Melton Local Policing Unit

MEMBERSHIP OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH IS FREE IN MELTON

Inspector Gray, who is 41 and lives in the Melton area, started his career with Leicestershire Constabulary twenty years ago in April 1990 after doing a degree at Leicester University.

Inspector Gray said; “Melton Mowbray is one of the favourite places I’ve worked and I am really passionate about making a difference in Melton because that is where I live. The town and Borough enjoy low crime rates and has seen some great reductions in crime so I am hoping to build on the good work that is already going on and continue to develop a strong working relationship with our partners.”

Anyone who would like to get in touch with Inspector Gray can email him through the Leicestershire Constabulary website or call him on Leicester (0116) 222 2222

How do you set up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Melton?

Managing the Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Melton Mowbray

The Neighbourhood Watch is divided into 6 areas these are the Council Electoral Wards.

You will appreciate that for one person to manage the NHW for the complete town is more than a full time occupation, so as a volunteer I need to share the work load with other volunteers.

I have also been asked recently if I could explain how the Melton Mowbray Neighbourhood Watch is structured, so I have produced the following by way of an illustration.

The system works like this:-

1. A resident or house

2. A distributor looks after a street of residents or houses and E-mail addresses on their street.

3. A coordinator looks after several streets on their own or several distributors.

4. A Ward E-Mail coordinator (eventually there will be 6 in total, one for each electoral ward) coordinates all the distributors who have an email address in their ward.

Phil Marman is the Ward E-Mail coordinator for Warwick Ward.

Brian Cardwell is the Ward E-Mail coordinator for Craven Ward.

5. A Ward managerric Tindall, (eventually there will be 6 in total, one for each electoral ward) will look after the Electoral ward in which they live.

6. The Beat Cascade Manager (ME) looks after all of the above but more specifically the coordinators and Managers.

At present door knocking and recruiting new distributors is done mostly by Eric Tindall, but it is hoped that other people will continue to offer their time joining me in this task, and the others listed above.

Do you know of any one who may be willing to support me in looking after the area in which they live, if you do please ask them to contact me with their details, so that I can explain how the system of looking after the neighbours in their area works.

eric.tindall@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk

Neighbourhood Watch Beat Cascade Manager Tel:- 07958 139944

Alternatively, you can contact your local Beat Officer or Police Community Support Officer. These can be found by visiting the force website, selecting ‘policing in your area’, clicking on ‘Melton Mowbray’ and again on ‘policing where you live’.