LOCAL police say that there has been an ‘uptick’ in demand for their services as the days grow longer.
“The last fortnight has shown an uptick in overall demand for our services,” reports Police Sergeant James Twyford, “which is usually expected as the evenings become longer and the weather improves. We recorded 70 crimes and 59 incidents during this time.
“We were involved in a pursuit with a van on Good Friday. One male was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and theft of a motor vehicle; he remains under investigation. The pursuit ended with a minor collision between the van and a member of the public; nobody was injured.
“We’ve also seen a couple of instances of theft that are noteworthy. One Ifor Williams trailer was stolen from a yard and two classic motorcycles were stolen in a separate incident. We’d like to just remind people to keep potentially valuable items locked securely away; hidden from view where possible. We do make a point of getting out into the rural parts of our area at every opportunity, but we’re not able to be everywhere, all the time.
“Only four instances of violence with injury have been recorded from public places. We aren’t seeing a rise in issues with the night time economy yet this year, which is encouraging. We continue to work with the local Pubwatch to ensure that poor behaviour isn’t tolerated in the town.
“Finally, the three incidents we looked at involving youths in balaclavas, have transpired to have been entirely unrelated and have occurred between individuals who are known to each other. Those involved declined to share details of what happened in a meaningful way, so our enquiries reached a natural conclusion. No further incidents occurred and we didn’t identify any risk to the general public during the course of this work.”
