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Sue Long and
Dawn White
Sue:
07768202356 |
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We are not an emergency service, so
there will be times when we are not available to take your call.
Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as we
come back on duty. In case of something urgent, please ring the
police non-emergency number 0845 60 70 999. |
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| Community Wardens Reports August 2010 | |
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Q. I recently had a man at the door
trying to persuade me to change energy supplier. He was very pushy
and I felt intimidated by his attitude. What could I have done? A. You are under no obligation to discuss this on your doorstep, or change supplier if you are perfectly happy with the service you are receiving at the moment. Did you have a chain on your door? You can just politely say ‘No thanks’ and close the door on him. You can also call us and we will endeavour to speak with the salesman and/or contact the company he works for. Q. My teenager has just passed his driving test – he now thinks he knows it all! Is there anything I can do to help him understand the dangers on the roads as a young driver? A. We are only too aware that it is not necessarily a lack of control skills that cause accidents amongst the at risk 17-21 group, but poor attitude caused by over confidence and misjudgement of their own driving ability. Every year WSF&R run a ‘Safe Drive and Stay Alive’ campaign that is hard hitting and brings home to youngsters the dangers out there. We have taken various teenagers to these roadshows and it definitely has an impact. Please contact us if you would like your son/daughter’s name to be added to our list of interested drivers. Q. I was very upset the other weekend when I took my little daughter to play on the recreation field. I saw someone with a dog, who let it foul on the grass and did not pick up the deposit. What can we do about this? A. This is always a problem wherever irresponsible dog owners take their animals. If you have a description of the dog and/or owner, or know where they live, you can contact us (anonymously if you wish) with the time of day that you see this happen. We will work with the Dog Wardens to make a visit to the perpetrator where a warning will be given about future behaviour and possibility of being issued with a fine. Q. I often see fly tipping in some of the country lanes around Oving, Merston and Colworth. It’s an eyesore and spoils the beauty of the countryside. Do you deal with things like this? A. We definitely do! We do regular patrols around all the small lanes and when we find fly tipping we report it to the CDC depot. They normally come and collect it within 2 days of our report. Unfortunately, there are some people who will prefer to dump rubbish on the verge rather than go the couple of miles to the tip at Westhampnett. Please let us know if you find any fly tipping that we haven’t already spotted so we can arrange collection. If you ever see anyone fly tipping, please take vehicle details and pass them onto us so we can initiate a prosecution. Sue Long and Dawn White Community Wardens |
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Bogus Callers |
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According to Police statistics, the overall number of burglaries across West Sussex are decreasing but the proportion of ‘distraction burglaries’ is increasing. Often people pose as officials, hard-up students trying to make a few pounds to get through their studies, or young men recently released from prison. They may often have hard luck stories to tell, or speak very little English. But always, they turn up unannounced and try to sell something or con their way into your home. Older and more vulnerable people are particular targets and this type of crime is devastating for the victims. |
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| Sussex Police-Neighbourhood Watch |
| National Neighbourhood Watch |
| Chichester District Police update |
| Crime
Stoppers Independent charity operating the freephone 0800 555 111 helping to prevent and solve crimes |
| Anti-Social
behaviour more about a national campaign-TOGETHER |
| Community Wardens Awards |
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The Neighbourhood Training and
Resource Centre for the South East held its bi-annual conference
in March. As a part of this event, it holds an awards ceremony
recognising the achievements of Community Wardens from across the
South East Region. This was the event where Chichester District
Community Wardens won its 'Team of the Year' gold award in 2007. These events recognise 5 major categories of work for the approx 50 Community Wardens Schemes, and 500 Wardens, in the South East - an area covering from Bedfordshire to Kent, Southampton and the IoW. Within these categories Chichester District Community Wardens were shortlisted for 2 of the awards, and were recognised as Highly Commended (i.e. 2nd place) for both categories of Outstanding Achievement and Working with Vulnerable People. In addition, Chichester District Community Wardens, were one of only 2 of the 50 schemes to be recognised with an award in more than 1 category. These are the major awards and recognition available to Community Wardens, and so to be recognised in two of the categories is a substantial achievement, and reflects their position within the South East, as continuing to demonstrate excellence and good practice. The Community Wardens Manager has already been approached by a number of other schemes to help and advise on how to improve and disseminate these areas of good practice across the region. Sue Long |