Our consultations continue in Winterbourne Monkton and Berwick Bassett to ascertain your priorities for January to March 2009.

Deception thieves are still about.  Last week a man visited the home of an elderly resident, offering to do some gardening work, he was sent away.  Soon after a woman came to the same address asking for a drink of water, she was also sent away.  What they wanted was access to the premises, so that they could steal.  Fortunately on this occasion the householder was ready for them and they left empty-handed.

We have had two anti-Hare-Coursing days last month, and the police mobile phone is proving its worth.  We tied this in with a  Ridgeway Day of Action and our traffic colleagues caught someone driving there unlawfully.  Polly and I have managed to get to the scene of several Hare Coursing incidents, one south of West Kennett, in time to catch the offenders red-handed.  Farmers and gamekeepers who have not received our texts to your mobile phones should contact us, and you will be added.  Also anyone wanting the Hare-Watch phone number please let us know.

A vehicle was stopchecked on the A4 and Cannabis was found on board.  A trailer was stolen from a barn on a route popular with Hare Coursers. A group of offenders took a taxi to Avebury and then made off without paying. 

 marlbruralswnpt@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk  

Michael Bayliss      Police Constable 1250  0845 408 7000 Ext 739 899  michael.bayliss@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk 

Polly Ritchie   PCSO 6115 pauline.ritchie@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk