COUNTRYWATCH NEEDS YOU! An invite from Inspector Chris White. How would you like to come along and spend some time with your Country Watch team? Do you have some time to spare? Interested in how we are dealing with Rural matters? Would you like to be more involved? We would like to invite you to join our Country Watch police patrols as observers, to see first-hand how we police rural communities to deliver our policing service. Interested and want to find out more? Please contact the CountryWatch team at: countrywatch@hampshire.pnn.police.uk WITH YOUR HELP Two people were arrested by local targeted patrol officers in the Waterlooville area for poaching and were subsequently charged with the offence of daytime trespass in pursuit of game. PC Ames conducted a joint patrol with MOD Land Rangers. During this patrol a male was stopped riding off road on a Motorcycle. The male was given an MOD warning notice and reported to English Nature. PC Ames is currently making further enquires in relation to this offence. Officers from the Road Policing unit recovered a stolen mini digger after stopping a transport lorry in the north of Hampshire, Enquiries are still ongoing. Reported Rural Crime www.crimereports.co.uk All reported crime can be viewed by logging on to the Crime reports website where any crime reported in Hampshire will be shown. This is good news as it gives you the freedom to check on reported crime at any time to suit you. www.hampshire.police.uk is the official Hampshire Constabulary web site. Details of your local Safer Neighbour Teams (SNT) can be found on this, along with other information in relation to Hampshire Constabulary. If you wish to contact the Hampshire Horse Watch regarding any Equine related crime prevention advice or to request tack marking you can E-mail them at equine@hampshire.pnn.police.uk VEHICLES OF INTEREST (N.B. we will only be putting part registrations on this weekly update of vehicles seen, even if we have a full registration number given to us. This is because not all details are necessarily correct when passed to us and we would like you to report any suspicious vehicles, not just the ones we circulate to you on this E-mail) Winchester and surrounding area 10/01/12: 1200hrs: Ford Transit HV51*** seen in the Winchester area touting for scrap. 12/01/12: 0925hrs: Ford Transit Drop side lorry Y994*** seen acting suspiciously in the Colden Common area, possibly touting for scrap. 14/01/12: 1500hrs: Black 4x4 vehicle *14JO* Seen acting suspiciously on private property in the Alresford area. 15/01/12: 1751hrs: Green Subaru HV53*** Seen acting suspiciously in the Micheldever area, possibly poaching. Andover and surrounding area 11/01/12: 2115hrs: Silver Estate car M66*** Seen acting suspiciously in the St Mary Bourne area. 13/01/12: 1520hrs: White van HY07*** seen acting suspiciously in the Grateley area. 14/01/12: 0905hrs: Mitsubishi Pickup X127*** Longparish area seen with Lurcher type dogs, possibly poaching activity. 17/01/12: 2100hrs: Silver Subaru Legacy P874*** Seen acting suspiciously in the Stockbridge area, possibly poaching. FOR YOUR INFORMATION Information for Land Rover owners.There is currently a national trend of Land Rovers, particularly the older style, being targeted by thieves. Recently we have had a few reports of theft of Land Rovers in the Hampshire and Sussex area. If you are a Land Rover owner please be aware and extra vigilant, please ensure that any vehicle is as secure as possible and if possible, placed in an outbuilding or garage out of sight. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advice from Hampshire Horse Watch. We are receiving reports of the theft of horse rugs in the Hampshire area, on some of these incidents the rugs have been taken off of horses while out in the fields. Please consider marking your rugs conspicuously by painting your post code on them in big letters. This will make the rug less desirable to the thieves and easier for it to be identified if it should be stolen. Please consider this: Most tack and equestrian equipment is stolen so that it can be sold on as second hand. We all love a bargain and it is this that gives the criminal fraternity their reason for committing these type of offences. We are their customers! If you are considering purchasing second hand equipment please just give some consideration to the following: ask questions about the history of the item you are buying, check it for any security markings that may make it identifiable as stolen property and if the price seems to good to be true then it probably is. If you have any doubts about the item then please do not buy it. If you have any information about who may be selling stolen items then please let us know. TACK MARKING SURGERY Country Watch and Hampshire Horse Watch officers will be at TDS Saddlers, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks on Saturday 25th February 2012 between 1000 and 1500hrs to mark tack and discuss any equine related matters you may have. If you have tack that you want to get marked now, then contact us in the usual way. | 
