Avon and Somerset Constabulary - Milverton and North Deane beat

Somerset West district > Taunton neighbourhood area > Milverton and North Deane beat

The main village on this beat is Milverton with a population of 2,000, which is well served with local facilities. The beat area has over 100 farms of mainly arable type and of various sizes.

Other smaller villages are Croford, Screedy, Fitzhead, Halse, Preston Bowyer, Ash Priors, Tolland, Lydeard St Lawrence, Combe Florey and West Bagborough.

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Taunton Deane Borough Council

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Partners and Communities Together

Partners and Communities Together (PACT) gives you the opportunity to influence what happens in your neighbourhood. It is a mechanism whereby neighbourhood issues, identified through local meetings, are taken to a partnership panel, where courses of action are agreed. Find out more.

If you are unable to attend a meeting but would like to make your views known, please Register your local priorities.

Current public priorities

Agreed 20th April 2010

1. Non dwelling burglaries including theft of agricultural equipment overnight
Rural Watch and Horse Watch are available and administered by Wellington Police. All previous victims of thefts are to receive a follow up visit to ensure crime prevention measures have been implemented.

2. Speeding: B3187 is still perceived to be the worst
Community Speed Watch in place supported by PCSOs from Wellington. Additional training and support for new volunteers.

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Somerset West district and Taunton neighbourhood area news

Missing man - renewed appeal to help trace him (Watchet)
A small blue dot ADDED: Today 10:50

Traffic Commissioner Sarah Bell with the Roads Policing Unit at the launch of Op Tramline in May

Licence suspended for lorry drivers using mobile phones (Avon and Somerset)
A small blue dot ADDED: 28/07/2010 10:19

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Neighbourhood Newsletter (Taunton Neighbourhood Area)
Download your local Neighbourhood Newsletter for Summer 2010: Taunton, Wellington and surrounding villages.

Neighbourhood Watch newsletter (Somerset West district)
Download the latest edition of the Newsletter here.

Newsletter - NFU / CLA / Police
Read about the good work going on between the National Farmers Union, Country Land & Business Association, and Avon and Somerset Police. Download Summer 2010 Newsletter here.

Telephone scam
Police are warning residents to be aware of a scam which promises the recipient a council tax refund :-

Horse Watch (Wellington beats)
Your Safer Stronger Neighbourhood team are looking to make contact with horse owners and local equestrian yards in order to set up a local Horse Watch scheme. For details see Wellington area Horse Watch.

Detail from Wellington Rural Watch poster.

Rural Watch: Property security-marking initiative - Round Three! 2009 (Milverton and North Deane beat)
Following the huge success of the Milverton and North Deane beat Rural Watch property and equipment marking scheme, launched in the summer of 2007 – Sharon and I would like to do it all over again!

Come to a beat surgery (Milverton)
A surgery is held every Monday (except for Bank Holidays) in the Creedwell Community Room, Creedwell Orchard, Milverton between 2 - 3pm. This is manned by a member of your community policing team who will be available to offer advice, report incidents to or just for a chat. Come along and meet us. Let us know what is happening in your community.

Neighbourhood team

A photo of Sam Williams Inspector Sam Williams
Neighbourhood Team Inspector

A photo of Stuart Bell (Wellington) Sergeant Stuart Bell (Wellington)
Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant

A photo of Jo Jeffery Constable Jo Jeffery
Neighbourhood Beat Manager

A photo of Nigel Luxton Special Constable Nigel Luxton
Special Constables Area Officer

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Police Community Support Officer

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PCSO Support

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Please note: Messages sent to any members of this team will go into a shared e-mail box, rather than directly to that person.

Neighbourhood watch information

Lindsey Stone
Neighbourhood Watch Administrator

Police staff vacancies

Resource Manager
Taunton Police Station

Wanted

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Fraud/Forgery

Can you help us identify a man who we think may be able to help with our enquiries into a case of fraud/forgery which occurred at 2.40pm on 4 July 2010?

Theft

We are trying to trace a man who we think may be able to help with our enquiries into a case of theft of two handbags from a store in Bristol Road, Brent Knoll, Somerset at 1.22pm on 25 June 2010.