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The following email was received from Greater Manchester Police;
A vehicle was stolen from the Dobcross last week. It appears the thieves used a ‘Hook and Cane’ through the letter box to take the keys from the hallway of the property.
Keep house and vehicle keys out of sight of windows and doors.
Local police are also reminding residents not to leave vehicles running and unattended during the current cold weather. Opportunists will take advantage and drive away with your car leaving you helpless!
To join E Watch see details below.
What is Home Watch?
Greater Manchester Police are committed to the concept of Home Watch, whereby residents and police co-operate in a joint venture aimed at reducing crime opportunities.
The basic objectives of Home Watch are to:
- Reduce local opportunities for crime.
- Establish a community spirit i.e. Looking out for each other and working together when confronted with community problems.
- Inform the street co-ordinator and the police of any suspicious activity.
- Encourage people to keep an eye on the more vulnerable people in their community such as the elderly and children.
If you are interested in starting a Home Watch scheme, the first thing to do is establish the interest amongst your neighbours.
A good scheme has a co-ordinator for 8 to 10 houses. A larger street, of up to 50 houses, ideally needs 5 co-ordinators.
The co-ordinator is the link between the residents and the local police. They circulate information to residents eg. minutes of meetings and organise and encourage participation in the scheme.
If you get positive feedback to start a Home Watch group, please contact your Police Community Support Officers Kath Crompton and Monica Seville at Saddleworth Police Station and they will arrange to meet you and your group.
Monica and Kath will explain Home Watch in detail and present the pack that everyone receives when they join. They will also show a video and obviously answer questions.
Whilst the Police actively encourage starting up the group, it is fundamentally the members’ scheme and its success will depend on the enthusiasm of the co-ordinator and the residents.
Are you are interested in starting up a Home Watch group in your street?
Contact: Saddleworth Neighbourhood Policing Team
0161 856 4523 or 4524
Email: saddleworthandlees.npt@gmp.police.uk
What is E Watch?
E-Watch is an email system designed by the Saddleworth West and Lees Neighbourhood Policing Team. The purpose of the system is to provide residents with relevant monthly updates on local crime and policing issues.
This will include information about crime trends in your Community and updates of arrests and criminals brought to justice.
Your NPT will also inform you of any action we, along with our partners are doing to make your Neighbourhood safer, and of any local Police and partnership events taking place in your area.
We will also provide you with detailed information about your dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team, and how to best engage with them.
We will correspond with you at least once a month, but we may circulate additional information if we feel it is in your interests, for example if there is a sudden increase in crime, or a noticeable decrease.
Your details will not be passed onto anyone else.
We have called this email system E-WATCH and your local NPT in Saddleworth and Lees will manage it.
All you have to do is send an email with your address and contact number and “E-Watch” in the subject to:
saddleworthandlees.npt@gmp.police.uk
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