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Not in my Neighbourhood Week - Tackling Local Concerns

Released on 19 October 2009

Surrey Heath's community safety partners are supporting the Home Office's annual Not In My Neighbourhood Week campaign by raising awareness of the work being done to tackle domestic burglary, anti-social behaviour and littering.

Not in My Neighbourhood Week, which runs from Monday 2 to Friday 6 November 2009, aims to promote what is being done locally to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and encourages the police, public services and communities to work together to make our streets even safer.

Multi-agency partners have chosen domestic burglary prevention in the villages as the focus of events in Surrey Heath. Officers will also be promoting firework safety and anti-social behaviour awareness ahead of Halloween and Bonfire Night, and educating the public about littering and public order offending.

Events kick off during the school half-term:

• Mon 26 October - the borough's crime prevention trailer will be set up at Snows Ride Estate in Windlesham between 10am and 1pm.
• Tue 27 October - the trailer will be at the Dairy Crest car park, Updown Hill, Windlesham, between 10am and 1pm.
• Wed 28 October - officers will be chatting to shoppers in The Mall, Camberley Town Centre, between 10am and 1pm.
• Fri 6 November - the final stop is Windlesham Fields of Remembrance, between 1pm and 4pm.

The trailer will be staffed by neighbourhood officers from Surrey Police, along with the borough's Crime Prevention Advisor, PC Debbie Reece, members of Neighbourhood Watch and other Partnership officers. Residents will be able to obtain SelectaDNA property marking kits, provided by the Safer Surrey Heath Partnership. A mobile shed, demonstrating security measures for the home and garden, will be set up at the Snows Ride and Fields of Remembrance events.

Borough Inspector James Norbury said: "Local concerns are at the heart of Not In My Neighbourhood Week and this is why we are focusing on those issues which residents have told us they are concerned about. A range of people work together to keep Surrey Heath safe and this is a great opportunity to demonstrate partnership working with our communities."

The campaign will be followed up with three education and enforcement days in Camberley Town Centre on 11, 12 and 13 November. The borough council's Community Warden, Russell Lister, and Town Centre Neighbourhood Specialist Officer, PC Gary Chennells, will be talking to people about littering laws and designated public place orders, which help local authorities to deal with alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in public places.

"With a combined approach of education, providing more bins, and enforcement events highlighting that you can and will get fined for littering, it is our hope to turn the tide on litter-dropping habits," said Surrey Heath Community Warden, Russell Lister