Safer Neighbourhood Team Greetings from the Brandon Safer Neighbourhood Team. The biggest news this month is that we have now moved! We are now in the Brandon Centre. If you need the Police it is still best to call (999 for urgent assistance or 101 for a non-emergency) but you can now pop in the Brandon Centre main reception. It will be staffed by a Police Station Clerk Monday, Thursday and Fridays from 12 to 2pm. Don’t go to the red door under the clock tower and expect an answer. We spend most of our time out of the office on patrol. It is better to call 101 so the closest Officer can be sent to help. Crime remains low. In September 2013 there were 43 recorded crimes in Brandon (compared to 58 crimes in September 2012.) Anti-social behaviour also continues to fall. Year to date figures for Brandon Town show the total ASB incidents reported as 155. The average for the proceeding 3 years over the same period is 206 ASB incidents. However, there has been a recent rise in theft from motor vehicles. The vast majority of the thefts from motor vehicles that occur in the area are due to vehicles being left unlocked overnight with valuable items left on display. Don’t make it easy for the Thieves!! Please make sure that you have locked your car. Also, make sure that there are no items left on display, especially mobile phones, computer tablets, MP3 players etc. If you want to contact Brandon Safer Neighbourhood team you can call us (101) or email us (brandon.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk). You can also follow us on twitter @foresththpolice Sergeant 810 Chris Chisnall
Fledgelings Pre-School As many of you already know, both the library and the Sure Start Children’s Centre are moving out of the Community Centre at the moment. Fledgelings Pre-School have not yet been provided with new premises, but will continue to run their sessions from the Community Centre. However, we are happy to report that negotiations with Forest Heath and Suffolk County Council have started to enable us to relocate to the “Flowerpot” on London Road. We are in the early stages and a lot of building work would be necessary before it could be used as a setting for a pre-school, but we are positive that it can be achieved and are very excited about the possibilities it opens up for us. We will continue to update you on any developments when they happen, but in the meantime we will be providing our service to the families of Brandon from where we are.
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