Hampshire Constabulary

LAST UPDATED 24/02/2010

Sergeant Dorian Chapman is responsible for the Safer Neighbourhoods team for the areas of Meon Valley not covered by the South and North teams. 

• Your local team
• Local priorities - click on the link and scroll down to your local area priorities
• Action we have taken in relation to your priorities
• Latest news
• Beat surgery and meeting dates
• Performance and crime information
• How to contact us
  
  

The officers on the team are:

• PC Sam Couchman
• PC Paul Symonds
• PC Clive Barham

The PCSOs on the team are:

• PCSO Helen Carthew
• PCSO Paul Martin
• PCSO Sarah-Louise McCulloch

PCs Sam Couchman      Paul Symonds             Clive Barham

PCSOs Helen Carthew     Paul Martin               Sarah Louise McCulloch

The policing pledge and your local priorities

Click here to read the national policing pledge, which sets out the service you can expect from your local police force.

Locally, we work with your community to find out what matters most where you live. We will work with you and our partner agencies to agree the main priorities for the area and how we will work together to tackle them.   

Meon Valley Safer NeighbourhoodsTeam top three priorities

The below are the priorities that people in your local area have agreed with the Safer Neighbourhoods team.

You can influence these priorities by emailing your team at:

Meon.valley.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk

You can also attend one of the meetings as detailed further down the page, or speak to members of the team when you see them on patrol.  

Community priorities for Bishops Waltham

1. Speeding
2. Underage Drinking
3. Engage with local youths to prevent youth nuisance  

Community priorities for Owslebury

1. Speeding
2. Poaching
3. Flytipping  

Community priorities for Upham

1. Speeding
2. Burglary
3. Lamping and poaching  

Community priorities for Waltham Chase

1. Burglary
2. Anti-social behaviour
3. Speeding /  theft / vandalism  

Community priorities for Shedfield

1. Anti-social behaviour
2. Burglary
3. Speeding / litter  

Community priorities for Shirrell Heath

1. Burglary
2. Speeding
3. Anti Social Behaviour  

Community priorities for Curdridge 

1. Burglary
2. Dangerous driving
3. Speeding  

Community priorities for Durley

1. Burglary
2. Speeding
3. Litter  

Community priorities for Swanmore

1. Anti-social behaviour - recreation ground and village hall area
2. Speeding - New Road / Gravel Hill
3. Litter - recreation ground and village hall area 

Community priorities for Droxford

1. Speeding - A32 through the village
2. Anti-social behaviour - damage to graveyard and church hut
3. Parking - Visitors to village using all available parking (Parish Council dealing)

Action we have taken in relation to your priorities

You said:

You wanted us to work on reducing speeding on a several roads in Bishops Waltham, Swanmore, Droxford, Curdridge, Durley, Shirrell Heath, Waltham Chase and Owslebury.

We did:

Since speeding has been identified as a community priority in these villages, your local Safer Neighbourhoods Team Police Officers have been trained to use speed cameras. We also have purchased a Flashing speed reminder sign to remind motorists of the correct speed limit if they are travelling too fast.

There has also been an increase in high visibility patrols at all identified speeding sites. In the past all speeding complaints for these villages have been dealt with by the Roads Policing Team in Cosham but can now be dealt with by local officers. 

If members of the local community highlight a speeding problem, action can now be taken at the locations and times that people need us the most. 

You said:

You wanted Burglary prevention to be a community priority.

We did:

Several Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) operations have taken place in the local area recently.

10th December 2009 - Curdridge

14th December 2009 - Curdridge

10th February 2010 - Swanmore, Durley and Upham

The ANPR system uses a character recognition camera to pick up passing vehicle registration plates.

The ANPR camera is linked to a computer holding a large database of information such as details of uninsured drivers or details of vehicles involved in crime eg. Burglaries. The system alerts officers immediately if a vehicle passes the camera and is subject to an ANPR 'hit'.

The vehicle and occupants can then be pulled over and checked.

You said:

You wanted us to work on reducing anti-social behaviour in Bishops Waltham, Waltham Chase, Shedfield, Shirrell Heath, Swanmore, Droxford.

We did:

High visibility police patrols have been stepped up to all areas within these villages where the local community have reported anti social behaviour. Any persons causing anti social behaviour will be stop checked and moved on from the area.

Persons repeatedly causing anti social behaviour will be put forward for an acceptable behaviour contract (ABC) or an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).

Latest News from the Meon Valley Safer Neighbourhoods Team 

No Cold Calling Zones:  

No Cold Calling Zones were launched on 18th August in the following roads:  

• Whitegates, Durley
• St. Peters Close, Curdridge
• Canford Close, Shedfield
• Red Leaves, Waltham Chase
• Forest Gardens, Waltham Chase  

No Cold Calling Zones raise the awareness of door step crime and give residents the confidence to say “No” to cold callers and rogue traders who seek business at their doorstep. The signs placed at all entrances to these roads and on each of the residents front doors should deter cold calling from these designated areas. Residents living within these zones are encouraged to report any cold callers they feel are suspicious.  

We are currently looking at setting up 10 more zones across the Meon Valley Central sector.

Hampshire Trading Standards have a Quick Response Team who can come out to your home if a doorstep caller, offering property repairs, is causing you concern and:

• Is still at your home
• Is due to return e.g. to collect payment
• Is offering to take you to the bank to withdraw cash

In these circumstances call the Police on 0845 045 45 45 (or 999 if urgent) or Trading Standards Quick Response Team on 01962 833 666 for immediate assistance.

A list of local approved Tradesmen is available from Trading Standards by calling 08454 04 05 06 or online at www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk.  

Crime Alerts through Email:  

We currently hold an email address database which we use to send out crime alerts by email. The alerts contain information such as witness appeals, crime figures for the individual villages and information on suspicious vehicles that we need local residents to be aware of quickly and share any information they have with us. The database has been extremely useful for us as crime alert emails are a quick and effective way of keeping local residents informed of what is going on in their village, increasing vigilance and therefore reducing crime in the sector. If you would be interested in receiving these crime updates please email: meon.valley.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk  

Crime updates through Parish Magazines:  

For those who do not have access to email we will be publishing crime figures and updates through the parish magazines so that we can reach as many people in the sector as possible and encourage everyone to report suspicious or criminal activity in your village.    

Community Engagements:  

Event: Football Project for 8-16 year olds ran by police & The Brazilian Soccer School

Location: Swanmore College

Dates: Starting 19th February 2010 then Friday Evenings Fortnightly thereafter.

Time: 7pm - 10pm

Price: £2 per evening (just come along on the day).    

Emails on the move:  

All Officers in your Safer Neighborhoods Team now have Blackberry handheld devices which can send and receive emails. The handset also take incoming calls which means offices are now even more accessible to local residents and businesses. The handsets increase the amount of time Police Officers and PCSOs can spend on the beat. To request contact details for your local Police Officer and PCSO please send an email to: Meon.valley.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk  

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How you can influence policing in your community

Upham beat surgeries take place at Upham Primary School at 3pm on the second Friday of every month.

Owslebury Parish Council Meetings @ 7.45pm:

Owslebury beat surgeries take place in Beech Grove, Owslebury (opposite the entrance to the school) at 3pm on the first Friday of every month.  

Bishops Waltham beat surgeries take place in Stainers café, Bishops Waltham High Street at 3pm on the third Friday of every month.

Crime Prevention Website Links:

Crime mapping and local performance information

Hampshire Constabulary has joined with partner agencies in the two counties to provide you with local information about crime and disorder, using a system called CADDIE. On the bottom left hand side of this page, you can enter your postcode into CADDIE to view information about your local area.    

You can also view details of how we are performing against certain key criteria in your local area. Click here to see your local performance information.

How to contact us

To contact the team responsible for your local area, call 101 and ask to speak to someone from your local Safer Neighbourhoods team. Alternatively please email Meon.valley.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk.  If you are calling from outside Hampshire and the Isle of Wight dial 0845 045 45 45.

To contact the police about road related issues please contact the Road Policing Unit's Community Reassurance Team at rpu.community@hampshire.pnn.police.uk