Weekly Policing Update - Warboys and Bury District

Alert message sent 08/02/2019 16:50:00

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Good Afternoon, Warboys and Bury District Members –

Here is our weekly summary of offences and incidents affecting your community, reported to police during the period 1^st to 7^th February:

RAF Upwood, Ramsey Road, Bury – Police received a call reporting a fire on derelict land at the disused RAF Upwood site in the early hours of Friday 1^st February. The call was passed to the Fire Brigade to deal with. (Ref CC-01022019-0003)

Straight Drove, Wistow – Police received a report of suspected hare-coursers in a Subaru off-road vehicle on land near Straight Drove, Wistow, at lunchtime on Sunday 3^rd February. Two or three men were seen on the fields, apparently searching for a lost dog. When a police patrol arrived, the vehicle had just left, heading off in an unknown direction. (Ref CC-03022019-0203)

Warboys – Police took a person into custody on Wednesday afternoon, 6^th February, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, following a collision between two cars in Warboys, one of which was stationary on the roadside at the time. (Ref CC-06022019-0300)

And Finally… A Note on Geography…

I thought it might be useful to give a quick explanation about the geography behind these Policing Updates, as sometimes an incident that is included may not seem to belong to the locality of the report.

The reason for this is that the police record the locations of all incidents according to the Parliamentary Ward in which they occur. The Wards are the geographical units used for local and general elections and other administrative purposes, and they divide the county so that roughly the same number of people are in each one. For this reason they are oddly shaped and in rural areas can extend well beyond the main villages to include outlying areas quite some distance away.

However, the situation is slightly complicated due to the Ward boundaries changing from time to time. This is done by The Boundary Commission to try to ensure that the populations in each division remain roughly similar. Unfortunately, this has resulted in some discrepancies between the Ward maps used by Local Government and those used by the police in reporting offences… But for the present, these Policing Updates will continue to be based upon the traditional Ward divisions rather than those you will find shown on Local Government web-sites.

I hope this has helped explain the geography behind our reporting!

To see details of Policing Summaries for neighbouring areas, please click on the following link and scroll down the page to select areas of interest:

https://www.ecops.org.uk/alert_archive

Please be aware that these reports do not contain all details of all reported crime. We do not publish details of domestic related offences or anything which may put a person at risk if information regarding the crime was made public.

As always, if you have information relating to any offence, or are concerned about any suspicious activities, please contact police by using any of these methods:

the '101' non-emergency telephone number;
the on-line web-chat tool on the new Cambridgeshire Constabulary web-site - click on the green icon;
Alternatively, you can use 'Crimestoppers' to make a report anonymously by calling 0800 555 111 or by using their on-line contact form.

In an emergency, or if you witness a crime in progress, always use '999'.

Best Wishes,

Chris Shaw, PSV

St Ives Police Station

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Chris Shaw (Police, PSV - Online Communities, Huntingdonshire - St Ives)

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