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Useful contact points:
Are you aware who your local Neighbourhood Policing Team are?:
Go to the Essex Police website www.essex.police.uk enter your postcode in the box on the right hand side of the screen (then click the search button).
This will take you directly to the internet page of the Neighbourhood Policing team for your area. This will provide you with information specifically relating to the ward where you live.
There is a permanent police officer (Neighbourhood Specialist Officer – NSO) and a number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) dedicated specifically to your ward. There is a mobile telephone number available so that you can speak directly to your local team.
This mobile number is purely to speak to your local officers about local issues and not for reporting crimes and incidents, which must continue to be reported via 999 (emergency) or 0300 333 4444 (non-emergency).
Also on this web page is a facility where you can sign-up to receive monthly updates, by email, specifically about issues of interest in your area.
Fire safety team:
Thurrock firefighters are able to offer professional advice on home safety and if necessary fit free smoke alarms with ten-year batteries, please call the Community Fire Safety Team on 01375 376628.
Crime stoppers:
If you wish to give information about crime anonymously, please call 0800 555 111. Your information could lead to a cash reward.
Victim Support:
Victim Support is a national charity which helps people who have been affected by crime. They also offer a witness support service to witnesses of crime. Tel: 0845 3030 900 .
Anti-Social Behaviour reporting line:
Contact this line to report incidents of anti-social behaviour .Tel; 0845 605 2222
Trading Standards:
Tel: 0845 603 7625
Special Constabulary:
Special constables are voluntary officers but have the same power as a sworn police officer. Specials come from a cross section of the community and undertake a variety of police duties. If you, or someone you know, would like to join your local specials, working alongside regular officers then please call the specials recruitment line on 01245 452254.
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Police - non-emergency 0300 333 4444
Consumer Direct 08454 04 05 06
Fire and Rescue Service - non emergency 01376 576000
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Below are the telephone numbers to ring if you want to verify the identity of any utility company callers.
Severn Trent Water 0800 783 4444
E-on general enquiries 0800 052 0346
Sales agent verification 0800 056 6278
Npower Field sales 0845 601 1102
Meter readers 0800 073 3355
Scottish and Southern Energy 0800 0155 170
EDF Energy 0845 300 1291
Scottish Power 0800 400 200
British Gas meter readers
MSL 0800 169 4667
Accuread 0800 393 499
Siemens 0800 015 2221
British Gas Field Sales Advisers 0800 300 100
British Gas Engineers 0845 736 5100
Emergency Gas Escape number 0800 111 999
In an emergency please call 999
| Turning the key on burglars |
| By Press Officer |
| People across Essex, and especially those in the south of the county, are being urged to think home security and “turn the key” if they want to avoid becoming burglary victims. The police advice is aimed at all homeowners, but specifically those with uPVC doors who mistakenly think they are locking them by turning the handle up when indoors. With house burglaries on the increase nationwide, detectives are looking to work with people in a bid to halt the problem in Essex. In the first 17 days of this month (August), there were 45 house burglaries across the Basildon district in which, for the majority, thieves have simply pulled down on the outside door handle to disengage the security mechanism before releasing the door open using a screwdriver or other similar implement. They have then entered and stolen an array of electrical items, mobile telephones and money. Tara Shepherd is one detective based at Pitsea police station. She has spoken to several victims who have not realised the security pitfalls of the uPVC door. “I attended three burglary crime scenes in just one morning in the Laindon area where professional crooks had entered the unlocked house overnight, while the owners were asleep upstairs, and peacefully ransacked the lounge and kitchen,” said Dc Shepherd. “These burglars are at it all times of the day and night, targeting neighbourhoods, walking through streets, trying each door, entering unlocked ones and filling their bags. It’s so simple for them. “It’s painful for us to have to tell victims the awful truth. It’s a nightmare for them as they have to cancel bank cards, replace locks and reflect on the invasion of their home.” “We need them to physically lock the doors using the keys to activate the deadlock. By doing so, the door cannot be opened from the outside. The key must then be removed and kept in a safe place for just family members to access.” In the first 17 days of August 2008, there were 60 house burglaries. Despite this year’s 25 per cent comparison reduction where police have managed to stem the rise in Basildon, officers remain intent on arresting criminals as well as ensuring they don’t strike in the first place. Neighbourhood policing teams are helping in the fight through their 3VP patrols which look to secure property, premises and save vulnerable people from becoming victims. Dc Shepherd added: “We’re doing our bit to take these criminals off the streets and put them behind bars. We now need people to play their role in crime reduction by turning the key and pushing the door in the face of burglars.” People living in Basildon can obtain free security advice from crime reduction officer Mick Armstrong at the police station on 01268 244032. |
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