Camberley Town - My Neighbourhood - Surrey Police

Hello and welcome back!

Excellent results
There have been some excellent results achieved over the past month by the town centre team and our colleagues at the Mall shopping centre. Some significant thefts were thwarted and those responsible have been charged by the police.

One incident involved the theft of over £600 worth of designer jeans from House of Fraser. This week a woman was arrested by the town team, having been identified as responsible for the theft of well over £1,000 worth of designer spectacles from Vision Express. On both occasions the stolen stock was recovered and both incidents involved excellent team working from a number of agencies in and around the town centre.


Camberley Together Against Crime
With the new Camberley Together Against Crime initiative now at 'full steam' and with shops and users of the new, improved radio system more confident than ever, we have noticed a sharp decrease in regular repeat offenders committing theft and acts of anti-social behaviour in the town. It is a credit to all involved that the vast majority of offences reported are now being committed by offenders from out of the area, or by juveniles. Word has certainly got around amongst the criminal community that Camberley town is not the place to come and commit crime!


Knoll Road car park
The Knoll Road car park, which had previously been identified as a problematic area where youths were engaging in the anti-social use of vehicles, has seen a dramatic improvement and we have worked with the council who own the facility to ensure that it is closed during periods that the Arts Link centre is not in use. Increased Police patrols and this partnership working have improved the situation for nearby residents. Instances of police being called to disorder in the car park are now very rare.


Drop-in Surgery
As always, we are available to speak with you about any police-related matter, at High Cross Church, at 11.00am on the first Wednesday of each month.

Enjoy your town centre!

Gary

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Hello and welcome to the latest update on Policing issues in Camberley Town Centre.

High Street Closure

Last weekend was the first weekend that the High Street was closed on Friday and Saturday nights as part of a trial for six weeks. This means that the taxi rank for this period is now situated on Obelisk Way, next to the old Farmers City Market. The idea behind this is to see if pedestrianising the High Street is a good idea to improve public safety.

Issues being dealt with

The main issues that the Policing Team are dealing with at the moment are:
1- Youths on Park Street, particularly during weekend evenings
2- The Knoll Road Multi Storey car park and vehicle issues
3- Portesbery Road parking and antisocial driving issues

If you have any information about any of these issues or see them happening, please call us straight away and quote the reference numbers in the top right of this screen. This will enable us to target the area and provide a quick Police response to try and combat the problems.

Methedrone

Methedrone is stimulant drug belonging to the chemical family of cathinones which is a group of drugs that are ‘cousins’ of the family of amphetamine compounds. The amphetamine-like drugs include amphetamine itself (speed), methamphetamine and ecstasy (MDMA), among many others. Mephedrone produces euphoria, alertness, talkativeness and feelings of empathy. It can also cause anxiety and paranoid states and risks overstimulating the heart and circulation, and it risks overstimulating the nervous system to cause fits. It is also known as meph, MC, MCAT, m-cat, 4-MMC, Miaow, Meow Meow, Bubbles, Bounce, Charge, Drone, White Magic.

We have seen a few cases of this drug in the Town Centre but at the moment (12/04/2010) Methedrone is not a controlled drug under the misuse of drugs act (which means it is not illegal to be in possession of it) but this is expected to change. We advise anybody not to have this drug as clearly it is unsafe, but dealers may also trick people to saying it is Methedrone when it is infact a controlled drug for which you can get into trouble for. If you would like to know more about it, you can visit www.talktofrank.co.uk.

Engagement Point

The first engagement surgery at the 'Ask me Point' in The Mall was held on Saturday 10th April and went very well. These are opportunities for you to come and speak to one of the Camberley Town Policing Team face to face about any Police related issues. The next one will be advertised soon and details will be put on the top right hand corner of this website, along with posters around the Town Centre.

Thanks for reading,

Dale

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