Inspector Alan Hawkett has asked me to share the below link to the “your area” website. Just add your home postcode and you will be able to find your local neighbourhood team, contact them, see crime stats for your area and see what priorities the teams are working on. Your area | Thames Valley Police If you know of anyone else that would like to join Thames Valley Alert, which is a free email messaging system where you can receive regular crime updates, information on ongoing incidents and crime prevention relevant to your local area. please notify them to click on the below link. Home Page - Thames Valley Alert Thames Valley Police no longer accept bikes that have been found by a member of the public or take reports of lost bikes. If a person has had their bike stolen this needs to be reported online to TVP or by calling 101. A lost or stolen bike needs to be reported with all details and serial numbers online to www.bikeregister.com. It is important for all bike owners to register their bikes on this website, as besides helping to get your bike back if stolen and found abandoned, it also helps with finding out your identity if you are involved in an accident on your bike. TVP have access to search this site so they can check if a stolen bike has been found providing the owner knows the serial number. The finder of a bike can go to this website to check if the bike has been reported stolen and if it has, it needs to be reported to the Police. If the found bike has not been recorded on www.bikeregister.com as lost or stolen, the finder needs to make reasonable attempts to locate the true owner via social media pages such as Lost and Found in our area. Best practice for finders of bikes would be to hold on to them for a period of 4 weeks to give the owner chance to come forward but after this period the finder can decide how to dispose of the bike and would suggest giving to the Community Furniture Project. I have attached two leaflets. The National Property Register, for Phones, Gadgets, Bicycles & More... is another website where bikes and other valuables can be added. Please be aware that there have been fraudulent emails circulating, claiming to be from the DVLA regarding vehicle tax payments. These emails may ask for personal details or prompt you to make payments for vehicle tax. Please note that these emails are not genuine. If you receive any such email, do not click on any links or provide any personal information. The DVLA will never ask you to make payments or provide sensitive information via email. If you are unsure whether an email is genuine, please do not respond. Instead, contact the official DVLA website directly at www.gov.uk/DVLA to verify any claims. Consumer scam alerts - Norfolk County Council This website gives information on numerous scams that are currently circulating and on rogue traders. I am also attaching two press releases from Public Protection Partnership. Angela Money BEM Chair of Newbury Neighbourhood Watch and Area Representative for West Berkshire Neighbourhood Watch | 
