No Rogue Trader Zone

/in Neighbourhood Watch, News/by PC Clerk

PCSO Matt Havelock and colleagues delivered ‘No Rogue Trader Zone’ surveys and letters from Warwickshire Trading Standards. Police are taking this action after a local pensioner was a victim of a rogue trader.
Each property in a new ‘No Rogue Trader Zone’ will be issued with a ‘No Rogue Trader’ door/window sticker and information booklet following the theme of staying safe from cowboy traders. Street signage will reinforce the ‘No Rogue Trader’ message and act as a warning to rogue traders that they will be reported if they attempt to trade in the area.
Residents are encouraged to report any suspicious activity to Warwickshire Trading Standards Rapid Response Team via the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 03454 04 05 06.
Trading Standards Officers will reply either in person or by phone to a report of a suspicious caller in the area.
Please don’t forget to send your survey back in the pre paid envelope provided. They need at least 50% of survey replies back in order to help make our village a ‘No Rogue Trader Zone’.

Local police deliver Rogue Trader surveys

Local police deliver Rogue Trader surveys

Neighbourhood Watch

/in Neighbourhood Watch/by PC Clerk

Neighbourhood Watch LogoNeighbourhood Watch is one of the biggest and most successful crime prevention initiatives ever and the largest voluntary organisation in the country. Getting together with your neighbours via well-run schemes can prevent and tackle crime and help create safer communities.
Are you interested in getting involved and helping to run a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Ryton-on-Dunsmore?
In the recent Village Newsletter, we ran an article asking for those interested to contact either watch@warwickshire.police.uk or telephone 01926 684277. We have also received direct contact through the website indicating a show of interest. If you would like to be involved in getting a Neighbourhood Watch scheme running in our village and would like to get the ball rolling you can contact us directly through the website Contact Us and we will put all interested parties in contact with one another.
More online information about Neighbourhood Watch, see www.ourwatch.org.uk

Mobile Scam Thwarted

/in Neighbourhood Watch/by PC Clerk

A village pensioner has avoided becoming the victim of the latest mobile phone scam which is sweeping the county.
The scam usually involves one or more mobile phones being delivered to a home owner who has not ordered the goods. The occupant is usually confused as to why the mobile phones have been delivered to their address when they haven’t ordered them. In the meantime the occupant receives a visit/phone call from someone claiming to be from the mobile phone/delivery collection company. They tell the home owner that the phones have been delivered to their address in error and that they wish to collect them.
However, mobile phone companies have stressed that they would never send someone to collect mobile phones, and that they would instead send out an envelope for the phones to be returned in via the post.
Please be aware of this scam and anyone who receives mobile phones that have not been ordered should make contact with the mobile phone supplier that they have been delivered from. It is also advised that they contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 to report it.