####### Operation Northdale – Volunteers Wanted ######

               Friday and Saturday 30 Sept and 1st Oct 2011                

and

Friday and Saturday 7th and 8th Oct 2011

    Horsforth, Otley, Yeadon and Guiseley

 
Operation Northdale is aimed at reducing the risk of people becoming
victims of sexual assault throughout West Yorkshire.  Face to face engagement is a successful way of highlighting key issues and helping to change peoples’ behaviour; and when run previously has had a significant impact on reported offences in these locations.

Do you want to make a difference?
 
Volunteers are needed to assist during the evenings on the above dates. You will work alongside Police Officers and PCSO’s you will need to engage with young people (approx. 18-25 years), assisting in handing out merchandise and providing safety advice regarding excessive drinking. All volunteers will be fully briefed in advance and provided with identification badges and hi-visibility waistcoats. Volunteers must be a minimum of 16 years old and those under 18 years will require parental consent.
 
Are you interested?
 
If you are interested in volunteering, please provide the following
information:
Name
Address
Telephone
Email
Availability (dates/times)
Location Preferences (i.e. live in Otley so would prefer not to volunteer
there, or don’t drive so would prefer to volunteer closer to home)
 
Please encourage your family, friends and community to get involved.
 
Let me have your details as soon as possible so that I can start collating groups for dates shown. Thank you for reading this and I do hope that some of you are able to take part.
 
Thank you
 
PS 5014 Jane Franks
NPT Sergeant
Otley Police Station
Bridge Street
Otley
LS21 3BA
01274 471468
26264

Crime
There have been 3 sheds broken into in the last week, 1 on Redesdale Gardens where a lock was forced and a bike stolen and 2 on Otterburn Gardens, again locks forced and bikes stolen, a further bike was also stolen from Otterburn Gardens after it was left chained to a drain pipe. On Gainsborough Avenue a set of registration plates were stolen from a car.

ASB
There are no ongoing issues. Tile Lane and Eastmoor continue to be patrolled.  PCSO King has been putting up posters around Wayland Croft advertising his forthcoming input in joint partnership with Trading Standards. The input is very informative regards cold callers and how to set up cold calling zones, we have been very successful in the Yeadon and Rawdon areas with this project.

SID not deployed due to staffing commitments.

ALL AREAS
It was a difficult week all round last week, with the much publicised riots a significant number of staff have been abstracted to attend various parts of the country, some staff still remain with other forces and we continue to get requests for assistance.

Arrests of note
A 19 year old male from Tinshill has been arrested for stealing from Asda, he has been charged.  A 23 year old male from Ireland Wood has been arrested for drugs and driving offences after he was stopped in a vehicle on Holtdale Fold and following a search various drugs were located, he is currently on bail.

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Crime
Excellent news with no burglaries or vehicle crime reported in the last 7 days.

ASB
It has been very quiet over the last seven days we have only had one call in relation to youths throwing apples at a building on Otley old road. Officers will be patrolling this area to prevent any further incidents

SID is currently being repaired.

Faithwatch
St Giles Church at Bramhope has been subject to lead theft. Damage has also been caused to Cookridge Methodist Church overnight Thursday to Friday. Offenders have pulled roofing tiles and lighting off the roof.

Farmwatch
There has been some diesel stolen by cutting the fuel pipe on a tractor on
Carlton Lane in Guiseley, please be on the look out for any suspicious
vehicles in the area.

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Crime
There have been 2 reports of burglary in the last week, these have occurred on Broomfield where mole grips used to snap euro profile lock, no entry gained and Chestnut Drive , again mole grips to euro profile lock, the occupant who was upstairs asleep hears the noise and bangs on the window, the offenders run off.  There have been 2 reports of vehicle crime, St Helens Lane where window is smashed and integral sat nav stolen from inside. Otley Road where chains on the roof of a van were cut and 2 sets of ladders stolen. On the 21st PCSO Harrison attended the Adel area with CASAC and on the 22nd PCSO King was out on Broomfield and Chestnut Drive carrying out a CASAC leaflet drop.

ASB
Tile Lane continues to be patrols but there have been no calls up there this week. There are no on going ASB issues at present.

SID has not been deployed this week.

Arrests of note
5 males have been arrested for the above burglary on The Drive,  they are aged 30 from Horsforth, 21 years from Seacroft, 22 years from Bramley, 21 years of no fixed abode and 18 years from the Hawksworth estate, all are currently on bail.

ALL AREAS
Our 3 main crime types of concern continue to be;
1. Burglary – specifically where mole grips are used to attack euro profile
locks and car keys stolen in order to steal the cars, we have found that
Audi’s and BMW’s are predominantly the makes being targeted
2. Theft from motor vehicles – Built in sat nav systems in Audi’s
3. Metal theft

Faithwatch
No incidents to report.

Farmwatch
No incidents to report.

All families are invited to the below Children’s Day Carnival, double click to open

(See attached file: Children’s Day Carnival reduced size.jpg)

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