Emergency calls 999

Police non emergency number: 101

MINICOM helpline for the deaf and hard of hearing, anywhere in the force area: 01480 422493

RNID TypeTalk is a national telephone relay service which enables, deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing and speech impaired people to communicate, to access the service dial: 0800 515152

The Police Service Centre (PSC) deals with all crime and incident related calls to our non-emergency number 0345 456 456 4. They are open from 0600 to 0100 Sunday to Thursday and 0700-0200 Friday and Saturday. Between 0800 and 1900, there are a maximum of 25 Operators within the Centre (these numbers are reduced outside of these hours) dealing with your inquires.

Trading Standards Help Line: 0845 404 0506

Website www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/trading/

Melbourn’s community policing team

Sector Inspector: Chris. Savage.

Sector Sergeant: Jon Capes

Community PCs: Claire List,  Alex Rendell.

PCSO’s: James Lynch, Lyndsay Gardiner, Paul Lancaster and Carly Freed.

To email the team:  melbourn.npt@cambs.pnn.police.uk

Police website: www.cambs.police.uk

Melbourn policing priorities.

At the last meeting for the Bassingbourn and Melbourn panel, held on 17/01/2012, the following priorities were agreed:

• Tackle anti-social behaviour associated with vehicle use in Melbourn and Bassingbourn
• Tackle road safety issues to include excess speed, obstructive parking and use of mobile phones whilst driving.
• Tackle misuse of green and open spaces in Shepreth, Litlington, Melbourn and Bassingbourn
• Support South Cambs District Council to reduce ASB in Vicarage Close sheltered accommodation complex.

Incidents reported in these areas will receive a higher level police response.

Neighbourhood Policing Panel meetings are held every three months and all neighbourhood residents can attend. These meetings offer the public the opportunity to meet their Neighbourhood Policing team and discuss problems and set the teams priorities for the coming quarter.

For a full report on the policing of the Melbourn Neighbourhood for the last quarter click on the Neighbourhood Profiles button.

THE CAMBS POLICE FUNDING DILEMMA

At the Neighbourhood Panel , the Police Authority (Jayne Wright) gave a presentation on the future budget outlook.    The Govt is encouraging all local authorities not to increase their council tax for 2012 -2013.   A one-off additional grant of £1.5M is being offered to the Police Authority to avoid having to raise the policing part of council tax to fund services in 2012 / 2013.   The grant is for one year only and there is no certainty for additional funding in future years without involving an increase in council tax to pay for the services.

 

The dilemma is whether to raise council tax from April 2012 or take the grant and leave the new Police and Crime Commissioner with the decision either to raise council tax significantly from April 2013 or accept a further £1.5M per year in police cuts (equates to the loss of some 37 police constables).

You are invited to Have Your Say by voting on line at www.cambs-pa.gov.uk/hottopic.cfm

or email to  police,authority@cambs.pnn.police.uk

 

Six New Police Districts Across the County

Following completion of the initial restructuring of the Cambridgeshire Police Force, six new Police Districts are being rolled out to replace the previous structure of three Divisions across the County.   Some £11M savings have been identified already to meet the £17M reduction necessary over the next 4 years.   These large cutbacks in the Force are affecting some 30 – 40 senior posts and 152 police staff support posts but without any changes in local Police Constables and PCSOs.   There remains much detail of the Districts and a review of necessary regrouping of villages and townships for policing yet to be finalised over the next few weeks.   The emphasis is now focused on thinking about policing differently and more effectively, robust leadership, collaboration on major projects with Beds and Herts Forces and operational decisions on policing being taken at much lower levels in the rank structure.

 

Bassingbourn falls under the new South Cambs Police District which now has its own Commander -  Chief Inspector Darren Alderson, with its HQ at Cambourne.   He will have overall control of all South Cambs local policing resources (NPTs), emergency response and criminal investigation teams.   Our NPT contacts for this area remain unchanged.

 

To view the new Police Districts go to our Cambs NHW Web-Site www.cambsnhw.org.uk

and “Click” or “Mouseover” on the main menu New Police Districts for a dropdown menu of the districts and other associated topics.