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Speeding on various roads around rural parishes of Axminster
You Said: 1 Jan 2012
That speeding issues continue to be a problem on the following roads: B3165 Burrowshot/Yawl through to Uplyme; A358 Tytherleigh; A358 Musbury; A35 Wilmington; Unclassified road from Shute Pillars through to Shute Barton.
This issue will be targetted throughout 2012 by proactive speed enforcement and education.
So far we have:
Conducted the following speed checks using both the speed advisor equipment and the laser speed gun at the following locations:
4th January 2012 – B3165 Uplyme (30 mph limit) – 4 offences recorded, worst offender at 42 mph.
4th January 2012 – A358 Tytherleigh (30mph) – 2 offences recorded, worst offenders 42mph.
4th January 2012 - Unclassified road at Shute (30mph) - 5 offences recorded, worst offender at 46mph.
9th January 2012 - A35 Wilmington - No offences!
20th February 2012 - A358 Musbury - No offences!
20th February 2012 - A358 Tytherleigh - 3 offences recorded, worst offender at 42mph.
22nd February 2012 - B3165 Uplyme - 4 offences recorded, worst offender at 46mph.
26th February 2012 - Unclassified road, Shute - 4 offences recorded, worst offender at 41mph.
27th February 2012 - A35 Wilmington - 3 offences, worst offender at 39mph.
4th March 2012 - A358 Tytherleigh - 1 offence at 41mph.
As a result of the above activities a total of 25 drivers have been dealt with for exceeding the speed limits in the year to date 2012. As our primary aim is always to educate drivers and consequently improve road safety we issue verbal warnings in most cases. Unfortunately, where limits are exceeded beyond a certain tolerance, or where a driver has had a previous warning an endorsable fixed penalty notice (£60 and 3 penalty points) will be issued.
In addition to the NHT speed checks detailed above it should be noted that our Traffic officers, other local policing team members and Special Constabulary colleagues also conduct ad hoc speed monitoring exercises. Unfortunately the results of these exercises are not readily available to me and I will update the figures as and when they become available.
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Burglaries to outbuildings in rural communities
You Said: 1 Jan 2012
That burglaries in the rural communities continues to be a major concern and that the issue needs to be tackled robustly.
So far we have:
Undertaken specific proactive patrols aimed at targetting offenders actively involved in acquisitive crime as follows:
OP 'US' - Late evening/early hours of the morning proactive patrols (utilising local NHT officers targetting a specific road or location) - Monday 9th through to Thursday 12th January 2012.
OP 'BETANY' - Occurred on 4th February 2012. Late evening/early hours of the morning proactive stop check points utilising 10 Special Constabulary Officers and local NHT officers. A total of 96 vehicles were stopped, several were searched and some offences identified.
In addition your NHT now commence over 60 % of their shifts between 6pm and 10pm, finishing 8 to 10 hours later. This has resulted in a far more visible police presence in the community, patrolling at time when offenders are likely to be active.
Burglaries reported YTD end of February 2012 = 17 vs 2011 = 10, an increase of 7 or 70%.
These figures are disappointing, but do include 7 offences which occurred in a very small area on the same night. It is likely that they were all committed by the same offenders and I am pleased to be able to report that a male has been arrested in connection with these offences. He is currently on Police bail.
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