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pring is upon us, and with that comes great joy and satisfaction for a great many readers who spend quality time in their gardens. With that in mind, it also means that the garden power tools are once again dusted off, and put to good use. Purbeck Safer neighbourhood teams (SNT) really do want you to enjoy the forthcoming season without becoming an unfortunate
victim of crime, and the distress that this causes when you attend your sheds and discover to much annoyance, that your power tools have been taken by “Green fingered”, or rather “light fingered” individuals.
I would reassure you that such crime levels are extremely low, and the likelihood of becoming a victim extremely low but unfortunately such crime does exist.
Please take some time to stop and think about what you keep within your shed, and how vulnerable it may be, and how valuable it is to you. If it is valuable to you, then it might be just as valuable to another.
I would advise you to think about your security. Do you have any valuable items such as chainsaws, strimmers, lawn mowers, leaf blowers or other valuable power tools inside? Do you know their make, model or serial number? Are there any distinct markings, which are unique to your property? How often do you check your shed for security?
Please, give this some thought and to assist use the pneumonic SHED: S
Security devices and secure items inside.
H Hide it (Don’t have items on display). E
Engrave items or mark them. D Display security signs to help deter the offender.
I would advise you all to make it as hard for the opportunist thief as possible! Please don’t leave high valuable items in sheds in remote locations. Consider using shed alarms and property marking kits as a deterrent. Fit secure locks and chain property together inside. Security lighting is a good deterrent as offenders are vulnerable if a security light has exposed them.
Make it hard for the opportunist thief and the likelihood is that he will go elsewhere.
One of the biggest problems we can face is returning items to their rightful owner if they are not marked, so please ensure that you record how they are marked and where.
Hopefully by taking action, outlined above, you will not need to pass such information to the police after becoming a victim of such crime.
If you require security and crime prevention advice please contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team who will be more than happy to help.
Regards and best wishes PC 196 Barry Ashdown and Sgt 1825 Wasey
The Purbeck Gazette
Through The Keyhole - Swanage Town Council Our Gazette correspondent details the goings-on within Swanage Town Council Meetings
Council Meeting 4th April
habitually went out on polling day to encourage the faithful was “Vote early!
I Vote often! ’ ( one
could always find a long-dead elector or two whose names remained conveniently on the roll just waiting to boost the Democrat vote from the grave).
In looking forward, at its final
Council meeting, to the 5th May elections, Swanage Town Council’s call was simpler. ‘Vote! ’ Vote blue, vote yellow, vote red, vote green or vote independent but vote. Please vote!
Local politics which, in my limited experience, is for ninety percent of the time a non-party affair, cannot succeed without public involvement. Cynics will tell you local politicians want to keep everything secret but it seems to me that Councillors are never happier than when large numbers of the public turn up to have their say or make enquiries on some important local issue or other.
It is then that the decisions that Councillors are to make can be matched against the public mood. Full Council meetings (first Monday of the month at 7.00pm at the Town Hall) are always preceded by a quarter hour when any matter can be raised by a member of the public. However, when there are many who wish to speak (as recently on Purbeck schools’ reorganisation or on the Herston Fields campaign) the Council has always allowed this part of the meeting to extend and has seemed glad to do so.
Indeed when there are no questions or comments from the public, Councillors look quite discomforted. So if there is anything you wish to say to what will be your new local Council after 5th May, please come along and say it.
Three current Councillors will not be standing for re-election. Cllrs Gloyn- Cox, Audley and Bright were thanked by the Mayor for their work over the years and Cllr Gloyn-Cox, in his turn and on behalf of the others, thanked the Town Clerk and his staff for the excellent support new Councillors
t was said that in Ireland and the Irish dominated cities of the northern USA the call that
had received and predicted that Swanage Council would soon be among the best-run councils of its size in the country. Though only a one-term Councillor, Mr Gloyn-Cox will be badly missed by local campaigners and others for his involvement and wise advice on local battles (for example in the saving of the Day Centre and on the attention that will be needed to improve Swanage’s sea defences).
The Getaway
Swanage Youth & Community Centre New Opening Days & Times - Starts May 3rd
Mon -
Thurs - Tues -
Fri - Drop-In (age 11-19)
Weds - Drop-In (age 11-19) Juniors (year 7 only)
Swanage Library Unique Group (years 7 & 8) Youth Action Night (age 11-19) Intermediates (year 8 +)
Learning Difficulties & Disabilities (age 11-21) Seniors (year 9 +)
4pm-6pm 6.30pm-9pm 7pm - 9.45pm
4pm -6pm 6pm - 8.30pm
5pm -7pm
7.15pm - 9.45pm 7pm -9.45pm
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