March2010 Edition - Hatfield Heath Village Magazine

frightening for those affected. Hatfield Heath is a
potential target due to our location – all roads lead out of
the village with easy access to the M11 and the new
A120. Also surrounding villages already have an active
Neighbourhood Watch scheme which then pushes the
criminals to target villages that don’t. Statistics show
that communities in a Neighbourhood Watch scheme
have less crime because the criminals would rather
target areas where they are less
likely to be seen.
I have volunteered to be the
interim Village Coordinator
and would be willing to hand
over to anyone who wishes to
do it in the future. Val
Davenport has volunteered to
be support coordinator. We have
about 18 people who have asked to
receive e-mail updates of criminal activity
in the surrounding areas. Some of these have offered to
be Street Coordinators but, obviously, we need many
more to spread the word to the whole village. If you
would like to look after all - or even part - of your street,
then please contact us with your details so we can add
you to the list.
Neighbourhood Watch Schemes belong to the residents
and all you are asked to do is be more observant, report
crime in action to 999, or anything suspicious but non
emergency to 0300 333 4444 (this number is published
every month on the middle pages of the Village
Magazine – thanks Bruno).
Coordinators receive information from the Crime
Prevention team and pass it on to the people they have
volunteered to look after; they also receive information
from residents about anything suspicious they may have
seen or heard.
The aims of the Scheme are to reduce local
opportunities for crime, thereby deterring would-be
thieves and vandals. Establish a community spirit and
inform coordinators or police of anything suspicious.
Members are not vigilantes, they do not patrol the
streets, but help police in a most direct and practical
way.
If you are interested please contact me
paula.osullivan@hotmail.co.uk or by phone 730 281.
I’m also one of the Parish Councillors who sit on the
Neighbourhood Action Panel (NAP) which meets with
our local police team on a regular basis and enables us
to set the focus for local policing. If you have anything
you would like me to bring to these meetings please
don’t hesitate to contact me. Alternatively you can
contact Val valdavenport@yahool.co.uk or by phone
0771 615 9917.
We hope to have full inbox on both our e-mail and
phones to help support this scheme that we can all
benefit from.
Best regards
Paula O’Sullivan, Parish Cllr
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