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Melbourn’s new Pc Pc Rachael Mallender I am Pc Rachael Mallender and I will be the replacement beat officer for Pc Andy Bates. I joined the Melbourn/Bassingbourn policing team on 14th April 2009 and have been shadowing Andy since then in order to get a feel for the role and to familiarise myself with the area and local issues. I have been a police officer since January 2004 and my policing role since then has been as a reactive police officer, attending incidents over South Cambridgeshire as and when they are reported. During my time as a reactive officer between March 2005 and Oct 2007 I was based at Sawston Police Station to cover the area from Newmarket to Odsey up to Gamlingay and back to The Shelfords and the encompassed villages (including Melbourn). I am looking forward to taking over from Andy after his impending departure and endeavour to continue his high standard of village policing. I can be contacted at Sawston Police Station by calling the non-emergency tel 0845 4564564 or by e-mail at Rachael.Mallender@cambs.pnn.police.uk Rachael
Melbourn Police Station Melbourn Police Station opening hours have changed as follows: Mon. 10.00 – 12.00 19.00 – 21.00 Tues. 10.00 – 12.00 Thurs. 10.00 – 12.00 The office is staffed by volunteers at the above times, but this is always subject to change.
Your team is made up of the following officers: PCSO John Coppard, PCSO Carly Freed, Sgt Mark Kathro, PCSO Shaun White and PC Andy Bates. Not in the picture Pc Rachael Mallender and PCSO Paul Lancaster. Photo supplied by Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Solving the problem Cambridgeshire has one of the lowest rates of crime and disorder in the country but if you’re the victim of crime or have to suffer the effects of anti social behaviour (ASB) then this fact probably offers little comfort. As you might expect Melbourn gets its share of crime and ASB, it is a large and busy village after all. But it may surprise you to know, that based on the number of incidents reported to the police, one area stands out as having more of a problem than any other in the village, or even this part of the county, making it one of South Cambs ASB hot spot areas. The problem area is the section of the High Street which includes the car park and, ironically, the police station. Reasons for this go back many years, in fact they go back so long that some in the village just see the problem as simply a fact of village life. Five years ago some High Street residents came together to support the police in their efforts to tackle the ASB problem; we also wanted to lobby the Parish Council to design out and implement improvements that would ensure a lasting
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