Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

As part of the National Business Crime Centre’s campaign to tackle retail crime, we conducted a week of action across Cambridgeshire between 18 and 24 March. This saw us working with retailers and private security for days of targeted activity including high-visibility patrols, proactive activity and crime prevention initiatives.

Neighbourhood Policing Teams engaged with almost 250 different businesses across the county, listening to their concerns as well as offering crime prevention advice. Information on how best to protect a business from crime can be found on our dedicated webpages.

Across Cambridgeshire, 25 arrests were made for various offences relating to business crime, including:

• Shoplifting
• Business burglary
• Breaching Criminal Behaviour Orders
• Assaults
• Criminal damage
• Possession of weapons. 

Of these arrests, 60 separate charges were made, with 32 of these being for theft from a shop.

You can read more about the work that we did during the week on our website

The survey can take up to 7 minutes to complete, it will help develop Arts & Culture in our area.
The link to the survey is @- https://7vpvm5t7qem.typeform.com/fenlandmarcomms

The HSF has helped well over 500 individuals with Fenland to the tune of £440,000.
Government funding has now finshed and although Cambs CC have something similar planned – not to the extent and value of this scheme.

During the easter holidays, we are going to be patrolling the outdoor spaces and parks in the area, especially March, Whittlesey, and Doddington.

As the weather gets warmer, these patrols will be increased to ensure that everyone is using these spaces responsibly and safely. 

If you ever see us out and about, we’d love for you to come and say hi and chat to us about any concerns you may have! 

I am out all day and will not be making any psotings intil this evening.

Please find below summaries of the latest news from our courts over the last week – click on each headline to read the full story.

Cambridgeshire

Convicted murderer attacked prison officers

Cambridge thief lands himself prison sentence

Murderer gets sentence extended for officer attack

Jail for man who rammed police car

Fenland

Fenland land “closed” following nuisance behaviour

Peterborough

Stalker back behind bars

Paedophile jailed for 20 years

Whittlesey cocaine dealer jailed

Jail for thief found with axe

Armed officers arrest man in Starbucks

Bike thief abandoned his own bike in favour of another

You can find more news from the force online here.

You can view all the documents by visiting FDC Web Portal Click Here

LEARN TO COPE

New group starts Wednesday April 16^th April at 10.30am

This group is for widows and widowers to meet in small groups to discuss all the problems they have encountered following the death of a wife, husband or partner.

They will be able to offer advice and support to one another, over coffee and a chat.

If you feel this is something that will be of interest to you reply on this email.

It is hoped that small groups can meet as and when they want to, at least once a month, perhaps in homes or at Weatherspoons, sharing tips and suggestions of how you get through the sudden problems that arise when you find yourself on your own.

I already have a group leader for the first group to start.

If you would like to be part of one of these groups or would be able to help me set up another group like this, please get in touch.

Kind Regards 

Christine

Contacts & Links on U3A Website Click Here