BURGLARIES

Burglaries continue to be a problem across the north of the city. Please
take the time to check that your property is secure and is not an easy
target.

For example, ensure all doors and windows are securely locked if
your property is unoccupied during day and/or night. This also applies to
garden sheds and other outside properties used to keep personal belongings.
A potential prevention measure when your house is unoccupied is to install
the use of light timers in your home set to switch on at a particular time
of day/ night. This can act as a useful deterrent measure to any would-be
burglar giving the impression that a property is occupied.

VEHICLE CRIME

Again, this is a problem being experienced across the north of the city. A
lot of the time, vehicles with SatNav cradles in the window are targeted.
It is advisable that SatNav's are removed from the car along with the
cradles and the 'sucker' mark is cleared from the windscreen. Even the mark
left by the cradle can be a cause for a break-in. In general though, ensure
that all valuables are removed from your vehicle and keep nothing of value
on display.

IMMOBILISE

With the festive period that has just passed, I am sure many of you have
new gadgets to play with! Make sure you get these registered on the
immobilise website ( www.immobilise.com ). This service is free of charge
and can be used to register bikes, mobile phones, televisions, games
consoles etc - anything with an identification number really.