Pocklington Provincial Update for February 2015.
1. Priority
Issue: Pocklington Town Centre area (Evenings):
Throughout February, we are to continue our High Visibility patrols of the Pocklington Town Centre area to deter potential anti-social behaviour. These patrols include regular checks on peripheral areas at Pocklington Infants’ School, Maxwell Road (periodic reports of criminal damage and youths causing annoyance), Broadmanor Play Park (periodic reports of anti-social behaviour on an evening), Waterloo Lane (reports of low level anti-social behaviour and criminal damage), All Saints Church yard (reports of periodic anti-social behaviour), and Union Street (reports of criminal damage).
In addition, recent complaints of youths causing annoyance with vehicles on the Station Road car park will result in this location being targeted and consideration made of offences under Section 59 of the Police Act, which can result in vehicles being used to cause harassment, alarm or distress being seized.
Criminal offenders will be challenged robustly, arrested or reported for summons. Penalty Notices for Disorder or warning letters may be used in appropriate cases however, those who offend should expect to be arrested and dealt with if their anti social behaviour amounts to criminal offending. The exercise of discretion should not be expected.
2 Priority
Issue: Youths causing damage / annoyance with Vehicles, Stamford Bridge (Evenings):
Following reports of anti-social behaviour by groups of youths congregating with vehicles in the vicinity of the Viking Road car park on an evening, Patrols will be regularly checking this location during February. Consideration will be given to the issue of £90 Penalty Notices for Disorder and arrest where appropriate, in addition to lower level offenders being dealt with under the FAIRWAY process jointly with East Riding of Yorkshire Council. It is unlikely that any discretion will be shown. Drivers using their cars to cause alarm or distress will be considered for warnings and possible seizure of their vehicles under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act.
3. Priority
Issue: Youths Causing Annoyance, area of Sherbuttgate, Pocklington (Evenings):
Officers will continue to patrol the area regularly throughout February.
4. Meetings
You are invited to attend any of the below meetings:
Police “Drop In surgery” at Lob Lane Sheltered Housing Coffee Morning, Stamford Bridge:
PCSO Gareth Ludlow has arranged a Drop In Surgery from 09:30 -11:30 at the above location to discuss community issues and offer crime prevention advice on the following dates:13th February and the 20th March.
Police “Drop In surgery” at the Francis Scaife Centre, Pocklington
PCSO Jane Matschke has arranged a Drop In Surgery at the above location to discuss community issues and offer crime prevention advice on the 23rd February from 09:30hrs to 12:00noon.
Market Patrol, Pocklington Market Place, Pocklington
PCSO Matschke will be patrolling the Market and will be available from 10:00am to 12 noon on Tuesday 24th February to discuss community issues and offer crime prevention advice.
5. Crimes in your area
- A passenger side window of a car was smashed and a mobile phone taken from the passenger seat.
- A car roof was damaged as a result of unknown person/s climbing onto it.
- A handbag was stolen from an insecure car that was parked on the street.
- A potato was thrown at a glazed window of a garage door causing damage.
- A car had two of its tyres slashed and the full length of one side of it was also scratched.
- Car keys were taken from a property which resulted in the owner’s car being stolen.
6. News and Appeals
ROGUE TRADERS
Over the past weeks an elderly resident in the East Riding has been duped by a man who is alleged to have systematically targeted her, telling her that she need jobs doing in her home, the 'workman' has then alleged to have charge excessive amounts of money for these very small jobs.
Police are investigating this crime but want to try and avoid this happening to anyone else.
Humberside Police are appealing for anyone who has an elderly relative or knows a vulnerable adult to make sure they are aware of this type of crime.
HAS ANYONE ELSE BEEN TRICKED BY A BOGUS WORKMAN? PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE POLICE BY CALLING 101.
To deliberately bully or pressure an elderly or vulnerable person into buying an over-inflated service on their own door step is a crime.
The police call unregistered tradesmen who offer poor quality services at over inflated prices as “rogue traders” and are clamping down on this type of crime.
The majority of the bogus traders who have targeted East Riding victims are our older and vulnerable residents, and quiet often the victims feel ashamed or embarrassed that they were tricked into taking a service they did not need and fell for their ‘hard sale’.
Rogue Traders can often look respectful, but are deceitful, this is how so many people fall for their sales pitch. When an offer seems too good to be true it often is!
Generally speaking it is very rare these days for genuine traders to cold call, but if you do come across this there are certain rules they have to abide by:
- They must give 7 days cancellation notice
- Give a written quote
- Have a contact telephone number and more importantly, a contact address.
No money should be exchanged prior to the work being carried out. If the trades person offers to take you to the bank, threatens, intimidates or is aggressive towards you, you should call the police immediately.
If you have contact with elderly residents either in your profession or in your personal life, please pass on the above information. Unfortunately these people pray on the elderly and vulnerable, taking hundreds, sometimes thousands of pounds off the elderly. It is unfair, fraudulent and against the law.
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