Welcome to Cottingham South

NOVEMBER UPDATE
During November some 49 extra hours of high viz patrol and store visits have been conducted. Staff have been reassured and supported, known shoplifters have been stopped and spoken to. This work resulted in a female adult being identified by shop workers and discovered to have stolen goods whilst paying for others. She was issued a fixed fine by the police and banned from the store and all the goods were recovered.
On the 21st November during the Christmas Lights switch on. Two know shoplifters were spotted and followed in the crowd and into a store. They were challenged and soon left the area without any thefts being reported. A known shoplifter called LEWIS has appeared at Hull Magistrates Court following a number of thefts in the area. He was found guilty by the court and sentenced to 22 weeks imprisonment.
DECEMBER UPDATE
47 hours of dedicated patrols outside retails premises were carried out during December and CCTV was monitored, resulting in a number of challenges to know suspects. Recorded shop theft was well down during December but remains a police and neighbourhood priority.

NOVEMBER UPDATE
During November the Towns CCTV has been monitored resulting in info and intelligence gathering. This resulted in evidence being gathered on a known youth who had been using his motor bike aggressively. He was seen to show off and skid deliberately in front of his friends. This road surface was marked and he was not in proper control of his vehicle. Officers were in attendance and due to a previous warning have been issued the motor bike was seized off him. The rider will now have to pay a large fine to recover his vehicle was has been reported for offences. This proactive action has sent a clear message to the youths of Cottingham that Anti social use of vehicles will be taken seriously and has provided some reassurance for local residents.
DECEMBER UPDATE
At the end of November a drugs warrant was executed at the home address of one of the males who is part of the ‘boy racer’ scene in Cottingham. During the search a cannabis plant was found being cultivated and the man received a police caution on 1/12/11 for growing this illegally.
Residents at The Parkway have also reported problems with a Black VW and a silver car. This usually starts around 8.00pm and goes ion as late as 1.00am.
Police enquiries and evidence gathering continue.

DECEMBER UPDATE
On 2nd December local officers patrolled the village centre from 8 p.m. until 10.30 p.m. and reported all quiet. At 11 p.m. we received a report of 8 men fighting inside the Tiger Inn and police returned but the men had left the area.
On 16th December we again used a passive drugs dog in Cottingham pubs and man was arrested following a search after being identified by the dog. A bag containing a powder believed to be a controlled substance was recovered and sent for chemical testing. The man is on police bail while we wait for the results.
On December 24th, local beat officer PC Morley issued a formal dispersal warning to a local man requiring him to stay out of the area for 24 hours when he was found drunk and head butting a shop window.
One of our additional Christmas patrols stopped a group of males walking from Cross Keys towards Hallgate on Christmas Eve, two of them carrying glasses of beer. The men were ordered to dispose of the beer as this is a ‘no drinking zone’, and they were made to return the glasses to the Cross Keys.
On 26th December two men were arrested following a foot search in Cottingham. They had stolen property from a public house and also assaulted a member of staff. Property was recovered and enquires are ongoing.

On Sunday 27th November, officers from the neighbourhood team worked with police dog handlers to visit a number of pubs in Cottingham and in other parts of our area.
We used spaniels which are trained to give a ‘passive indication’ of people who have had recent contact with certain controlled drugs.
The dogs do not jump up or have contact with customers in the pub, but are walked through and will ‘sit’ directly in front of anyone from whom they sense recent drug contact. This would result in uniformed officers asking the person to move to a private area where a search can be carried out.

This is part of a seasonal campaign to highlight that drugs are carried into pubs.
I am pleased to report that there were no indications in the Cottingham pubs we visited, although we did make 4 cannabis seizures in the surrounding area.

Hull University Campuses have seeing students return for the next academic semester. The students have brought with them many new electrical and valuable items which will be left in Halls of Residence. Property marking, crime prevention advice and police patrols will be conducted to reduce reports of theft and burglary.