Crime prevention advice at Hatfield town centre event

The community event, which was organised by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, saw residents given the chance to learn more about the local services and help available to them.

The Safer Neighbourhood officers were invited along on Wednesday, April 26 to share crime prevention tips.

The Herts fire and rescue service also attended to promote fire safety.

Sergeant Robert Wilson said: “Firstly, I would like to thank the council for inviting us along.

“The event was a great opportunity to meet with local residents and provide them with some useful crime prevention advice. We also listened to residents about any issues they wanted to raise.

"It is always useful to hear the public’s views as it helps us to shape our policing activity such as patrols and operations.

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“We know residents are always keen for bike-marking opportunities so we bought along our equipment to the event. A number of residents took up this free offer which was great to see.”

To receive police messages about a range of topics including burglaries, scams and missing people in your local area, sign up to owl.co.uk/herts or download the ‘OWL crime alerts’ app from your app store.

The Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team covers:

• Welwyn Hatfield North – bit.ly/police-whnorth (Welwyn West, Welwyn East, Haldens, Sherrards, Handside, Peartree and Panshanger).
• Welwyn Hatfield South – bit.ly/police-whsouth (Hollybush, Cuffley, Howlands, Northaw, Hatfield East, Hatfield South, Welham Green, Brookmans Park and Little Heath).
• Welwyn Hatfield West – bit.ly/police-whwest (Hatfield Villages, Hatfield Central, Hatfield South West and the University of Hertfordshire).

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