Family harm escalates

I hope everyone enjoyed the long Easter weekend and managed to get a break. Unfortunately, opportunist criminals sometimes see holiday weekends as a great time to commit more crime. Ford Courier utes seem to be…

Hello again, what a great evening it was at Balloons over Waipa last Friday. I attended as part of Cambridge Blue Light and was pleased to talk to so many members of the public. Four…

Squealing rubber, revving engines and the associated aftermath of shredded tyres and rubber marks on the road are all too common signs of boy racer and burnout activity around Cambridge. I understand the annoyance and…

It has been another busy week in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the range of jobs we deal with, last week saw the team responding to calls for service including family harm, shoplifting,…

Hello again, I’ll start with some more good work stories. Constable Tuhi recently attended a burglary where a work trailer was stolen from a site address on Thornton Road. His enquiries swiftly identified that the…

This week I have been asked to highlight a situation around our vulnerable elderly. Search and rescue were recently deployed after an elderly male did not return to his Waipa home after walking off. Neighbours…

Continuing on my recent retail theft topic, we have become aware of a spate of thefts of handbags and wallets. What has made these thefts easier, is the habit many people have of putting them…

Hello again, thank you to everyone who is being patient and following instructions when it comes to the continuing road works around Cambridge. Staff working on these projects deserve to be treated with courtesy and…

Kia ora koutou katoa, we are having a lovely short week  – after a four day weekend  for some – and I hope everyone was able to get time to relax. First in good news,…

School has started back this week bringing with it an increase in traffic, especially at peak times. We have quite a bit of road work underway in town with some road closures and diversions in…