The Parish Council have received this recent update from the local team:
Good afternoon,
I contact you all as the new Sergeant from your North Rural Community Policing Team, having replaced PS John Killick approximately six weeks ago. Prior to Feb 2022 you and your community identified speeding and vehicle related crime and anti-social behaviour as your number one community priority. Since February 2022, your rural policing team have reviewed all reports of theft from vehicles, theft of vehicles and reports of vehicle reported anti-social behaviour. We have proactively taken steps to address the culture and attitude of those driving through our green patch of the county with high visibility patrols and traffic operations.
Since February 2022 we have:
• Conducted 142 speed enforcement operations with the use of speed monitoring devices.
• Issued 45 speeding tickets, with hundreds of drivers stopped and offered advice.
• We have conducted 163 visits to victims of vehicle related crime.
• In addition to our daily patrols around our towns and villages, we have conducted 89 intelligence lead patrols.
• In just the last six weeks we have recovered four stolen vehicles from our area (all stolen from outside our geographic footprint).
I am very grateful to everyone who has supported us to date. The support in providing speeding data and reporting incidents is greatly valued, as it allows us to target our limited resources. I would particularly like to thank our local Speed Watch groups who are very active on our streets, providing reassurance, deterrence, and advice.
As we now move into November we will continue our vehicle related enforcement efforts, however we must all work together to continuously identify what affects our community most. I therefore would like to introduce the online, “Have Your Say” survey: https://rb.gy/g1pwky
By clicking this link and filling out the quick questionnaire, you can notify Bedfordshire Police of any issues in your community you may wish us to focus local resources towards. Every survey completed, allows us to collate data and better understand your local needs. The survey does not take longer than a few minutes and I urge you all to share it far and wider amongst, peers, colleagues, and friends. Please do continue to report all emergencies and report crime via 999/101.
Thank you all for your ongoing support.
Carl Perri
Sergeant
Neighbourhood Policing North Rural