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E-Cops Latest Court News – 14.8.2023

Below are summaries of the latest news from our courts over the last week – please click on each headline to read the full story.

Huntingdonshire

Knife point Ramsey robber jailed

Fenland

Former mayor jailed for rape

Peterborough

Burglar stole Champagne and jewellery

Convicted paedophile sent back to jail

Robber walked victim to ATM and demanded cash
Pair broke into Peterborough pubs

Robber jailed for stealing boy’s bike

Burglar caught and detained by brothers

Cambridge

Lavish lifestyle ends for pair of drug dealers

Dangerously worn tyres caused life-changing crash

Jail for man who targeted the elderly

You can find more news from the force online here.

Flood Groups Conference – Thursday 21st September 2023

The Community Flood Team is holding the Flood Group Conference on Thursday 21st September 2023 at Burgess Hall in St Ives One Leisure, Westwood Rd, St Ives, St. Ives PE27 6WU. Following on from a successful launch last year and the great feedback received, they are extending this conference to also cover any communities in the River Great Ouse catchment which includes parts of Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, West Northamptonshire, Bedford Borough, Milton Keynes and Norfolk.

Organised by the Community Flood Action Programme team (part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Flood Risk team), the conference is open to community flood groups and any residents with an interest in learning more about flood resilience or setting up their own flood group.

The plan for the day is to have 3 presentations in the morning, have a long break for lunch for people to network, have a look around the Floodmobile and then have 2 workshops that would run in parallel. Here is the link to register: Flood Groups Conference 2023 Tickets, Thu 21 Sep 2023 at 10:15 | Eventbrite

Please view their promotional video to give you an idea of their previous conference : Cambridgeshire Flood Groups Conference 2022: Highlights – YouTube

For any additional information please contact the Flood Risk team at CFAP@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

It all Counts Campaign

NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough have asked us to share information on their new ‘It All Counts’ campaign which launched today and aims to raise awareness of the importance of hydration.

The ‘It All Counts’ campaign focuses on raising awareness of the importance of hydration, in particular in our over 65s local population. It reminds local people that staying hydrated helps you to stay healthy and prevents common effects of dehydration such as constipation, urine infections, headaches and other illnesses.  Campaign activity reminds local people that staying hydrated isn’t just about drinking water – hot drinks, fruit juices, even bowls of soup and other fluid rich foods such as yoghurts, jelly and ice lollies can all help keep you hydrated – it all counts!

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough would welcome any support in helping to raise awareness locally within your local communities. A poster is attached and further images and resources including leaflets and posters are available to download from the campaign webpage www.cpics.org.uk/it-all-counts 

Thank you for your support with this important campaign to help keep our local communities hydrated and healthy.

Shared on behalf of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System

www.cpics.org.uk

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Highways Events – August 2023

Please find the link below for the Highway Events diary for August 2023.

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The diary shows all known events and their highway restrictions. The diary includes links to one.network where further details, such as the specific road closure timings of each traffic management plan, can be viewed.

August’s Highlights

IWM Duxford 19 Squadron – 12th August

IWM Duxford Evening Air Show – 28th August

*Please remember details of all highway events can be found on https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/highway-events/

Future key event dates

Whittlesey Festival – 10th September

Gransden Show – 30th September

IWM Duxford Flying Finale – 8th October

Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) volunteers

Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) know and appreciate how important volunteers are to improve our patients’ experience, whether guiding a patient or visitor to where they need to be, providing social interaction on wards or clinics, or broadcasting to patients on our very own radio station, Radio Addenbrooke’s.  They are very keen to increase our volunteer numbers to pre-pandemic levels and beyond . Please see the attached poster for more information.

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PCC Annual Report

Message Type IconRead the Police and Crime Commissioner’s latest Annual Report.
Yesterday Police and Crime Commissioner, Darryl Preston published his second Annual Report following endorsement by Police and Crime Panel members last week.  The Report, which covers the financial year 2022/23, provides a snapshot of progress against the Police and Crime Plan which set policing priorities for Cambridgeshire Constabulary over a three-year period in 2021.   You can read the Report online here: PCC annual report 2022-2023 – A4 web edition (cambridgeshire-pcc.gov.uk) or alternatively contact the OPCC office if you require the Report in another format.

Please subscribe to the monthly newsletter so you can keep up-to-date with my news and activities. You can do so by visiting the sign-up page on: PCC’s Newsletter (cambridgeshire-pcc.gov.uk).    

News from your Commissioner Darryl Preston

Welcome to my July newsletter

This month, I share details of the huge progress being made across our Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) in Cambridgeshire following on from my £730k investment. The CSPs are delivering a stronger response to a wide range of issues including persistent anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping – problems that really matter to you – our local residents.

My Annual Report for 2022/23 has also been published and is available to the public. It reflects on the many milestones achieved during the past 12 months.  As always, the hard work continues to make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough even safer.   Darryl 

See the link below for the July newsletter

The latest news from Darryl Preston, Police and Crime Commissioner (govdelivery.com)

South Cambs Community Engagement Meeting – 8th August 2023

Our next South Cambs meeting will take place on 8th August. The quarterly meeting hosted by your neighbourhood Inspector Simon Birch and his team. You will hear about work that has taken place across the area over the past three months, have the opportunity to address any concerns or ask and questions and help shape the local policing priorities for the coming quarter.

If you can make it, please register your attendance via the link and you will be sent a Teams invite for the evening – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-cambs-community-engagement-meeting-august-2023-tickets-491855191117

If you can’t make the meeting, please take a few minutes to fill in the survey. Every response is read and helps us to understand what concerns residents most – https://bit.ly/3Wx8krJ

Scam Alert

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Dear Mandy
 
Our cyber security advisor, Nigel Sutton, has this important warning ⚠️…
 
“Are you clued up on OTPs? That’s right, one-time passcodes! Those annoying messages that pop up every now and again asking you to verify an online purchase.
 
“As irritating as they can be when you’re trying to complete a transaction, these passcodes – which are usually sent to your mobile phone via text message – provide a vital defence in the fight against fraud to ensure thieves and scammers can’t make purchases with your card details.
 
“However, fraudsters have discovered a workaround and are now calling customers pretending to be from the bank or a trusted organisation, such as the police, requesting OTPs, which they can then use to make a fraudulent transaction.
 
“June saw the highest number of suspected OTP scams nationally and there have been just over 3,000 successful scams reported in the last six months, 57 of which were in Cambridgeshire. 
 
“Remember, your bank will never ask you to share an OTP, neither will we. Keep them to yourself!”
 
For more on fraud, visit the dedicated pages of our website. 
 

Message Sent By
Larissa Chapman
(Police, Communications officer , Corporate Communications)

E-Cops – Construction site visits combat modern slavery

Last week our officers visited construction sites in the county as part of ongoing efforts to combat modern slavery.

The action follows a national increase in the number of modern slavery cases being identified within the construction industry.

On this occasion no victims were identified, but officers were still able to offer advice to workers and site managers.   Two police officers with their backs to the camera talking to three construction workers
The vast majority of businesses are legitimate, but some exploit workers with poor working conditions and pay well below the minimum wage.

If you’re employed in the industry, or you’re getting construction work completed on your home, please be aware of the signs and report any concerns.

You can find more information about last week’s action and the signs to look out for on the news section of our website.

Kind regards,

Tim Goddard Communications officer