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Alert message sent 02/10/2020 14:50:00

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Good afternoon
The purpose of this email is not to alarm residents , more to highlight an issue but also to offer you some reassurance . Over the past few weeks there had been a rise on burglary offences in the villages often high powered cars were being targeted . This was something that was prevalent last year however we did lots of work locally and arrested a number of individuals and the offending stopped . Unfortunately we did see a return of such offences however further proactive work was undertaken , mainly overnight by the local team and specialist resources and we have seen the instances of such offences drop . We had targeted some individuals who had been found in the early hours in the villages typically on bikes , some of these were arrested for offences and we continue to work hard to provide a high profile presence and robustly police those who we know are out at night involved in criminality .
I would like to reassure residents that officers are out and about at all hours but in particular overnight both in an overt and covert capacity , I often hear people say we never see the police , I can assure you that I patrol your area into the night and early hours as do others from the police .
I understand that home security can be expensive , and its too easy for me to talk about alarms or other such security devices when cost may be prohibitive . Please perhaps take some time to check outside light bulbs work and are out of reach , criminals at night do not like light .Also please ensure that you lock your car , you would be amazed at how many people leave cars unlocked or windows down . In relation to windows , again if you could ensure that ground floor windows are locked and secure this might stop opportunist from targeting your home . Some of the offences we have seen where expensive cars have been taken were in the early days linked to keyless thefts using devices to start the engine . These offences have dropped off and often offenders will see keys on work surfaces or in locks in the front or rear doors , please consider where you leave the keys before you retire for the night .
Sgt Steve Kilsby and team are working hard to tackle criminality in the area , they have had many positive results and i will be asking for them to share these with you so that you all get a balanced perspective of activity in the area .
If you would like to follow the team they are on twitter as am I .

Please consider telling neighbours about Neighbourhood Link , the more people that use it the better coverage we get across the beat and it also allows more residents to give us feedback on local issues via the what matters surveys
Thanks
Mark

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Mark Botte (Police, Inspector, Charnwood NPA )

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