Police are to step up patrols in Lake following a recent spate of vehicle crime in the area which has seen 2 cars keyed.
Officers and PCSOs will be talking with local residents and scoping out CCTV as a result of an increase in vehicle-related crime around Currie Road.
Last Friday, a vehicle was ‘keyed’ by persons unknown – with another vehicle suffering the same fate between 17:00 and 19:00 yesterday evening (Monday).
The matter is being treated as criminal damage.
Anyone with any information that may help with enquiries is asked to contact Police on 101 and quote reference number 44230402543 and 44230402641.
If you have CCTV or doorbell cameras that covers this area that may have captured an image, then you are asked to view this and if it has captured anything, to get in touch with Police.
A spokesperson for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has said:
”Please ensure you are vigilant at all times, calling police to report any suspicious activity, not just around your own property but anything suspicious in your residential area and community.
Article continues below this advertisement “We want people to feel confident to report crime and this approach plays into breeding confidence with the public and our local communities.
“In an emergency use 999 or 101 for non-emergency. It is not too late to report any suspicious activity to police.
”Alternatively if you have information but wish to remain anonymous, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111”.
If you want us to make effort and put ourselves at potential reprisals etc then please answer the phone,on 101 waiting 25mins again before answering!.
To save a huge amount of staff hours and costs and the obvious error factor of tired eyes after viewing many hours of CCTV some of it of dubious quality hunting for something that may or may not be there, the police must have someone in their tech department who can write a simple algorithm in any of the many programming langagesto that runs a AI process that would accomplish the task without error and in less than a tenth of the time. .
Come back when you know what you are talking about.
And, yes, I do do this stuff for a living.
Really you are obviously fairly low down the food chain in IT, when you have ten years experience and a first class honours degree come back and we will debate it.
If we had a police force there would be a regular foot patrol around these times. But instead the Tories prefer tax cuts over policing.
He of very short memory. This as been going on for decades. How is the police supposed to patrol every street at all times.
Them overlanders here causing trouble again……
Would be really helpful if you included useful info like road names in your reporting?
It does mention the road in line 5 – Currie Road (Lake)
Like Currie Road? Ring a bell? In the editorial?
Great isn’t it?
At one time you have Police saying they’re not interested in Dashcam or Doorcam footage.
Then there are suggestions of possible prosecutions due to invasion of other peoples privacy…
Now, because it suits them..’can the Public help please’?
so funny because it was not my car
Huh it might be your precious car another night, your a selfish idiot.
Yep hopefully I drive without a license and I’m mostly pissed as well so yea I’m great boon
So many backward Fcukers on the island touch people’s vehicles
“such a cowardly thing to do”
Catch them and chop their hands off, do it the way they would in
Saudi.
They won’t do it again!
Shame about your bad work maybe you need to give it a rest cowboy builder