Dear Resident,

Welcome to the March edition of your neighbourhood policing newsletter.

This month we’ve continued to look at modern day slavery, particularly around car washes. We visited one premises in Chettisham and we’re pleased to say there were no concerns.

Our PCSO Mags Harvey has been out visiting Fordham Rainbows and Brownies as well as multiple schools including those in Sutton, Isleham and Burrough Green.

Meanwhile the team have carried out speed checks in Fordham and addressed anti-social driving around Ely Leisure Park and Elan Business Park in Sutton.

We also took part in Safer Business Action Week working with retailers to tackle ongoing retail crime. You’ll hear more about this later. 

Please continue to spread the word about eCops with your friends and neighbours so they too can hear first hand the work being done in their community.

Until next month, I wish you all a safe bank holiday weekend and for those celebrating, a happy Easter.

Kind Regards,

Sergeant Mat Lupton-Pike

East Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Policing Team

Current priorities for your local Neighbourhood Policing Team

Every three months we use a combination of our own data and your feedback via our community policing survey to set three priorities for each of our neighbourhood policing teams to focus on for the coming quarter.

We met with members of the public last Tuesday (9th January) where the priorities for now until April were set. They include:

·       Violent crime

·       Anti-social behaviour

·       Knife crime

·       Drug dealing

If you missed the meeting and would like to join our next meeting on 3rd April, Please register to be sent the meeting invite.

What we’ve been up to in East Cambridgeshire (in pictures!)  

(From L-R)

1. New recruits welcomed by Chief Constable

2. Visits to car washes around concerns of modern day slavery

3. Visit to local school

4. Handing out DNA kits to businesses in Ely

5. Cannabis plants seized in Ely

6. Speed checks in Fordham

You can find more updates like this on our Policing East Cambridgeshire Facebook page.

Crime prevention and useful information

We’re seeing an increase in thefts of e-scooter and e-bikes batteries. It is best not to leave your battery on your bike when it is left unattended.

Court news

Dangerous driver banned for six years

Man arrested following discovery of Ely cannabis factory

Cambs officers seize more than £20k from fraudsters

60 arrested in county lines crackdown across Cambridgeshire

You can find more articles like these in the news section of our website.

Can you help?

Paxton Pits assault appears on Crimewatch Live. Officers continue to appeal for any information following a violent assault on a woman at the Cambridgeshire nature reserve.

Upcoming events

3 April – East Cambridgeshire Community Meeting online at 7pm. Please register to be sent the meeting invite.

Coffee with a cop – 15th April 10am-12pm Pavilion, Fountain Lane, Soham

Coffee with a cop – 17th April 10am-12pm The Barns, Littleport

Finally, your information helps us to understand the types of issues affecting you and your local community and informs our quarterly neighbourhood policing priorities. To have your say, please head to our community policing survey.

Please DO NOT use this form to report a crime – this should be done either via our website’s online reporting forms or webchat service, or by calling 101. Always dial 999 in an emergency.