance and keeping regular contact with members of our community. Concerns in relation to us not been seen out on patrol have been raised at our Police and Partners Community Forum meetings. This gives us the opportunity to let our community know where and when we have been patrolling.

Areas patrolled during April:

Action: – Areas mainly patrolled by officers throughout April 2010
01/04/2010 – Cottingham Centre, King George V playing fields, Park lane Allotments, Northgate.
02/04/2010 – Bank Holiday
03/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre,
04/04/2010 – King George V playing fields,
05/04/2010 – Bank Holiday
06/04/2010 – Cottingham Centre, Northgate, New Village Rd,
07/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, Hallgate, Northgate,
08/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, Cottingham Centre,
09/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre,
10/04/2010 – Cottingham Centre, Northgate, Park Lane, Harland Way,
11/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, Harland Way, Park Lane, Badgers Wood,
12/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, Middledyke Lane,
13/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, Cottingham Centre, Harland Way, Park Lane,
14/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, Harland Way, Park lane, Woodhill Way,
15/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, Cottingham Centre, Hallgate,
16/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, Cottingham Centre, Woodhill Way, Park Lane,
17/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, Cottingham Centre, Car Parks,
18/04/2010 – King George V playing fields, New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre,
19/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, King Street,
20/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Castle Rd, Cottingham Centre, Car Parks,
21/04/2010 – Harland Way, Woodhill Way, Cottingham Centre, Hallgate,
22/04/2010 – Dunswell Lane, A164, Cottingham Centre, King Street, Northgate,
23/04/2010 – Cottingham Centre, George Street, Crescent Street, King George V playing fields,
24/04/2010 – Cottingham Centre, Castle Rd, Southwood Rd, Harland Way,
25/04/2010 – Badgers Wood, New Village Rd, Northgate, Beck Bank, Station Rd, Harland Way,
26/04/2010 – Millhousewoods Lane, Lindon Ave, Station Rd, Green Lane, New Village Rd,
27/04/2010 – Eppleworth Rd, Harland Way, Cottingham Centre,
28/04/2010 – Cottingham High School, Cottingham Centre, New Village Rd,
29/04/2010 – New Village Rd, Car Parks, King George V Playing Fields, Cottingham Centre, Park Lane,
30/04/2010 – Cottingham High School, New Village Rd, Cottingham Centre, Harland Way.

Vehicle Crime – Cottingham is an area affected by vehicle crime

Car parks are often targeted by local criminals targeting vehicles with items such as satellite navigation systems, laptops, mobile phones and hand bags, left on display in vehicles for all to see. Car parks monitored in the Cottingham North area are Total Fitness, Cottingham Golf Club, Lazaats, The Lawns and Needler Hall amongst others. Regular evening patrols of these car parks are carried out, any vehicles found with items on display will be recorded by us and a letter sent to the vehicle keeper, educating them in crime prevention. Any suspicious individuals found on these car parks by officers will be stop searched and asked to account for their presence in that area. Checks of this nature have been carried out across the East Riding for a number of months now and we are already starting to see a drop in the amount of letters sent and the amount of vehicle crime committed in these areas.

Action: These car parks are checked sporadically during each evening by members of the Neighbourhood Team. As a result of these checks throughout March the following letters have been sent to vehicle keepers on listed dates. All for vehicles parked in the above mentioned car parks in the Cottingham Area.

04 March – 11 letters sent.
08 March – 3 letters sent.
09 March – 8 letters sent.
15 March – 3 letters sent.
16 March – 3 letters sent.

So far at the time of writing this report 22/03/2010 we have had no crime reported to the Police of this nature from these car parks.

Action for April 2010

29 April – 4 letters sent.
15 April – 2 letters sent.
16 April – 1 letter sent.
18 April – 4 letters sent.
21 April – 1 letter sent.

So far at the time of writing this report 30 April we have had no crimes reported to the Police of this nature from these car parks.

April 2010

Consumption of alcohol in no drinking zones

Most of our seizures have been made on the King George V playing field, which is visited whenever possible by officers from Cottingham neighbourhood team. We are prioritising patrols in these areas, at affected times taking positive action. It is our intention that this will send out a clear message to people drinking in these areas, that this behaviour will not be tolerated.

This matter is also been looked into by East Riding Council and their Safe communities team along with the friends of King George V friends group who are actively involved in the running of the park.

We are looking to keep control of the minority causing problems in this area and look into ways of improvements to the park in a view to reducing these types of problems on a long term basis.

Since this priority was arranged Safe Communities (ERYC) have been and fitted a number of no drinking signs around the designated no drinking areas.

PCSO Bentley has visited a number of licensed retail premises, issuing and training their staff with equipment to identify fake I/D cards. This is following 2 x such cards been seized from youths in the village.

(PCSO Bentley has issued a £80 fine on 8/9/09 to a member of staff for serving alcohol to a person who was only 15 years old. As a result of this the regional manager for the company has arranged for further staff training to take place at the shop).

On 18/10/09 a local male received a £80 penalty notice for a public order offence in King street (within the no drinking zone). Having left the local pubs and whilst drunk his behaviour became abusive and insulting and having been advised by police officers to leave the area he continued with his behaviour and was arrested.

Throughout November we have noticed a decreased number of these type of incidents, due to our regular patrols and the drop in temperature.

May 2010: We have removed this priority as problems of this nature reduced dramatically in recent months to an acceptable level. So far this year only 2 alcohol seizures have been made we believe largely due to our efforts in this area. Although this priority has been removed we will still continue to monitor this problem and deal accordingly with any one found drinking in these areas or underage.

Cycles without lights during hours of darkness

Some residents have expressed concern about the number of cyclists that are on the roads without lights during the hours of darkness. Now that the nights are getting darker much sooner the Neighbourhood team will carry out a campaign to target cyclists without lights during the hours of darkness and also those cyclists riding on the footpaths.

PCSO Bentley has been to visit local schools to check that pupil’s cycles are safe and have lights fitted. Any pupils whose cycles have been found to be unsafe have received letters from the police and the school, giving pupils and their parent’s advice in relation to the condition of the cycle. Should this advice be ignored a decision has been made that the pupil would no longer be permitted to travel to school on cycle, in the interests of their and other road users safety.

Vehicle Crime Cottingham is an area affected by vehicle crime particularly at this time of year. Car parks are often targeted by local criminals. They target vehicles with items such as satellite navigation systems, laptops, mobile phones and hand bags, left on display in vehicles for all to see. Car parks monitored in the Cottingham North area are Total Fitness, Cottingham Golf Club, Lazaats, The Lawns and Needler Hall amongst others.

Regular evening patrols of these car parks are been carried out, any vehicles found with items on display will be recorded by us and a letter sent to the vehicle keeper, educating them in crime prevention. Any suspicious individuals found on these car parks by officers will be stop searched and asked to account for their presence in such an area.

May 2010: Due to the nights now getting lighter this priority has now been removed.