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Your opinion on local policing priorities is extremely important to us. Your vote, alongside those from all residents within your Ward, will be followed closely by your Inspector Dewi Roberts and your Neighbourhood policing team.  Inspector Roberts will have the discretion to change the neighbourhood policing service delivered in your area in light of the responses.

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Hi All,

Ruthin Police Station has a new recruit !! In the form of a 7ft Scarecrow called '999, Where are you ?'.

Have we at Ruthin Police Station good mad? I hear you ask !!

Well on this occassion there is a simple explanation !!!

A local oganisation called 'Ruthin forward' decided on the idea of having a 'Scarecrow' trail competition, which invovled members of the public and businesses making and displaying there very own hand made Scarecrows and displaying them all over Ruthin town. When we at Ruthin Police Station heard of this idea we decided to enter our own Scarecrow and place him in our new community garden !!! And if we say so ourselves we think ours was a very good effort !!

The event runs from the 17th May untill the 22nd May 2010 and should be good fun. Whilst on foot patrol I have seen the gardens and buildings of Ruthin transformed into a trail of all manner of Scarecrows, from A-list celebrities of today, to bygone characters of yesteryear...

'Ruthin forward' were set up in March 2009 to help promote Ruthin and what it has to offer those that live in and around the area and the visitiors to the historic market town. They are a non profit making organisation who relies on donations and community sprited good will, as well as the proceeds from its events. if you want more information about them check out there website www.ruthinforward.co.uk  

 '999'Where are you ?                                        New recruit to rota 5                                          On foot patrol

PC Chris Davies and PCSO Liz Norman will be doing the following police surgeries.

Wednesday 28th April 2010. Denbigh Community College (Cafeteria) 12.00Hrs-14.00Hrs

Tuesday 10th August 2010. Denbigh Library 10.00Hrs-12.00Hrs.

Wednesday 3rd November 2010. Denbigh Community College(Cafeteria) 12.00Hrs-14.00Hrs.

We can deal with any issues that you raise, or if it's just a general chat about your area and what's going on then we will be more than happy to discuss this with you.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Liz Norman PCSO Denbigh Town.

Periodically boy racers have been congregating on the car park by the Antique Centre on Rhyl  Road in Denbigh. They've  been playing loud music, depositing litter and shining their headlights into the houses opposite causing much distress to members of the public who live in the vicinity. PC Chris Davies contacted Denbighshire Community Safety Group and was given  some funding to buy metal wire and other materials to cordon off the car park at both ends. Chris then contacted many of the local business users who kindly donated various items such as fluorescent material, metal signs, padlocks and keys, chain link and various other items needed. The probation service were contacted and they sent a member of staff and a team of workers on community payback to help. They set the concrete post into the ground, cut the grass and conducted a litter pick in the general area. When not in use the car park is now secure at both ends and free from boy racers. This is a good example of the police and the local community pulling together to solve problems and make their area a nicer place to live. I have spoken to a few residents and they are very happy with the outcome.

Hi All,

2010 has started and we are seeing scenes of lovely white snow and freezing temperatures in some parts of the Rural section reaching minus 17 !! Even I had to wear thermals !!!

But on a serious note can I advise people to take great care when traveling on our roads as ice is around, this has already caught a number of motorists out, so please do take care. Also when on pavements please be careful if you are walking into the road as the pavements my be icey too, wear something bright so motorists can see you and avoid you.

Please can I ask, if you have elderly neighbours check on them see if they need anything from the shops as they may not be able to get there themselves, if you do notice anything untoward please contact the non emergancy line on 101 and we will do what we can to make sure your neighbours are safe and well.

Below are 2 photos of the handy work of a local artist whom I'm sure would have hand very cold hand whilst making these snow animals.

Thanks for reading stay safe.

Tim

Hi all,

 As local residents will know since Kwick Save has been sold there have been ongoing problems of anti social behaviour at the location. In more recent months it has come to our attention through phone calls from the public and the questionnaires that we sent out, that the issue of "boy racers" using the site car parks in the evenings had increased. This anti social driving, noise and gathering of cars was a difficult community issue to resolve but with the help of the locals who provided us with information and the co operation of the care taker of the site we were able to start taking steps to do just that.

After visiting the site PC1827 Chris Davies, Denbigh's Community Beat Manager decided that the best way to deal with this would be to secure the site of an evening, allowing no vehicle access. There were existing barriers already in place but the locks were broken and one of the posts was missing. With the help of probation services who worked hard to renew the post and Community Safety Group who provided the locks the barriers were renewed. The Care Taker of the site now locks both barriers each evening and this has provided us with the solution. Since this started last month there have been no reports of anti social behaviour at the location and "boy racers" are unable to enter the site in the evenings.

Although the solution to this issue may have taken some time to resolve, i think that this community problem has now been sorted and hopefully permanently.

Over the last few months South Denbighshire PCSO's have been delivering a questionnaire to every home in Denbigh. The questionnaire is being used to gain feedback to establish, what you as the public think should be our priorities and to gain any important information that you may have. The questionnaire asks questions such as, Do you feel safe in your community? And, What do you think Denbigh Police should be dealing with? Attached was a prepaid envelope so that Denbigh residents could return the questionnaire, anonymously if they wished.

Not all homes have been reached yet but so far we have had a good response of 77 questionnaires returned. The main issues that have been highlighted in the results are Dog Fouling, Speeding and Underage Drinking.

Some of the questionnaires came back requesting that we tackle certain parking issues. Unfortunately parking was removed from Police powers a few years ago. Police are now only allowed to deal with parking if it is causing an obstruction or if the parking is dangerous is some way. In these incidences Police have to see the obstruction and identify the driver. Police can issue a £30.00 non endorsable fixed penalty ticket. PCSO's do not have this power therefore we can only advise. PCSO Nash has been working alongside Ysgol Y Parc to try and solve the parking problems at the school. He has patrolled at the school on many occasions and advised parents where necessary, he has also sent a letter to each parent warning them of the dangers of parking so close to the school.  Any information received regarding parking has been forwarded to the relevant department within Denbighshire County Council for there attention.

Dog Fouling continues to be an issue which concerns Denbigh residents and the two hotspots identified by the questionnaire are St David’s Lane (Footpath that leads from the castle down past the football fields to Lower Park) and Glas Meadows (Footpath that leads from Smithfield Road up past Morrison’s to Llewelyns Estate). Undercover patrols have taken place since March at least twice a month and this has resulted in 4 £75.00 fines being issued. We hope that this approach will discourage irresponsible dog owners. The Name and Shame Campaign that we have introduced has had a very positive effect and although no Dog Owners have been caught since the campaign started we will continue to undertake undercover patrols.

Many of the questionnaires returned requested more patrols, at present PCSO Martyn Nash is the only PCSO in the town due to the fact that I will shortly be going off on Maternity Leave. Martyn and Pc Chris Davies continue to patrol the town on each shift and are working hard to tackle many of the issues that have been high lighted in the questionnaire results.

 I will give you a further update once all the questionnaires have been delivered. Thank You to all those Denbigh residents that have returned their questionnaires, all information received is being investigated and action taken where possible.

 Thank You

Catrina PCSO2897