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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (October 2010)
An
important initiative, which requires volunteers from the community, has
just been announced.
COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH sets out to curb speeding on the
roads of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury. It involves
volunteers working with the Police to identify
drivers who abuse the speed limit. Subsequently the drivers will
be contacted to draw their attention to their
misdemeanours. (More Information)
Datchet,
Horton and Wraysbury Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) is
part of a force wide
neighbourhood initiative established by Thames
Valley Police (TVP) in 2007/8. We are a multi agency problem solving
group
with an independent Chairman drawing our membership
from TVP, the Royal Borough, Parish Councils, local schools,
residents and businesses with input from other statutory
agencies or organisations as appropriate.
The objective of the NAG is to identify annually residents’ top three
community issues or concerns and act as an advisory,
influencing and pursuing body to focus
partnership or direct agency involvement to achieve positive outcomes in
addressing
those concerns. In achieving the latter the
group has also to be realistic in recognising that reducing anti social
behaviour
(ASB) in one location may only move it to the
next road or village. Reducing speeding may not always be resolved by
direct
enforcement but may also require the Highways
Department to consider speed reduction improvements. Theft from motor
vehicles can be reduced by educating owners not
to leave valuables in their vehicles.
The Group meets every 6/8 weeks at venues within the three villages that
make up the Policing Neighbourhood. The appointed
Independent Chairman is Mrs. Betty Marlow. Core
Group Community Members include RBWM Councillors John Lenton
(Horton and Wraysbury) & Garry Muir (Datchet),
Parish Council Representatives Councillors Andrew Davies (Wraysbury),
Don Lyons-Davis (Datchet) & David Burkin
(Horton) and the Deputy Head of Churchmead School.
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THE
PRIORITIES SET AT JUNE 2010
DATCHET, HORTON AND WRAYSBURY
NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION GROUP would firstly like to thank all who
participated bycompleting
and returning the questionnaire distributed around the three villages in
April/May 2010 and those
who took the trouble to
attend the open meeting in Horton and the two ‘have your say’
events. More of the latter are planned
and will be widely advertised.
The questionnaire received a return of 7%
which is above the national average for similar consultations and
although a little
disappointing
it may also possibly indicate that our area when compared with others
does not have a high level of problems
or ongoing
concerns. We are also well aware that the topics you highlighted are
possibly those that were of concern at the
time that
the form was completed but may have already been resolved by the
neighbourhood policing team or a partner agency.
So that this does not merely become a once a year exercise but also an
ongoing exchange of information, please continue to
report
any incidence or area of concern as without your input we may not know
there is a problem in your area. The
importance
of reporting also assists in cascading
information to you. Are you signed up for Ringmaster which will provide
via the telephone,
fax or email, weekly updates on what has
been reported to and/or actioned by the Neighbourhood Team in your
area? It will
also alert you if your road has become a
hot spot for car crime, ASB, distraction burglaries, etc. It you are not
registered
please contact the Neighbourhood Team
(see below).
The three top priorities identified from the consultation were
burglary, police visibility and gangs/groups.
The following actions have
been agreed:
Burglary – Raising of ongoing general awareness such as not
leaving windows open, car keys or valuables left in full view,
and reporting
anything out of the ordinary in the daily life of your road. The latter
has resulted in a number of arrests. Group
members will
assist in household leaflet drops once a ‘hot spot’ has been
identified.
Police Visibility - Your concerns will be passed on to the
appropriate authority and we will reiterate those concerns at every
opportunity
but please remember that just because you do not see a marked police car
it does not mean that your
Neighbourhood Team or other specialist
officers are not in the area.
Gangs/Groups - As a number of other headings within the
questionnaire are inter-related we are making this our first priority.
Using information that identifies
specific areas or problems we are developing an action plan to work with
the local community,
other partners and the Neighbourhood
Policing Team to achieve positive results. Partnership working has
already been
successful
at one of the locations identified though the questionnaire.
With our partners we will also be taking forward a number of other
environmental issues that gained a high vote, e.g. graffiti,
litter,
dog mess and a specific area where footway parking is of concern. The
group is also offering its support to a number of
other
initiatives and has already been successful in obtaining funding from
the Berkshire Community Foundation for a youth art
project
linked to ASB which is being co-ordinated by the Community Warden and
Youth Services. It is also pleasing to report
that
younger members of our community will also be contributing their
knowledge and views though our very pro-active
partnership
with Churchmead School. In an endeavour to keep you informed we will be
producing this update quarterly but
please
do contact us at any time – details below.
REMEMBER
: IF YOU DON’T REPORT IT - WE MAY NEVER KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM!
Mrs.
Betty Marlow,
Independent
Chairman
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The
Group can be contacted as follows:
Chairman
Mrs. B. Marlow - Tel
: 01753 682482
Email
:
dhw_nag@yahoo.co.uk
TVP
Neighbourhood Team - Tel
: 0845 8 505 505
Email : DatchetHortonNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Community
Safety Team (RBWM) - Tel : 01628
796126
Email : Communitysafety@rbwm.gov.uk
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