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Age Concern Energy Services Officers to go toe-to-toe with troublemakers
Pop into your local
Age Concern with a recent The safety of residents is the priority for Wiltshire police and nobody - whether they be international
energy bill and see how drug barons or youth getting drunk and aggressive in a play area - should be allowed to get away with
much you could save. the aggravation they cause.
FREE This uncompromising mes- “After seven months in the post
Or call for a quote on low energy light sage was spelt out to the West I and my senior commanders have
bulbs when you
0800 056 7923 Age Concern, Swindon Forum by Brian Moore, reviewed our work and are imple-
switch to
Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm, saving you
£31.80*
Saturday 9am – 5pm a year chief constable of Wiltshire, right, menting new approaches to make
or go online at who spoke about the vast range of our scarce resources go further.
www.ageconcern.org.uk/energy
Age Concern Swindon responsibilities his force has to be “It’s a question of finding the
1 Milton Road, cope with. right balance between the im-
Swindon SN1 5JE With 1,200 police officers and portant day to day demands of
Tel: 01793 692166
*Savings based on average four hours use per day, at an electricity unit rate of 10.52p/kWh when several hundred support staff the neighbourhood policing, which
replacing standard bulbs with their low energy equivalent. One unit is equivalent to 1kWh, is averaged
across all regions and includes VAT. Unit rates may vary depending on meter type, consumption, force has to respond to 999 calls take up a third of our budget, and
region and payment method.Age Concern Energy Services is a trading name of Age Concern
Enterprises Ltd (a trading company of Age Concern England which gives all profits to that charity, and run the traffic division, CID the wider, often invisible demands
(Registered office: Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. Registered in England No.
3156159). E.ON Energy Limited. Registered office: Westwood Business Park, Coventry CV4 8LG. and murder operations, serious on us - the terrorist threat which is
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and organised crime, the dog and real, the drug dealing at street level
firearms squad. which is linked into international he wanted to work more closely
sources, the paedophiles using the with residents and the council to cut
internet and recently, for the first off the supply of alcohol to young
Shrivenham Travel Clinic time, a case of human trafficing in people and expects his PCs to take
on anybody causing problems. “My
the county.”
He said his top priority is to officers should be in touch with
Travelling abroad? make Wiltshire the safest county in troublemakers so that they know if
Need advice or vaccinations? Britain for violent crime, whether they behave badly they will be dealt
it be in the street due to drinking, with. I want our people to go to toe-
We offer a high quality, convenient violence in the home which is the to-toe and deal with them.”
service for all of your overseas top contributor to murder or by However he appealed for resi-
travel health needs young people. dents to help the police with
“We have to recognise that young evidence and information. He
people are also the victims of vio- acknowledged difficulties with
lence and have to work to reduce the police call centre and response
To arrange an appointment their vulnerability through work times, but appealed to people not
with schools to cut truancy rates to give up on reporting problems to
please telephone 01793 787462 and community work. The summer the police as his force would not be
football training and tournament giving up on keeping people safe.
www.shrivenhamtravelclinic.co.uk at Link Centre was a successful • Councillors said they would have
example of work by the police with vegetation cut back and the benches
local youngsters.” removed at Kiln Park.
Residents at the meeting called • Learn more about the police,
for more police on the beat to deal include crime levels for your neigh-
with aggressive, intimidating youth bourhood, apply to be a special con-
in public places such as Kiln Park, stable or volunteer your skills at:
Toothill, Shaw Ridge and at Peat-
moor Village Centre. Mr Moore said www.wiltshire.police.uk
Pastors to build on street success

Swindon Street Pastors definitely do not preach to the people they help
when they visit clubs and pub areas in the town centre.
Launched in September 2007 street pastors provide assistance to
those in distress and give practical help such as finding taxis to take
people home safely.
The team is recruiting more volunteers to join them and is holding
an information evening to explain the work they’ve done in the last
year and what is required of street pastors. It takes place on Friday
10 October, 7pm, at Central Church.
For details call Rev Paul Rush on 872853 or mail: swindon@
streetpastors.org.uk
www.streetpastorsswindon.org.uk
Paul Rush and Jane Perrot, in Fleet Street, in September 2007

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