Are speeders driving you nuts?

Community Speedwatch in action

... then why not get involved in cutting this scourge down. A Community Speedwatch foray near the Brewery yesterday morning captured details of 4 excessive speeders in the space of 50 minutes, all of which were passed to Essex Police, earlier in the month even more were caught on the A1124.

The more volunteers we have to mount these random speedchecks the more uncertainty we can put into the minds of frequent offenders who clearly have no qualms in breaking the speed limits on a regular basis.  If you would like to join those already helping to make our roads safer then please contact Anthony Robin (anthony_robin@hotmail.com) and he will arrange training for you.  If you would like to find out more about it first then please visit http://www.drivingcasualtiesdown.org/pages/enforcement/community-speedwatch/

Speeders beware...

Essex Police showing youngsters
how the equipment works

Liz Harrington, Parish Councillor and Community Speedwatch Coordinator, is pleased to report that the Community Speedwatch team have run a good number of sessions and, as a result of their reports, the police have been out to monitor and issue tickets.

More volunteers are always welcome though and, if you are interested, you would first attend an initial training session.  Once trained you would then join the team, helping to make it plain to all that we will not tolerate speeding vehicles in the village, making it a safer place for all.  The emphasis is firmly on educating drivers to slow down. Anyone interested in joining, please contact Liz directly - her contact details are on our website here.

Essex Police 101 & other updates

From July 1st, Essex Police becomes one of the first forces to switch to the new, national, police non-emergency 101 telephone number (replacing 0300 333 4444).  You can use this number if you need to contact Essex Police about any non-emergency crime issue, to contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team, to seek crime prevention or personal safety advice, contact your nearest police station or to speak to us about any other non-emergency issue.

Please be assured that the emergency 999 number remains. unchanged and should continue be used if you have an emergency

Essex Police is currently undergoing a major change programme in order to save money, whilst continuing to provide a first class service to the public, and has already begun to make positive changes. The views of those who visit, live or work in Essex are extremely important to Essex Police and Essex Police Authority to enable them to take this programme forward and they would therefore be grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to answer the questions in their public on-line survey.  To do this, please go to www.essex.police.uk/authority and click on the Reform Survey link which will take you into the survey, or go directly to www.surveymonkey.com/s/7GSFLG5. This public survey is open to everyone and they are committed to seeking the views of as many people across Essex as they can and hope representation will be wide and varied. So, if you know of someone who you think might be interested in having their say and making a difference in their community, could you please take a moment to pass these details on to them and ask them to do the same with their contacts?

Stuck on you...

As part of their awareness campaign the West Bergholt Community First responder team have used some of the money they have raised in donations to acquire car stickers for their supporters. If you would like to help promote this team and would like a car sticker please contact the Group Organiser, Annie Neish, at 50 New Church Road, Tel 240469.