Mepal Parish Council

Neighbourhood Watch

MEPAL IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH AREA

The aims of Mepal Neighbourhood Watch are listed below.

  • To improve community safety generally including e.g. fire and safety
  • To prevent crime by improving security, increasing vigilance, creating and maintaining a caring community and reducing opportunities for crime by increasing crime prevention awareness.
  • To assist the police in detecting crime by promoting effective communication and the prompt reporting of suspicious and criminal activity.
  • To reduce undue fear of crime by providing accurate information about risks and by promoting a sense of security and community spirit, particularly amongst the more vulnerable members of the community.
  • To improve police/community liaison by providing effective communications through Neighbourhood Watch messaging systems which warn Coordinators of local crime trends which they can disseminate to their scheme members, and by members informing the police of incidents when they occur.
  • Keeping an eye on the elderly and vulnerable people in the village.
  • To educate drivers to be more careful where they park their vehicles.
  • To inform Mepal Parish Council of any hazardous road conditions i.e. potholes.

Neighbourhood Watch now only covers about half of the village, so more coordinators are urgently needed!

You can read about the East Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Watch Association here and if anyone is interested in becoming a coordinator they can find out what a Coordinator does and can contact Kevin Evans on or by calling 01353 614892

Please stay alert and report anything suspicious directly to the Police  it is hoped to prevent the criminal element from entering our village.

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