It has been a fairly uneventful month since my last article which I suppose is good news. In relation to the boat burglaries I reported last month, the offenders have been caught. They were from the west area and from at least one victim I know he has received most of his items back which is good news.
It has slowed down with the burglaries in the last month. There have been 2 that I am aware of which occurred in Shiloh Place and in Oakford Park. Both of these burglaries occurred during the day so once again, keep your eyes open for any suspicious behaviour. If you see anything that feels wrong, try and take as many details of the vehicle of persons as you can and either phone 111 or 477500 (the non emergency number).
It has been established that a staggering 80% of suspicious behaviour IS actually linked to criminal offences being committed so it is high on the priority list of the Police to investigate these complaints.

TIPS this month:

1. Make sure that doors, windows and other entry and exit points from your house have good quality, effective catches and locks, deadlocks if possible. Get into the habit of always using these locks. (especially at the rear of your property if it cannot be seen from the road or by neighbours).
2. Trim trees or remove shrubbery which might 'hide' a burglars activity.
3. Mark valuable property with serial numbers or your Drivers Licence number (this number will always be linked to your name) so any recovered property will be able to linked back to you. Police often find property during search warrants which cannot be linked back to persons and whilst it is suspected that it is stolen property it is often left behind. Store the serial numbers in a safe place and add to it as you buy new property.

Stay safe

Hermien Kok
Community Constable Greenhithe/Paremoremo
Email hermina.kok@police.govt.nz
Non emergency number 4775000

Mobile nr 0274 776235