SALTDEAN, ROTTINGDEAN & OVINGDEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2016

A MESSAGE FROM DENISE CLARK CHAIR OF SR&O NHW Many of you are aware of the changes that funding cuts are having on our local Police which could affect our area. We would like to assure NHW Members and Residents that the Saltdean, Rottingdean & Ovingdean Neighbourhood Watch will be even more ac-tive, but do need your help. We will not be receiving so many reports about crime/incidents in our area, and unfor-tunately also the PCSO will not be sending out the popular E Watch that reports on local crime, as we know it. We would like to ask that you report any incidents to us, or your co-ordinators who can then pass them to the committee, so we can raise the profile for need of local Police in our area. Of course, any incidents of a serious nature or anything suspicious should first of all be reported to 999 if they are happening when you see them or 101 if they have happened already. There has been some incidents recently of anti-social behaviour in Saltdean Oval and the sea front e.g. graffiti on the cliffs, swings in the Oval set on fire, criminal damage to Conner's Court on the sea front and broken glass in the sandpit. If you see anything happening in the park or sea front please report it. Remember "CRIME CANNOT FLOURISH IN A COMMUNITY THAT CARES" Thank you

OPEN MEETING Due to unforeseen circumstances there will not be an October Open Meeting for members and co-ordinators. The next meeting will be the AGM in March 2017 (date to be advised). However, if you do have any problems or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our very best to help.

DON'T TOLERATE ANTI-SOCIAL DRIVING - REPORT IT! Are you fed up of drivers speeding and also using their mobile phones? Recent reports about deaths caused by drivers using their phones are horrendous and must be stopped. The Police are not always around to monitor this but residents can report a driver who is seen to be us-ing their phone to Operation Crackdown by giving them the car registration, type and colour of vehicle and details of time and place. . (Remember always pull over in a safe place to make any notes - or ask a passenger to re-cord the details. It is a good idea to have a pen and paper in your glove compartment. You can report to Operation Crackdown on line at www.operationcrackdown.org or by calling the Crackdown Hotline on 01243 64 22 22. (You can also report abandoned vehi-cles to Crackdown)

NHW COMMITTEE CONTACT Linda Hood Tel 01273 306441 - nhw.sro-sec@hotmail.co.uk

POLICE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER: 101 - IN AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE: 999 POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS

West Saltdean, Rottingdean & Ovingdean – Kate Mitchell Kate.Mitchell@sussex.pnn.police.uk

East Saltdean – Until further notice ring 101

FUNDING We were thrilled to be presented with a cheque for £500 from the Police Proceeds of Crime during the summer. PCSO Helen Richardson was pro-active in obtaining this for us. The funding is to be used for NHW Road Signs, tables, promotional items such as banners and stickers for the children that we can use at our promotional events. Funding is not very easy to obtain and we are extremely grateful.

JUNIOR NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Once again the NHW Committee and two volunteers are taking part in a Junior Neighbourhood Course in Rottingdean. We have had three successful Courses in Saltdean Primary School and we are now in the middle of the second Course at St. Margaret's. JNHW shows young people that they can make a difference and en-courages them to understand community issues and how to make their community a safer place and to grow into responsible citizens, ideally with families, grandpar-ents and friends fully supportive of the aims and objectives of NHW. If you would like to find out about becoming a JNHW volunteer please contact us.

NO COLD CALLING ZONE As you are aware East and West Saltdean has been a No Cold Calling Zone for some time, which is proving to be quite successful. We are pleased to be able to tell members who live in Rottingdean and Ovingdean that we are now in a position to extend the No Cold Call-ing Zone to your area. We have been fortunate to receive funding to enable us to do this and we hope that some-time in the next couple of months we will be in a position to circulate a letter and NCCZ sticker to every household. These things do take a little time as procedures have to be met. Can we please ask you to look out for the letter and sticker and please do not put it straight in the bin! The more houses that display the sticker the more successful the Zone will be.