LATEST HOMEWATCH NEWS
For the latest local Homewatch news, click HERE.

Since the end of March 2010 South Norfolk no longer has a dedicated Police Home Watch Administrator. All queries concerning Homewatch now have to be referred to the Communications and Public Affairs Department at Police Headquarters, on 0845 456 4567.
The local Safer Neighbourhood Team for Ashby St Mary can be emailed at sntloddon@norfolk.pnn.police.uk
It is unknown whether the original Homewatch email address is still functional (e/m: southwatch.norpol@gtnet.gov.uk )

For previous items of local Homewatch advice please look in the following -
General Advice     2010_messages      2009 messages       2008 messages      2007 messages      2006 messages

In General Advice (above) a lot of useful information is given on Contacting the Police, Burglaries, Property Marking, National Property Register, Bikes and Scams.  More will be added as it is received.
The Police Administrator has recommended viewing the contents of the following link: http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/
Should you require it, the Office for Fair Trading web-site is at http://www.oft.gov.uk or at 0845 7224499

BACKGROUND
The purpose of Homewatch is well known and self explanatory – to make communities safer. It is is a system of local awareness between residents and is one of many similar schemes operating nationally for dwellings, shops, schools etc.

It is co-ordinated by representative volunteers of the village for the benefit of the local population. Far from replacing or doing the work of the local police, it merely seeks to provide an informal lookout service that complements the work of the Police. Because Home Watch co-ordinators cover a very localised area over which they ‘watch’, it means they are likely to be able to provide a more effective and reassuring ‘point-of-contact’ service as a result.

The co-ordinator for Ashby St Mary Parish Council is its point of contact for receiving Homewatch messages from Norfolk Police on matters of mutual concern or more detailed interest. Information received from the Police and circulated for your attention is merely to keep you aware of any local advice.

HOW DO I JOIN HOMEWATCH?
In the first instance contact the Clerk of the Parish Council (click HERE for details) giving your name, address, your email address and telephone number, who will pass these details to the Council's local co-ordinator.
The local co-ordinator will in due course make contact with you, and ensure you receive any message circulated by the area Police Administrator as soon as possible after it is issued.

The more Ashby St Mary residents that support a Homewatch system, the more effective and beneficial it will be for everyone in our village. To increase the benefits of Homewatch your Council urges you to become part of it.   Many pariishioners have done so already and benefited accordingly.

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