CRIME FOR AUGUST 2024
We dealt with 67 CRIMES and 111 INCIDENTS.
We had 2 residential burglaries in College Row and Woodcombe (Melksham Without) These investigations are ongoing but thought to be linked to the x3 males we had in custody over the keyless vehicle series.
We had 7 thefts:
Monkton Farleigh- diesel taken from farm
Lower Wraxall- 50 bales of hay stolen
Freshford- a plant pot and some mooring rope stolen
Westwood- x2 gas bottles stolen from a marque
Bowerhill- Phone lost outside address, thought to have been found and stolen
Berryfield- report of a crime but RP not engaging and wont substantify the report
Semington- phone taken by associate of victim
We had 6 vehicle crimes:
Beanacre- motorcycle taken
Atworth- Vehicle stolen
Broughton Gifford- tools stolen from work van
Winsley- tools stolen from
Bowerhill- vehicle stolen
Forest- vehicle stolen
In regards to the vehicles stolen, this is an organised crime group. Three males have been arrested and a dedicated burglary unit are dealing. The crime advice we have put out on our Facebook page is up to date and relevant still. Please circulate!
NEWS
The team will be going through some changes this month which has affected our staffing numbers.
PC Elliott Holdsworth has moved to a new department and will no longer be working with our team. We wish him luck with his move and a thank you for all the hard work he has done on our area since he joined. Unfortunately there are no replacements lined up for him currently.
We will do our very best to ensure we keep up with engagements and requests.
We are also loosing our Local Crime Investigator Rich Marshall. He is moving to our Volume Crime Team. Many of you would not have met Rich as his work focus for our team was on suspect interviews, order developments and file building. Again we wish him the best for the future and a big thank you for all the work and sentencing of suspects he brought us. Unfortunately under the new NPT model, LCI MARCHESE’ post will not be staffed again.
Congratulations to our Bradford on Avon officer PC JACKSON who is now PC DAVIS following her marriage last month- congratulations!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY- SEPTEMBER
4TH– Sgt Rutter & Insp Lemon
5th– PCSOs Wallace & Badder will be patrolling the Market in Bradford on Avon
14th– SCHOOL ENGAGEMENTS
17th– PCSO Walters will be at The Pear Tree, Whitley from 2pm to 3.30pm, drop by and say hello- we will also be carrying out speed watch patrols on this date
21st– PCSO Griffin will be at the Bowerhill School Fete and PCSO Dybowska will be holding our Melksham drop in surgery 3pm-4.30pm
24th– PCSO Walters will be at the Chatty Café at Melksham campus between 10am-12pm
26th– PC Davis will be on patrols in Bradford on Avon market place
27th– PC Walters is holding a drop in surgery for Kevil, Bulkington and Poulshot at The Well between 1:30pm and 3pm
Kind regards
| Gemma Rutter
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant 2315 – Melksham & Bradford on Avon Trowbridge Police Station |