FOREST ROW, HARTFIELD, NUTLEY, DANEHILL AND FAIRWARP

Community Contact Wealden from Thursday 25^th July to Thursday 2^nd August

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 APPEALS, MESSAGES AND NEWS

Good News

Summer drink and drug driving campaign
Car keys and glass of alcohol. Sussex Police is taking part in a national summer Drink and Drug Driving Campaign to target irresponsible and dangerous drivers

The annual campaign, which started yesterday ( July 30) targets those people who think that drinking or taking drugs and then getting behind the wheel of a car is acceptable. The aim is to drive down casualties on our roads and bring offenders to justice.

The targeted campaign is focused on the fact that during the summer months people are out more in the afternoon and evenings enjoying themselves and often using their vehicles and the temptation to drink and drive is therefore greater. 

To read more please click on http://www.sussex.police.uk/news_feed/index.asp?id=21020

Press Releases
Nutley – Burglary
On Friday 27th June, between 11.00am and 6.30pm, a burglary occurred in Dodds Bank. The home was entered by the front door. Various items of jewellery were stolen.  Electrical equipment and in particular, two imitation firearms were stolen. One of them was a 'Desert Eagle' style imitation firearm and the other was an 'uzi' style imitation firearm. A male, aged between 17/18 years, was seen walking down a track close to a row of cottages wearing black trousers and a t-shirt. This male was carrying a rucksack. It is not known if this male is related to the incident, but police would like to speak to him. Police are appealing for witnesses and ask anyone with any information to contact DC Stapley at Uckfield CID on 0845 60 70 999 quoting serial 1422 of the 27th July. Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555111

Messages
The Safer Wealden Partnership warns the community of Wealden to be extra careful to safeguard their tools when storing them in work vehicles

During recent months there has been a spate of overnight thefts from trade  vans, where high power tools, of all types, have been the target. 

Sussex Police as a member of the Safer Wealden Partnership urge all owners of commercial vehicles to be extra vigilant about where they are parking their vehicles.  Park the vehicle where there is good lighting and preferably on a private driveway where there might be automatic security lighting.  Vans wherever possible should be parked off road and optimally  backed up to a wall or garage so that access cannot be gained through the rear doors.  All tools should be removed from the vehicles and stored somewhere securely and nothing should be left on show.

Given the value of the tools often left in a vehicle overnight, the security offered by the manufacturers locking system is not always enough, and there are better quality locking systems available on the market.

We recommend that valuables should be removed from vehicles overnight but we realise that this its not always practical to do, so the vehicle itself must be made less attractive to a would be thief.  An inner cage of weld mesh, type material, will provide good protection inside the van, whilst an alarm system will provide an audible deterrent.

More Scams
I have been made aware by lots of our members that there are lots of scams doing the rounds again. The scams that have come to notice are about a job resume, banks requesting details, IP address problems and offering wonderful free prizes in return for the postage and packaging fee.

Job Resume – essentially this is received in the form of an email from an international company who appear to be wanting to avoid paying large sums in international transfer tax. It talks about the differences paid in taxes in different countries and states that it is cheaper to have an individuals name to act as a representative. In return for acting as an agent you will receive 10% of the profit made by the company!!!! NO, these scams are a form of money laundering. If you sign up as an agent you may find yourself dealing with stolen goods and dirty money and possibly a jail term, all for something that looked like a great idea at the time.

For full information and an example of this scam click on: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/money-tranfer-job-scams.shtml
Bank/Building Society emails – these generally are asking for confirmation of account numbers and personal details. Do not respond to the email, delete it. Contact your bank and advise them of this scam. This is a phishing scam, your details may be used to commit crime.

For full information and advice of phishing scams click on: http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/fraud_pages.asp?id=5

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pharming.html
Bad IP (Internet Provider) Address – this is received via email. It states that you have a bad IP address, normally dressed up as being from the ‘Abuse Team’. Do not do as the email says and click on ‘the patch’ it could lead to all kinds of problems. Delete it and contact your Internet Provider.

For full information and advice click on http://www.hoax-slayer.com/robot-abnormal-activity.shtml
Wonderful free prizes in return for the postage and packaging fee – this will probably come through your letterbox in the form of junk mail. All you need to do get a brand new Ford Focus, £2000 and a Spaniel(!) is to pay for the postage costs. Sounds great, until you send off your money and receive nothing. Although the postage isn’t a lot, maybe £15, multiply this by the amount of households this has been sent to, a good proportion will fall for this and send the money in, that amounts to a lot of money. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

To find out how to block unwanted junk mail click on: http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/consumers/consumers.cfm

Beware of Dodgy Tarmaccers – from Trading Standards
The Trading Standards ‘Scambusters’ Team has issued a special urgent warning to households in the Southern Counties and along the South coast about a gang of prolific tarmaccers who are ripping off victims for thousands of pounds.  Intelligence is available that shows this gang are currently operational along the Brighton to Chichester corridor.  They cold call on victims, sometimes falsely claiming to be working for Sussex County Council, and offer to carry out tarmacing work for reasonable rates.  Once the work is started, the rates increase by up to ten times and consumers have been intimidated when they refuse to pay.

The Scambusters team are working very closely with the Police and want any information about these traders.  A spokesman for Scambusters said: “We would warn consumers that they should never deal with cold calling driveway companies under any circumstances.  If they turn up on your doorstep then please contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06.”

On the Beach
As it looks as though Summer has finally arrived. Be aware that if you intend on going to the beach remember not to leave your personal items unattended if you are going to go swimming. If you are with other people ensure that someone stays behind to look after your things. You don’t want to have a nasty surprise on your return and finding your possessions have been taken.

At home
With the warmer brings warmer nights. Refrain from leaving ground floor windows open when you go to bed. If like me you live on the ground floor, close all other windows and leave your bedroom window open. For peace of mind I keep my mobile on my bedside cabinet, should I be awoken to a noise I can easily contact help. Alternatively you could buy cacti and put these on your window sill. They wont do any lasting damage to someone if they are pricked by one but it may alert you to someone’s presence by their reaction. If not keep all your windows closed and invest in a fan.

For more advice see:
http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/home_security.asp
http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/burglary/burglaryminisite08.htm

Advice Links
For advice about bogus callers click on: http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/boguscallers.asp
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/reduction/saferhomes/
safehome/safe3.htm

CRIME REPORT

  Parish        Time and Date   Offence Address Details Serial No.     
FOREST ROW      Between midnight Sun. 22/07/07 and 5:30pm Thurs. 26/07/07       Burglary        Hartfield Road  Laptop was stolen from local college, no obvious sign of forced entry.  524 of 26/07/07
FOREST ROW      Reported at 10:17am Thurs. 02/08/07     Sus. Act        Post Horn Lane  A small red Daihatsu with three male occupants was seen to be paying lots of attention to neighbouring gardens. The males had been seen previously taking tyres from a garden. It is not known whether they had permission or not. If seen call Police, it could be something of nothing but it doesn’t hurt to make sure.      497 of 02/08/07
HARTFIELD       Between 2:00pm and 2:30pm Thurs. 26/07/07       Bogus Council Workers   Cat Street      A pick up truck was seen with ‘Highways Maintenance and Surfacing’ written on the side, one of the males from the truck claimed to be doing drainage work and was letting residents know. The resident called the Council and found out that they had no vans etc working in that area on that day. It would seem that this male was bogus. The male was described as white, 5ft 6’, stocky build, ginger/brown hair, ginger beard wearing a reflective jacket. Always check ‘workers’ for ID if you are suspicious and don’t let strangers into your home. For advice about bogus callers click on the above link.     964 of 26/07/07
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Vehicle Crime
Nothing to report
Parish  Time and Date   Offence Address Details Serial No. 

Contact Information

In an emergency dial 999
For less urgent matters call the Sussex Police Call Handling Centre on 0845 60 70 999 (open 24 x 7).
E-mail Sussex Police to report crime, click on http://www.sussex.police.uk/contact_us.asp
Please quote the relevant serial number and date if you are responding to a reported crime, if not, ask to report a crime and request the serial number.

Information about any type of crime can be given anonymously by calling    CRIMESTOPPERS (open 24x7) 0800 555111 or email www.crimestoppers-uk.org/

To find out who your local Police Officers and Police Community Support Officers are and how to contact them go to http://www.sussex.police.uk type in your post code and you’ll now find the names of all your local neighbourhood officers. Click on their pictures and you’ll see their personal profiles and contact details.

Other Contacts
Safer Wealden Partnership: Julie Wallwork Communications Officer 0845 6070999 ext. 68214

Dave Law Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator 0845 6070999 ext. 33231 Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Trading Standards: 01323 418200 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
British Transport Police: 0800 405040

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