Devon & Cornwall Police

101 non-emergency number

The new national 101 police non-emergency number has gone  live across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 101 will replace  the current non-emergency number, 08452 777444, but the two will run alongside each other for a year.

Calls to 101 are answered by police call handlers in the control room of the local  police force. This ensures that staff with local knowledge can answer and deal with the calls and respond appropriately.

You will not be put through to a large national call centre.

Theft of slate in the North Cornwall area.

We have received reports of theft of slate in the North Cornwall area.

Various slate has been stolen which includes slate from gate posts, walls, driveways etc.

Please be wary of this. If possible please mark your slate in some way so it is identifiable. Please pass this message on to your neighbours.

If you see suspicious persons please phone 999 or 101 if you have any information quoting Crime BC/12/45.

Thank you.

e-Mail Census Scam

Devon and Cornwall Community Messaging
Dear all
Please see email below and do not open anything to do with Census stuff

Statement from Director of the 2011 Census, Glen Watson, Friday 27 January 2012.
Email Scam
We are aware that an email entitled 'Population Census: a message to everyone - act now' is being circulated, allegedly in the name of National Statistician, Jil Matheson. This email demands individuals provide further personal information, supposedly for the Census and threatens fines for non-compliance.

This email is a scam and a hoax. It has no connection whatsoever with the National Statistician, the 2011 Census or the Office for National Statistics.

We believe the links in the email could download malware to any computer where the user clicks on the links. This could put your personal data, including financial information, at risk.

Anyone receiving this, or similar emails, should delete them, not open any links and certainly not provide any information.

For more information on how to protect yourself from this type of threat, please see www.getsafeonline.org

If you wish to, please report receipt of any such suspicious emails to www.actionfraud.org.uk

ONS takes the protection of personal census information extremely seriously. Collection of census data was completed last year and no further requests will be forthcoming from the Office for National Statistics relating to the 2011 Census.

Glen Watson, Director. 2011 Census

Neighbourhood Policing

Community Priorities

Your Neighbourhood Policing team will be highly visible in your area. They will provide suitable means by which the community can contact them and identify their priorities for action. They will be responsive to those community priorities. They will provide information to the community on what work is being done to address the priorities and the results of this work. Your Neighbourhood Team will work with the community and partner agencies to deal with the long term, often relatively low profile, issues that have an effect on peoples quality of life.