Tattenhall & District Parish Council
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All incidents & crimes should be reported
through Chester HQ: (01244) 350222
PRM/HomeWatch contact You can also contact
8th November 2008 In recent weeks an elderly person in the general area of Covert Rise Tattenhall has been approached by a company that tarmacs drives. She was given documents with an address in Warrington, that allegedly, according to Trading Standards has no connection with this firm. The phone numbers were also redirected to Wigan. If you should be contacted by or see a similar firm called Bradstone Landscapes, driver had an Irish accent. Please do not approach them, take as much detail as possible, eg vehicle reg & call me (01829 771641) as soon as possible. Preferably while they are still in the area so we can contact Trading Standards & have them attend. Regards graham
Briefing Sheet PC TONY OWENS MONTHLY LOCAL REPORT 4th November 2008 OCTOBER MONTHLY UPDATE There were 56 reported incidents. 26 were road and collision related. This is a high number which, sadly, included the death of a local youth on the A41 at Broxton. Autumn is well under way and roads are slippy with leaves. Please take care and do not let familiarity with a road make you complacent. 2 incidents of anti social behaviour. 2 incidents of damage were reported. There seems to have been a rise in all areas of cold callers. If they Do not have proper ID or you are unhappy with them in any way, do not allow them access to your home and do not sign anything. Please report any such activity. Several drivers were warned regarding a speed initiative in Tattenhall Road. 4 parking tickets were issued for parking in the bus stop on the High Street and outside the school. Several verbal warnings were also issued. I was shown a dead badger on the fields at the side of Rocky Lane. This badger had been shot with a rifle. There were tyre tracks close by. A gamekeeper has reported that a silver/grey 4x4 vehicle has been seen on fields locally, lamping illegaly. I have had other reports up as far as Tushingham with similar incidents as farmers have found tyre tracks and gates left open. I have noticed that there are six incidents of cows being let out on local roads. Please report any activity of people shooting from vehicles into fields. I have recently stopped four vehicles from outside of the area who were equipped to lamp with lurchers. There have also been problems in Peckforton with the same. Theft of fuel oil contiues to be a problem. Please be aware as the nights get shorter and colder. Monitor the amount oil in your tanks. We again ran the cross border operation with West Mercia police and North Wales police. Over two nights over 225 vehicles and their occupants were checked. Arrests were made for disqulaified driving and drink driving. Vehicles were seized for no insurance and other offences. Disruption was caused to thieves and drug dealers using the roads and intelligence gained. As above four vehicles were stopped and checked as they were lamping in fields around Farndon with lurchers. Thank you for your support.
PC 3541 Tony Owens@ Dragon Hall
ANTI-TERRORIST LINK Anti-terrorist Information covering the Tourist, Banking, Chemical and Transport Industries with anti-terrorist Confidential Hotline tel. number. (Please click on each description below for information). Tourist Terrorism Lock Poster CMYK Cash Machine Scam Although we have had no recent reports of incidents of cash machine scams in Chester, the following is useful advice in connection with the attached warning and good practise when operating cash machines. Also in general look for any tampering with the immediate area surrounding the slot area (eg added fake card slot) The way to avoid this (see attachment describing ATM scam) is to run your finger along the card slot before you put your card in. the sleeve loop has a couple of tiny prongs that the thieves need to get the sleeve/ loop out of the slot and you will be able to feel them. There are a variety of crimes involving ATM machines, ranging from slight of hand, misdirection, harassment to armed robbery. High-tech or no-tech, some people will stop at nothing to separate you from your hard-earned cash. You can keep yourself and your savings safe by exercising some common sense at the cash machine: · Avoid ATMs in poorly lit areas.· Avoid ATMs in confined spaces that may make it easy for a criminal to corner you.· Always shield your hands from prying eyes while entering your PIN.· Don't allow others to distract you from the task at hand.· Avoid lingerers. If people insist on hanging around while you use the machine, cancel your transaction and go somewhere else.· Never give your PIN to anyone, in person or over the phone.To see how thieves work and to see how these gadgets look and fitted please click on the link below (Adobe Acrobat needed). Picture view of how theft from ATM occurs Further info on card scams from one of our local members .Please do not be taken in by the fact that scams have not been reported. Before Christmas I was put to some considerable trouble when it turned out that my bank card had been cloned and was being used to draw money in Germany. The only place I had used it was in Chester but nothing was reported because it only came to light days or even weeks after it had been copied - I didn't know where the crime had taken place and once the money was paid back into my account the only loser was the bank and they dealt with the matter in their own way. I don't suppose they want to draw too much attention to the matter and in any case they are not based in Chester so probably wouldn't report it in Chester anyway. Fraud against banks is not recorded in the crime statistics that we see in chester as it is not against a person or their private property. I was told (when speaking to the bank about my case) that they were overwhelmed with the paperwork that results from such crimes. There is a lot of it about and you should all be VERY careful!
Two messages from our local PC Tony Owens. Tel 084586377 to leave a message or in complete confidence ring.. 
Dave Owens - Community Safety
Network Officer Pc Chris McCourt says the best numbers to contact the Police are as follows: Emergency (ie; big
trouble come quick) - 999 Non-Emergency (ie; an offence has been committed and I need a Police Officer here within 60 minutes) - 0845 4580000 Slow time (ie; I
can leave Chris/Tracey a message and am happy for them to contact with
me - non urgent) - 0845 - 4586377 This incident has not taken place in
our immediate area, however it is better to be forewarned. It
involved someone pretending to be from BT trying to extract the credit
card details over the telephone for a supposed unpaid bill or they would
cut off their phone. BT say they would never do this over
the phone, if you want to check a call from BT, hang up & ring 1471 and
there will be an 0800 number confirming that BT has called.
NEVER GIVE AN ACCOUNT OR CREDIT CARD DETAILS OUT to callers.
Please ensure elderly neighbours or relatives are aware of this. All incidents & crimes should be
reported through Chester HQ: (01244) 350222 You can also contact
Cold Callers Trading Standards are keen to know of all incidents of cold calling, door to door sales dusters/pictures etc, tree loppers, tarmacers, callers requesting scrap metal etc. in a constant effort to combat potential doorstep crime. There is a telephone number to ring should they call at your door and are there at the time, or still in the area. Trading Standards operates a van with TS officers that will come out immediately to gather details from these callers. If they feel it necessary they can request Police to attend. The number is 0845 1132500 the cold caller will not know that you have rung Trading Standards. The officers will act as if they are carrying out a general sweep of that area and your identity need not be disclosed. However it is important that you ring as soon as possible for them to be effective. For the telephone cold callers like EEC etc. you can sign up to the Telephone Preference Service banning calls generated in this country. It is totally free and the number to register is 0845 0700707. Should any cold callers contact you after a certain date specified on registration - please take as much detail as possible, name /firm/location/tel no. and report them to the service. Should you need help in summoning
Trading Standards van to your cold caller please contact me ASAP. regards Graham
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