POLICE SURGERIES AND PROPERTY MARKING SESSIONS 13TH AND 30TH NOVEMBER IN WESTFIELD

Gateway Centre 13th November 10am-1pm
Severus Social Club, Milner Street, 30th November 1pm-3pm

Property Marking and an opportunity to raise issues with the local policing team.

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York Police have invested in the top-of-the-range “dot peen” property marking machines, and are offering the service free to York residents.

Every year, police recover hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of stolen property from the hands of criminals, but all too often there is no way of identifying its rightful owners. Being able to trace the ownership of the property not only helps people get the property back, but it can also provide evidence that is vital in securing convictions.

Dot peen marking involves using a tungsten carbide-tipped pin to indent an object with dots to create a visible, permanent unique number. The unique number will be entered onto the national Immobilise property register database, vastly increasing the chances that it will be reunited with its owner if it is lost or stolen.

The new machines in York can mark at a speed of two characters per second, to an accuracy of 0.006mm, and can be used on everything from steel and aluminium to plastic.

They have been funded by North Yorkshire Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire, and Safer York Partnership.

While other methods of property marking, such as UV marker pens or forensically-coded liquid, can also be very effective in reuniting property with its rightful owners, the visual deterrent of a permanently marked serial number alone could be enough to deter would-be thieves.

Dot peen marking is suitable for everything from bikes and garden tools to PlayStations and laptop computers (however mobile phones are likely to be too delicate)

York Council urged to tackle long term complaints

Cycle barriers Teal Drive

Cycle barriers on  Teal Drive snicket still need painting

Untidy entrance to former Lowfields School with redundant salt bin

Untidy entrance to former Lowfields School with redundant salt bin

Dumping at Kingsway kick about area has now mostly been removed

Dumping at Kingsway kick about area has now mostly been removed

More dumping next to paper banks at Acomb Car park

More dumping next to paper banks at Acomb Car park

Longest ouytstanding issue - Self seeded bush on Foxwood Lane blocks footpath and should be removed

Longest outstanding issue – Self seeded bush on Foxwood Lane blocks footpath and should be removed

Time for leaves to be swept up. The Green and little Green Lane reported for action

Time for leaves to be swept up. The Green and little Green Lane reported for action

Litter in over gronw hedge - Tithe Close snicket

Litter in overgrown hedge – Tithe Close snicket

Little Green Lane garage area - worst case of Council neglect?

Little Green Lane garage area – worst case of Council neglect?

Railings around Thanet Road sports area need painting

Railings around Thanet Road sports area need painting

Long life weeds blighting Ridgeway

Long life weeds still blighting Ridgeway

School Street carriageway surface

School Street carriageway resurfacng still needed

Peasholme Centre to tackle more challenging homeless cases

The Council is being asked to agree that in future the Peaseholme centre on Fishergate  accepts more challenging homeless cases.

In future “more chaotic/ high risk customers who are also vulnerable” may be directed to the centre and could remain there for longer period of time.

Details of the changes can be read by clicking here

The Council describes the services that it currently provides at the centre as “a supported accommodation centre for 22 people, staffed 24 hours a day. It is situated at 4 Fishergate and caters for single homeless men and women or couples without children.

The hostel is primarily referral based (from another project of self referrals). All offers of accommodation are subject to a risk assessment.

All residents are from York or have a local connection to York.

Residents are at a stage in their lives where they want to move towards more stable long-term accommodation options.
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Groves drunks face crackdown

DrunksThe York Council is planning to go ahead with the proposal to introduce a Public Space Protection Order in The Groves.

The proposal will be discussed at a meeting taking place on 16th November and is mainly aimed at eliminating “street drinking”.

Over 200 complaints of alcohol related anti social behavior were received for the Groves area last year.

85% of respondents to a recent consultation exercise said they favoured new restrictions on public drinking.

Offenders face a £100 fixed penalty notice

The area to be covered by the order can be viewed by clicking here