Residents living in the Magdalen area are being encouraged to help police in the fight against crime.
While Norfolk remains the safest county in England householders are being urged to increase their awareness of crime prevention to make it even safer.
Norfolk Constabulary is calling on communities to help reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime, even more by signing up to Home Watch.
The scheme provides a way for local people to play an important part in making their communities even safer and reducing crime.
Run through a network of district associations and schemes, Home Watch is run by residents with the support of police and allows residents to receive crime updates to help them take steps to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.
Police Community Support Officer Candice Pembroke, from the local Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT), is the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Home Watch scheme in the Magdalen area – providing a link between the Constabulary and the Norfolk Home Watch Association.
To find out if a scheme is operating in your area or to join contact the Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0845 456 4567 or log onto www.norfolk.police.uk and click on the Home Watch logo.
The new Home Watch system allows residents to build strong relationships with their local SNT.
It is supported by a new state-of-the-art community messaging tool called Police Direct which delivers messages instantaneously by email, text, fax or by voice message.
If you’re an existing Home Watch co-ordinator or member and have not re-registered your details on the new Police Direct system then log onto www.norfolk.police.uk and click the ‘Home Watch’ icon.
As well as receiving crime updates where you live, you can also opt to receive information from your local policing team including the latest priorities they’re addressing, the actions taken when dealing with those priorities and the outcomes of offenders who have committed crime where you live.
