Darfield Police Report

Firstly, the Darfield Police would like to pass on their sincere thanks to Errol Ashby, Chairman of the Malvern Community Patrol from its inception in 2013 to early this year. Errol has been awesome to work with and shown great leadership of the Community Patrol. He and the Malvern Community Patrol have been of great support to our townships and Police in helping to keep our local communities safe. Welcome to Harvey Polgase, the new Chairman of the Malvern Community Patrol. Over recent months, several drivers in our district have been processed for driving in excess of the breath alcohol limit (Drink Driving). When out socialising, Police advise folk to have a sober driver or make good use of your local pub’s courtesy van, to

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get you and your mates home safely. If an adult appears in court for drink driving, the minimum penalty is six months disqualification and a financial fine. Having to get around on Shanks’ Pony or the Buller Express (walking) for six months will be a huge disruption to one’s work, social life, general lifestyle and will no doubt have huge financial implications. Selwyn Police will continue to target drunk drivers to lower our road toll and keep other road users and our communities safe. Failing to stop at stop-controlled intersections, continues to be the cause of a high percentage of vehicle crashes in Canterbury each year. Police would like to remind motorists to come to a complete stop at stop-controlled intersections, then look left and right and only proceed if the path ahead is clear. Cell phone use by drivers on our roads is way too common and is a major distraction to the driver of that particular vehicle, putting other road motorists in danger as a consequence. The best advice is to pull over/stop at a safe location off the road and then use your cell phone. Again, Selwyn Police will be targeting drivers of vehicles not stopping at stop-controlled intersections and drivers using a cell phone. Darfield Police, as previously recommended, again advise our community to make an inventory of all your valuable possessions and tools. A great way to do this is to take a photo of each item along with the serial number and have a folder on your computer and storage device, which keeps all these details. If you are unfortunate in being the victim of a burglary, this inventory will be invaluable. Trailers seem to be a hot target for thieves in Canterbury at the moment. Police recommend that you also keep a record of your trailer serial number and consider welding another identifiable and recorded feature on your trailer in a discreet location. Keep your trailer locked up and secured in your garage overnight, if not possible have it chained and padlocked to a solid and secure location within your section and your front gate shut and locked, not left unsecured on the grass verge outside your property. Building sites across Canterbury are frequently targeted by thieves overnight and again Police advise builders and tradesmen to keep their tools and materials locked away securely when not using them on site. Security cameras and site burglar alarms are a great deterrent too. On the morning news on Thursday, October 28th, 2021, it was reported that there were two positive cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in the Christchurch area. This is a good opportunity to again advise our community to get vaccinated, practise social distancing, wear face masks when out in the community, make good use of hand sanitiser when visiting shops and businesses and always scan in on the Covid Tracing App.

Andy, Hamish, Blair and Scott (currently working/ relieving at Darfield).