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HELP! Protect the public by declaring your age
Wiltshire Police have launched an initiative aimed at helping car owners
MY BUSINESS IS EXPLODING! better protect their vehicle from drunk and/or dangerous drivers - as
Working with a successful, international well as other people.
company, with a £36 million turnover in Ninety per cent of vehicle theft is whether the vehicle is apparently
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and ambitious people to spearhead
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your area part-time, £500-f1,500 pm or full-time, der 25 years of age, but seventy per person.
£2,000-£5,000+pm, WITHOUT having to cent of victims are over this age. Over 25 stickers are available
• No cash outlay compromise your current career, business The police are now issuing driv- from Gablecross Police Station,
or family commitments. ers with 'Over 25' stickers for dis- North and West police points,
• I mmediate start If you have a supervisory, managerial, play in the front and back windows North and West Swindon libraries
sales, marketing, recruitment, so that patrols can quickly identify and Asda Walmart.
• Part time hours to suit self employed background, would like
to work from home, or feel you wish Traffic division officer PC Chris Penny and Lee Naismith from Peattnoor surveying
• Up to 25% commission to develop an extra-ordinary income the wreckage of a high performance Honda at North Swindon District Centre at the
please call:
launch of the Over 25 scheme. The twenty year old driver was killed in 2006 when
Tel: 01793 702557 Paul Embleton on In' lost control of the car. Lee sold it to the victim six u=eek before the accident
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West Swindon continues tobe the The various agencies are consid-
target of house burglaries and the ering what can be done to respond
West Neighbourhood Police Team to the issues identified.
is appealing to residents to secure We will be setting up similar
their property and ensure belong- street meetings in other parts of
ings are out of sight of potential Peatmoor, Sparcells and Westlea
thieves. This includes locking up and the dates will be given nearer
sheds and garages to prevent the the time.
opportunist stealing bikes, scooters However there are two meetings
and garden tools. to which we invite you:
The police have conducted plain • Friday 4 July, 4.30pm to 6.30pm
clothes and high visibility patrols in Link Centre Library. Come along
to target the problem of purse dip- for free advice and to pick up bike
ping at the West Swindon District marking kits, purse alarms and
Centre. We are constantly amazed security pens.
by the number of shoppers who • Sunday 27 July, 6pm. The two
leave bags unattended in shopping West NPTs are holding a commu-
trolleys which is an open invitation nity consultation at West Swindon
to a skilled purse dipper. Police Point, Link Avenue where
Please take care of your belong- you can meet the local officers for
ings and prevent thieves targeting your area and have your say about
you. And come along to the police crime and community concerns.
surgery for a free bag or
Secure it or lose it
purse alarm (see 4 July).
In late May police offi-
cers, housing officers and
youth workers held a street
meeting with residents of
Stockbridge Copse, Peat-
moor to discuss the prob-
lems of late night noise
from young people and
mini-motos and scooter
revving engines around
the trectn.
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