Bracknell

Our three neighbourhood priorities in Great Hollands, Bracknell are illegal parking, anti-social behaviour and environmental issues.

The Bracknell neighbourhood policing team has stepped up patrols at lunchtimes and evenings to prevent anti-social behaviour in hotspots such as outside the shops in Great Hollands Square, and we will continue to keep up a uniformed presence during the forthcoming school holiday period.

My colleague PCSO Taylor Walmsley and I have been handing out parking tickets and giving advice to car owners, and we will continue to target illegal and inconsiderate parking in the area.

We are planning to carry out patrols in the early mornings and early evenings to hand out leaflets and speak to dog walkers about clearing up after their pets. If we catch someone allowing their dog to foul the footpath, we will issue a £50 fine.

Another initiative we are working on is trying to get more people to join Bracknell Neighbourhood Watch groups. I have been knocking on people’s doors to explain the benefits of Neighbourhood Watch in preventing crime and anti-social behaviour. So far I have recruited seven people in three roads, but we would like to encourage a lot more.

We are recruiting members in the following streets, not because there is a particular crime problem here, but simply because they don’t have Neighbourhood Watch groups yet. The streets are: Wheatley, Wylam, Welbeck, Waverley, Holland Pines, Holbeck, Highfield, Halewood, Turnberry, St Andrews, Carnoustie, Wickham Vale, Penwood Gardens, Silwood and Sarum.

If you live in any of these streets, or anywhere in Great Hollands and would like to find out more about Neighbourhood Watch, please call Bracknell PCSO Carl Francis or PCSO Taylor Walmsley on 0845 8 505 505. Alternatively, you can find more information on: www.tvpcommunitymessaging.org/

Thames Valley Police ~ Bracknell