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East Northamptonshire Police JournalAutumn 2015

Hi all, Jules here, I am your Sector Inspector for the East Northants area. Welcome to our ‘Journal’, I hope you enjoy it!

I am very proud of my team this week, so would like to share the good news with you!

A fisherman reported that an unknown male was attempting suicide by jumping from a bridge, which crosses the A45, into the river beneath. It was dark at the time with no artificial light to illuminate the area for the team to locate the victim.

Constables Andy Walker and Ash McMahon attended the scene and spotted a male, face down and unresponsive in the water. Special Constables Harpin and Wells illuminated the area with portable searchlights as the officers entered the lake and swam to the male who was face down and unresponsive. Our Special colleagues kept the control room updated as to the progress of the officers. Both Andy and Ash swam to the opposite side of the river where the water was deep, dark and cold. They pulled the man to safety and administered initial first aid. They worked on him and he began to respond

to treatment. The team then ensured that he received the care and on-going treatment he needed.

Despite being cold and wet the team carried on with their tour of duty (I did let them pop home to get changed into dry clothes!) I feel the actions of all officers involved undoubtedly saved a life.

Northants Police #MoreThanJustCrime

Inspector Julie Mead

Introduction

PCs Andy Walker and Ash McMahon

Knock and drop Raunds and Ringstead!

This June, Northamptonshire Police in conjunction with the Police and Crime Commissioners Office, specials, cadets and volunteers ran an event that was named ‘Knock and Drop’.

The mission - to recruit Parish Special Constables for your town! We went door-to-door in Raunds inviting members of the community to an information event to come and meet with us and discuss the opportunities of working with the Police.

Northamptonshire Police are recruiting Parish Constables, Special Constables and Volunteers along with the opportunity for younger members to take part in a very successful Cadet Scheme.

I had the pleasure of working alongside the Mayor Helen Howell who joined us with members of her team. It personally gave me the opportunity to meet the community of Raunds and Ringsted who gave us a warm welcome within the town and I can honestly say that it was a very positive experience.

The main meeting saw a lot of the community attend and have the chance to speak to us about how they could be involved in policing their community and have a direct input to how this is achieved, so in short empowering the town to take action on issues passionate to them.

I spent time with many people who also came to raise some very important issues they feel needed looking at from speeding to anti-social behaviour.

Since the event we have received 13 applicants directly from Raunds looking to take part of this partnership and 19 from Ringstead and Higham Ferrers.

I would like to thank the Mayor and all the of the wonderful people who got involved or simple took the chance to have a chat with us.

Sgt Dave McEwan

Operation Ramble is an East Northants wide country park and beauty spot auto crime initiative. There are 6 locations which fall into this category and their locations are shown on the map left.

Crimes that happen here are mostly thefts from motor vehicles, (bags, purses, glasses, satnavs, CDs) that are often left on display by victims.

Crime prevention posters are displayed on prominent notice boards within the country parks and leaflets made available to the public within the shops / offices of the parks. The wardens and rangers of the parks are on-board and notify the local policing team of any suspicious activity witnessed.

However we can’t do this alone,

we need your support, please be

vigilant and put goods away. If you

do leave goods on display expect

a note from us dropping through

your letter box, to remind you to

put the goods out of sight next

time!

1. Barnwell Country Park 2. Fermyn Woods 3. Lyveden New Bield 4. Old Sulehay Road 5. Tichmarsh Nature Reserve (Aldwincle Site)6. Wakerly Woods

Operation Ramble

Uniform officers from the hub conduct regular, high visibility, patrols of the country parks and car parking areas, including using off road motorcycles when available. Special Constabulary officers attend other planned events following liaison with the

sites directly. The main objective

has been to identify and arrest

any people committing offences

of theft from motor vehicles,

by gathering intelligence about

people acting suspiciously in and

around the country parks and

beauty spots. If you see anything

suspicious please report it calling

telephone number 101. If you see

a crime in progress please call

999.

The PCSO on horseback has also

been conducting patrols of the

car parks looking for insecure

vehicles or valuables on display.

High visibility at these locations

also gives reassurance to the

public visiting the country parks.

Meet your local officers

PC John VjesticaPC Jason Hill

PCSO Tim Butter

Sgt Paul Mitchinson

PCSO Steve Ryan

PCSO Artur Pereira

PCSO Nadia Norman

PCSO Lynn McShannon

PCSO Ali Wallace

PCSO Natasha Fountain

PCSO Christine Duggan

PCSO Alex Franklin

PCSO Tony Greening

Parish Special Constable Robin

Carter

Special Constable Samuel Clews

Special Constable Michael Jellis

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dle

Sector Inspector for East Northamptonshire Julie Mead

PC Kelly Gadsden

T/Sgt Jane Bettles

PC Ivan Bentley PC Dougie Brown

PC Simon Congreave

PC Sue Lissimore

PC Matt HartSgt Richie Gipson

PCSO Kev Lumbis

PCSO Rob Brown

PCSO Katie Stringer

PCSO Leanne Parker YOU?

Rushden

PCSO Mohammed Thaseen

PC Dave Bryan PCSO Simon Arthur

PC Judy Edmunds

PCSO Gareth Cross

PCSO Lisa Ward

PC Geoff Toseland

TPS Dave McEwan

PC Neil Cowley

Thrapston

Many exciting volunteering

opportunities available.

Visit the website

northantspolicespecials.co.uk

Call us on 101 ext 341118

or email

sav@northants.police.uk

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East Northants

has embraced

Twitter and

the team

have utilised

it as a way of

advertising all

the good work

the team do

on the ‘Futures

project’.

Twitter is used

to share event

details, crime

prevention

information,

and incident

and crime

details with our

followers.

Our number of followers are increasing and consist of partner

agencies, residents and local businesses. These messages are

immediately available and can viewed by a large number of people

quickly. The team find it is a great way of communicating our daily

business to local residents and a way of sharing news instantly.

@OundlePolice @ENCentralSCT @InspJulesMead

also keep up to date with all the county’s policing news on the

@NorthantsPolice account

Twitter

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Follow @OundlePoliceon Twitter today

Follow us for the latest news from your community and for updates on the Futures Programme - a project to put policing at the heart of communities.

We Tweet on the beat

The ‘Futures project’, has

just been joined by the Cross

Border Team - comprising

of police officers from

Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire,

Northamptonshire and the

British Transport Police. Also

joining are representatives

from VOSA and Trading

Standards.

East Northants area is

bordered by several counties.

This collaborative team is in a

strong position to tackle the

issues our rural areas have

with transient crime.

Just in the first six

weeks of the team

forming, they have

had some early

successes.

These include the arrest and remand of several cross border burglars,

the closure of several cannabis factories and the arrest of 2 men

involved in rogue trader offences, to name but a few.

Follow their work protecting our borders and strategic road networks

on Twitter @XBorderCops.

Cross Border Team

PCSO Natasha Fountain and her horse Cody’s main objective is to increase public confidence by heightened visibility. One person on horseback is equivalent to eight people on foot, and Northamptonshire Police are utilising this fact to increase visibility of the local policing team. Another aim of the PCSO on horseback is to visit local horse riding stables to recruit volunteers, and then support these volunteers when they are out and about acting as a point of contact for non-urgent issues.

Once recruited, volunteers are put through their British Riding and Road Safety exam, and are given information regarding incident reporting. The role of the Mounted Volunteer is to ride their horse as they normally would and report back if they see anything. Natasha, Cody and the volunteers can reach places such as green lanes and bridleways, where fly tipping, poaching and other rural crimes occur, as they have a different perspective and can see more because they are higher up.

This initiative has received a lot of positive feedback from the public with Natasha and Cody clocking up 130 miles and 45 hours in the saddle since the start of the project. The media launch for the concept of PCSO on Horseback and the Mounted Volunteers, was launched on 19th March 2015 with Natasha and Cody supported by Hilda who is one of the Mounted Volunteers recruited by Northamptonshire Police.

Horseback patrols by PCSO

In late September 2014 Watch Manager from the Fire and Rescue Service, Justin Abbott and Police Officer John Vjestica took up their roles on the Rural Intervention Vehicle (RIV).

This is first vehicle of its type locally and nationally, putting Northants Police at the forefront of fire service and police force interoperability. Early indications have been very positive. The role is constantly evolving and the desire is to provide the best possible joint service. This includes initial intervention to incidents, supporting police/fire operations, local public engagement, local problem solving and community support.

In the time the RIV has been operational the officers have undertaken many tasks including;

• Community events promoting public safety, both police and fire recruitment regarding retained fire fighters, special constables and volunteers.

• Attended local schools delivering public safety information and in some instances just building good relations with young children giving a basic understanding of each service/joint working.

PC John Vjestica and Fire Officer Justin Abbott

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• Visited sheltered accommodation to give help and advice on both fire safety and crime prevention. Furthermore we have visited private homes to deliver home fire safety checks along with home security surveys.

• Attended fire incidents at times, allowing fire crews to resume duty and keep front line appliances available.

• Attended police incidents, taking initial action or supplying support to officers as required.

• Co-responded to Level 1 incidents on behalf of the ambulance service.

• Attended road traffic collisions providing a joint response with casualty care, scene safety and dealing with road obstruction and investigation as required.

• Attended dangerous road obstructions, making the area safe and removal of the obstruction.

• Attended welfare/safeguarding type incidents offering support to vulnerable persons and those with mental health issues.

• There have been many and varied incidents the RIV has attended, also the RIV has been involved in supporting the local Safer Community Team and wider public incentives. It is still an evolving role with further training for the officers planned in the near future. This coupled with the obtaining of further relevant equipment will make it a valuable asset to the rural community and both the fire and police service.

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