Police and Farmers Tackle Rural Crime
Farmers living around Southam are being urged to join a new email exchange scheme to tackle rural crime.
The district Farm Watch scheme has been spearheaded by Southam police as a way of gathering and passing information about crime in Southam, Harbury, Napton, Long Itchington and surrounding rural areas.
The new scheme gives farmers the opportunity to exchange information via email with local police and neighbouring farms.
By passing on information about any suspicious activity or vehicles, farmers can work in partnership with their neighbours and community beat officers to create early warning alerts of rural crime trends.
Farmers who are part of the scheme are asked to email details of suspicious activity to a Southam police email address.
Local community beat officer PC Nigel Hill said: Sharing of information will enable local police officers to build a picture of criminal activity locally and assist in detecting and preventing crime. Early availability of information gives us the opportunity to target suspects and pass an alert to other farmers.
It is not unusual for criminals to travel to isolated rural areas targeting farm vehicles and equipment, tack or fuel. We want to hear about any sightings of people or vehicles that are unusual or out of place.
The scheme is currently only available to farms within the Southam area who have internet access and an email address.
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