Working with businesses
D District Crime Reduction Risk Assessment for the farming community
This document has been created for use by the farming community to help them carry out an assessment of their own estate, identify strengths and weaknesses that will enable them to take positive action to reduce risk of potential crime against them.
The May 2012 edition of the United Dairy Farmers Magazine that goes out to several thousand dairy farmers across Northern Ireland will have them included as a supplement and the four NFU Mutual Offices across D District will have them for issue to customers.
Feel free to print it off for use.
For further information you can contact your local officers on 0845 600 8000.
D District - Crime Reduction Advice for Businesses
It is important the place where you work and conduct business is a safe and happy environment for both employees and customers.
Please follow our simple advice on business security. The documents attached provide advice and guidance to retailers and in addition the 'tick box' assessment allows retailers to carry out a detailed review of their premises that will identify strengths and weaknesses.
Feel free to print them off for use.
For further information you can contact your local officers on 0845 600 8000.
Police in D District launched a new innovative crime prevention initiative in partnership with local shopping centres
Throughout March 2012 unique community safety and anti-crime public announcements where broadcast hourly in Abbey Centre in Newtownabbey, Bow Street Mall in Lisburn along with Castle Mall and Junction One in Antrim. The announcements focused on key issues like anti-social behaviour, burglary and bogus callers as well as providing relevant seasonal advice.
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Community Safety Inspector Colin Audley said, "We are extremely excited about this initiative and believe it is a truly exceptional opportunity to bring important personal safety and crime prevention messages directly to the public. These exclusive advertisements, developed by police and produced by New Blue Media, will provide local police with vital information on how to stay safe both in the home and when out and about, as well as providing a forum for local young people to share their thoughts on Anti-social behaviour by using adverts recorded during the PSNI/Coll FM Anti-social Behaviour Bus initiative. Announcements have been targeted towards specific groups and will be broadcast at times when those groups are likely to be present in the shopping centres. It is important to us that our communities are well informed about how to keep themselves safe and reduce their risk of falling victim to crime".
It is planned to continue with this initiative in the future across D District.
Retailers Against Crime (RACNI)
In 2008 RACNI was set up in the Lisburn area. Retailers Against Crime in Northern Ireland (RACNI) is a partnership between retailers and shopping centres and is endorsed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Objectives
- To ensure that by working together with partners, the retail industry is better protected against crime.
- To establish and maintain a database of local and travelling professional and persistent offenders and to circulate this information as is appropriate with a view to identifying, detecting and deterring them in the future.
- To work towards extending the database to all major cities and towns.
The focus of RACNI is to identify professional and travelling criminals who are targeting stores for the purposes of shoplifting and other criminal activities by exchanging photographs and information on their methods and movements. Members are briefed on a tri-monthly basis and a regular RACNI newsletter is circulated in an effort to keep staff and retailers updated on the identification of offenders, warning them of new offenders and identify those who have evaded capture.
If you are a retailer and you would like more information on RACNI contact your local Crime Prevention Officer on 0845 600 8000.
Working with licensed premises
Off - Licence Code of Practice
Alcohol Code of Conduct
In the Antrim and Newtownabbey Boroughs in partnership with the local Community Safety Partnerships and various local off licence's the 'Alcohol Code of Conduct' initiative, aimed at promoting and encouraging the responsible sale of alcohol to minors, is now in place in Antrim and Newtownabbey since 2010 and 2011 respectively.
The Code sets out the regulations in terms of the legal sale of alcohol to minors and the consequences of not doing so. The off licence's that signed up got free training from the PSNI to help with the implementation of the Code. They also received a specific resource pack, with advice leaflets for staff and customers and stickers and posters to display in prominent places.
This is an initiative aimed at helping the licence trade by working with them and other agencies to reduce the anti social behaviour linked to under-age drinking and is a step in the right direction.
If any off licence not part of the scheme would like to sign up they can contact Inspector Colin Audley at colin.audley@psni.pnn.police.uk
Forecourt Watch
Forecourt Watch is a scheme designed to reduce drive-offs from filling stations. By placing signs in various locations motorists were reminded that they need to pay for petrol and that not paying is a crime. The aim of the scheme is to reduce reports to the police of genuine mistakes by customers.
D District Crime Reduction Advice for Petrol Stations
Across Northern Ireland incidents of petrol theft 'bilking' from Service Station forecourts continue to occur by planned and opportunist thieves. This has a direct impact on the Northern Ireland Crime figures, working hours by police officers investigating such crime, the Criminal Justice System and the financial stability of petrol retailers.
The advice leaflet below is available for you to print off and if followed by service station staff, will help address this problem.
Crime Reduction Advice for Petrol Stations
D District - Counterfeit Currency Notes Advice Leaflet
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PSNI & NFU Mutual - Reducing Rural Crime Initiative
In 2009 D District Community Safety in partnership with NFU Mutual launched this joint initiative to help reduce crime against the rural community, in particular farmers. From November 2009 NFU Mutual will be supplying a security advice leaflet via its 25 offices across Northern Ireland to existing and 1st time customers. NFU Mutual insure 90% of the farming community (approximately 48,000) and underwrite others across the whole of Northern Ireland.
The leaflet highlights useful information and helpful tips to protect farming equipment and property from criminals. The local farming community has experiences an increase in the number of thefts of farming equipment including trailers, quads, horse boxes, power washers and farming tools.
Inspector Colin Audley, who is headed up the initiative, hopes the advice will be observed to combat crime on farmlands.
He said: "We have worked extensively to develop measures for reducing rural crime. Most crimes occur during the night, when it is difficult to identify those involved as they have a greater chance of remaining undetected. We have also noticed a number of properties are being identified during daytime hours, so caution should be adhered to when dealing with unknown callers."
Martin Malone, Regional Director at rural insurer NFU Mutual has welcomed these guidelines and advice. He is confident the information will be used to maximise crime prevention in rural communities.
He said: "We have worked very closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to produce this document to tackle theft. NFU Mutual understands the difficulties faced by the rural community and we believe this information offers solutions to help country people keeping their property safe.
"From revision locking systems, photographing machinery and tools to property marking; these are not only practical measures but also cost-effective ways to safeguard your possessions.
"This advice is for the benefit of all and I hope this informative and useful leaflet will provide guidance in the battle against theft."
Inspector Audley stressed the importance of rural communities working together to tackle the ongoing problem of their properties being targeted by thieves.
He added; "This initiative is tailored to the rural community. The advice being offered will hopefully reduce the possibility of being a victim of crime and help apprehend the perpetrators.
"Making sure that gates are securely locked and having fences and hedges well maintained provides a visual deterrent for potential theft. If possible, consider alarms and CCTV for vulnerable areas and record any obvious damage or repairs.
"Please watch our for your neighbours and their property, as they will do the same for you. If you do witness anything, report any suspicious or untoward activity to the police immediately on 0845 600 8000."
