A week of incidents

A week of incidents

Last week was another busy one that saw us dealing with offences including  two thefts from cars and two thefts of car, six shoplifting cases, public drunkenness, shoplifting, multiple reports of petrol drive offs, five…

Stolen property found, charges laid

Hello again, what great catches we had last Thursday. The team started the day executing a search warrant at an address in Cambridge East in relation to burglary offences. A large amount of stolen property…

Getting the community involved

Following on from last week, thanks to those who attended the recruiting seminar last Wednesday.  It was great to see the interest. I also want to thank the residents of Roto-o-Rangi who attended the community…

Fancy a weekend in the cells?

Great news to start, the vehicle responsible for the burnouts on Shakespeare Street by Kingsley Street that I mentioned in a recent column, has been identified, located and impounded last week. Investigations continue into the…

Online crooks prey on residents

I have been back on deck this week after four successful days last week delivering the Loves Me Not programme to Cambridge High School year 11 and 12 students. Thank you to all parents who…

Wherefore art thou, donut driver?

The sound of screeching tyres echoed and a big plume of smoke went up over Shakespeare Street late on Sunday night when a vehicle did  ‘donuts’ at the intersection with Kingsley street. Thank you to…

Testing times

It was great to see so many people attend our Anzac Day services to honour our fallen last Thursday. As the speakers said, it seems even more pertinent in the current times. I was honoured…

A Cambridge week in review

This week I am taking inspiration from my Te Awamutu counterpart Ryan Fleming to bring you a week in review for Cambridge frontline staff. Monday (April 15)  – a male was reported for assaulting his…

Success – and a reprimand

Starting with good news – great work by store staff and a quick response by police resulted in the arrest of a male at the Warehouse last week at the Warehouse. He was also identified…

Your help makes a difference

Starting with good news, in mid-March police received a report of burglary at an industrial site.  A male had cut a hole in a perimeter fence and entered to steal power tools and other items….