Agenda item

a) Announcements from Parish Councils and Community groups eg. upcoming village events

Thanks to a smart piece of Parish Council collaboration between Downton, Redlynch, Alderbury, Idmiston (and potentially 2 other) councils, training by the Play Inspection Company (recommended by ID Verde) will be delivered to officers and councillors at a considerably reduced price than would otherwise be charged if ordered per council.  And an added bonus… the training will happen in each local play area, rather than at a remote venue.  Impressive work.

b) Community Policing – local issues and priorities

In attendance: Inspector Tina Osborn

Announcements from Parish Councils and Community groups eg.
upcoming village events:

Karen Linaker noted that thanks to a smart piece of Parish Council collaboration between Downton, Redlynch, Alderbury, Idmiston (and potentially 2 other) councils, training by the Play Inspection Company (recommended by ID Verde) will be delivered to officers and councillors at a considerably reduced price than would otherwise be charged if
ordered per council. An added bonus was that the training would take place in each local play area, rather than at a remote venue. Impressive
work.

Other PCs were able to contact Karen or Downton PC for further information.

Community Policing – local issues and priorities

Inspector Tina Osborn explained that the data within the written report now covered a month period. For further data, make contact with Tina.

·       There had been a spike in criminal damage offences in June, and then a reduction in July & Aug.

·       Following a series of burglaries in Whiteparish, one man had been arrested and an investigation was ongoing.

·       Catapult offences increased in July with incidents reducing in August.

·       Vehicles had recently been stopped and ceased after being found to have no insurance.

·       In Redlynch there had been some ASB reported around the War Memorial. The removal of a bench, had resulted in no further reports of to date – thanks to PC for their help.

·       Community Speedwatch would continue.

·       There had been increased fly tipping in the Coombe Bissett area, Officers were targeting repeat offenders with rural patrols.

·       There had been a focus over the summer on the use of E scooters with education and advisory letters being distributed. Some E scooters had been ceased along with off road motorbikes.

·       The area was generally in a good place. 

The Chairman thanked Tina for her comprehensive report and the good work her and her team did.

Questions:

Was rural farm machinery theft opportunist or more planned?

Answer: It was sporadic, and at this time of year farmers were out farming with machinery at all hours.

The new PCC made a statement regarding a police station and custody suite locally, had there been any start up plans?

Answer: Not for me to answer at this stage.

The visible support of the CSW groups by an Officer was really important, the more visits the better.

Answer: There were a number of CSW groups across the wider area, it was not always possible to get round to all but we would continue to push it through our teams.

Fire & Rescue

Matty Maggs, Station Manager noted the recently published Community Safety Plan for 2021-24, which could be viewed online.

Fire services had been busy across the South Wilts area as a whole due to the global temperatures, which had seen an increase in field fires, often caused by equipment and hot exhausts from farm machinery.

Questions:

Did the annual report include statistics of causes of fire and was there a breakdown?

Answer: Yearly we publish a breakdown of the top 10 types of incidents, attributes and causes.