East Cambs NWA (6)
Forthcoming Events
Thursday 7th June 2012 7.30 pm. ECNWA General Meeting in the ECDC Council Chamber, The Grove Nutholt Lane Ely
Thursday 23rd August 2012 7.30 pm. ECNWA Executive meet at Stuntney
NEIGHBOURHOOD PANELS 2012
(all start at 7 pm)
Recent Events
March 1st 2012. The Association Group Meeting and AGM
This was held in St Peter's Church Hall, Broad Street Ely.
Newly appointed Inspector Paul Ormerod from Ely Police gave an interesting presentation on the new organization and how it affects East Cambs police.
The reorganization was necessitated to meet cost savings imposed by government. Although there will be cuts in support staff, front line officers will be maintained. The Area Commander responsible for all staff is Chief Inspector Russ Waterston, backed up by Detective Inspector Donna Wass and Inspector Paul Ormerod (Safer Neighbourhood Manager).
Cambridgeshire Police will have better cooperation with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Police forces to avoid different practices that have caused problems in the past.
During questions the Inspector spoke of the action being taken to tackle metal theft, but admitted that the police were hampered by the difficulty of proving that metal was stolen unless thieves were caught in the act..
Some discussion took place on the delays sometimes encountered when the public use the new 101 incident reporting number, attempts are being made to iron out problems of internal communication.
The meeting continued with a detailed round the table discussion on members' local problems and how ECNWA can help.
The AGM was then held and the existing members of the executive were re-elected.
The December 1st 2011 group meeting of ECNWA was attended by three members of Cambridgeshire Police - Inspector Robin Sissons (seen in the picture below standing next to our Chairman, Stan Geering), Sue Loaker who advises on Home Security and Brian Tully the Anti-Social Behaviour coordinator.
Inspector Sissons, who is soon to take up a new appointment in Fenland District, spoke about the new simplified police organization that is about to be introduced and updated the meeting on local police priorities in tackling crime, particularly drug misuse, burglary, scrap metal thefts and anti-social behaviour.
Sue Loaker gave a useful presentation on the various aids to security that are available, plus common sense advice on what can be done to deter burglars.
Brian Tully spoke about the encouraging fall in anti-social behaviour and how the police have obtained closure orders for premises know to have used for persistent drug dealing.
Well done Martyn!
October 13th 2011. At the County NW AGM at Hinchingbrooke our Committee Member Martyn Lord was presented with an award by Cambridgeshire Chief Constable Simon Parr. It recognized Martyn's outstanding work for Neighbourhood Watch in Bottisham and District.
September 18th 2011. Open Day at Ely Police Station
Record numbers of the public visited the police Open Day at Ely. The Neighbourhood Watch stand,
present from 12 - 4 pm, attracted quite a lot of interest and several potential Coordinators left their names.
On Thusday 9th September 2011 ECNW visited the southern district of East Cambs when a Coffee Morning was held in 'The Stable' at Newmarket. It's all part of our drive to encourage Neighbourhood Watch, particularly in those villages or districts that are poorly represented.
In case anyone picks it up, yes, the majority of the town of Newmarket lies in the county of Suffolk but it is surrounded by several villages that are very much Cambridgeshire.