Advice

When to call 999

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• When there is a threat to life; this includes road traffic accidents where people are injured, the road is blocked, or a vehicle involved in the accident has failed to stop

• Violence to a person or damage to property is imminent

• A serious offence is in progress

• A suspected offender is still at the scene of a crime

• When any delay in reporting the incident may prevent the apprehension of an offender

• When serious disruption to the public is currently taking place or, is likely to take place

 

When to call 101 (non-emergency)

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• To report a crime that is not currently taking place and the offender is no longer present

• Where your call is a routine enquiry

• To make an appointment to attend an enquiry desk

• Requests for advice or to provide information

• Lost and found property enquiries

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Or as an alternative, use the online reporting system to report similar incidents of a non-urgent matter: https://www.reportingcrime.uk/SYPincidentreport/

 

Always Tell The Police

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Some incidents may seem trivial, and too much trouble to bother reporting, but it's very important that you do. They target Their resources according to the analysis of crime reports, so if large numbers of incidents are not reported this analysis will be incorrect.

Not all reports of crime result in a visit by a police officer, but when looked at along with other reports from the same area a picture may emerge which enables the police to respond more effectively than to individual incidents.

 

PCSO Contact Details

 

Update on our PCSO coverage for the S17 area.

PCSO Paul (Fraser) Bullas

fraser.bullas@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

07584 113615

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PCSO Contact Details

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For Coverage of Low Edges, Jordanthorpe or Batemoor please contact.

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PCSO Adrian Tolson.

tel: 07787 881945. email: adrian.tolson@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

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PCSO Paul.Harran.

tel: 07584617230. email: paul.harran@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

 

 

Remember these officers work shifts BUT NOT on Sundays and may not be available all the time. The phones are left at Woodseats Police Station when not on duty.

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Scams 

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By their nature, scams vary from time to time but some of the frequently encountered features are shown below together with basic advice on how to deal with them. S17NWA will endeavour to issue warnings to members of newly encountered scams.

 

Telephone scams

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Never answer the phone by giving your name if the caller does not know your name, it is likely to be a cold caller or scam.

NEVER press button “1” if the caller or recorded message tells you to, it is a scam.

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These are commonly from your so-called internet provider claiming they have detected a problem with your internet service. It is a scam do not give out any information and hang up the phone.

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There are many variations on this theme, but all can be easily recognised for what they are, do not get into discussions with them just hang up.

 

Computer scams

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Most of you will have received emails saying you have won a fortune, someone wants to give you thousands of pounds or they have a business proposition for you, etc etc all are scams just Delete them.

 

Messages supposedly from your Bank, Building Society or other financial groups like “Stripe” even Amazon that there has been an attempt to take money from your account or they have detected unusual activity on your account. Some of them you may not have an account with anyway. They will then tell you to click on the link in the email, to contact your supplier to sort out the problem.

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NEVER EVER CLICK ON ANY LINK. If you have any doubts, contact your bank etc by the number on the back of your credit/debit card or statements so you know you are talking to the real people, not the scammers.

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Similarly, you might get an email claiming to be from Microsoft or Hotmail etc saying your account will be suspended if you do not confirm your details by clicking on a link provided. As above NEVER CLICK ON ANY LINKS. One of the giveaways is they never address you by your name but by your email address.

 

Often scam emails purport to come from one person but if you look carefully at the sender's details, they are usually completely different from the one claimed to be the sender, another obvious warning of a scam.