An overview of the crimes committed between May 24th and 31st in Bridport and the surrounding area, can be seen below.

1] Between 20th and 24th May a grey Ford Escort was stolen from outside a garage in St Michael’s trading estate.

2] Overnight on Thursday 25th May a removable bollard was stolen from the area adjacent to the public toilets at the town hall.

3] At approximately 1245hrs on Friday 26th May a cash box was stolen from within a filing cabinet at a local school. A number of other smaller items were removed including a computer memory sticks and a mini disk player at the same premises a few days prior to the cash box theft.

4] Overnight Saturday 27th May a number of vehicles were tampered with in the vicinity of St Andrews road. This culminated when a landrover was stolen from the area of a pub car park over the same period.

5] At approximately 1745hrs on Sunday 28th May a suspicious incident was reported in the vicinity of St Mary’s Church in South St. A male described as aged between 30 and 40 in dark clothing was seen loitering in this area.

6] In the early hours of Tuesday 30th May damage occurred to the front window of a flat in Princess road.

Other crimes have been reported around the Bridport town area over the past 7 days. However, in order to maintain sensitivity to the victims and not to prejudice ongoing investigations, these will not be included. 

3 Arrests were made during the same period: -

Theft shoplifting
Failing to appear in court
Theft of a motor vehicle

SUMMARY

National Knife Amnesty

Dorset Police is supporting the national knife amnesty, which runs from 24 May through to 30 June 2006, by asking members of the public to hand in knives or blades to police stations across the county.
The campaign is targeting young adults aged 14 to mid-20s, particularly those who may carry a knife or blade as a weapon out of fear or peer pressure, in an effort to challenge the knife-carrying culture.
While it is recognised that there is not a large problem in Dorset with young people carrying knives or blades as weapons, Dorset Police are supporting the national knife amnesty campaign.
The last thing we want is for people to carry a knife or blade. If they feel threatened, the worst that can happen is that they will use it and they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
I would encourage those people who do possess or carry knives or blades, to please surrender them at one of the bin placed at Bridport police station or at others around the county.
There may be a number of knives or blades belonging to people that have been overlooked or forgotten.  Perhaps they have come into the possession of their present owners through the death of a relative.
It is stressed that people will not be prosecuted if a knife or blade is handed in.  We want to make Dorset safer and make Dorset feel safer by removing these weapons from the streets.

If you would like to hand in a knife or blade, then please do make sure the item is wrapped in thick paper or cardboard before it is placed in the special bins located at police stations across Dorset.

If you have any information regarding the above offences or any other crimes, then please come forward and help us with our enquiries:  it may be your evidence, which successfully secures a conviction.  Instead of accepting that crime is part of the Bridport society, let’s give the courts the facts and allow them to decide.

Contact the police station direct, or speak to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111 – all calls will be treated in confidence.

PC 2232 Scott McGregor
Community Beat Officer