Commander's Bulletin 15th September

Commander's Bulletin 15th September

Blair Atholl Primary School Visit

Our Police Scotland Tayside Mountain Rescue Team and Visitor Rangers from Perth and Kinross Council recently attended at Blair Atholl Primary School to speak to pupils about keeping safe in the countryside. The Blair Atholl area is blessed with wonderful hills, lochs and rivers for everyone to enjoy, but on occasion, accidents can happen. The children were given lots of useful information about not only preventing accidents, but how to respond in the event of an emergency and how to tell emergency services exactly where the incident was happening.

The children were all star pupils and proved they would be able to act with confidence to help others and look after the countryside responsibly.

Thank you to all the pupils and staff at Blair Atholl Primary School.

E-Bike Incident – Youth Charged

Following reports from members of the public of a young male riding an electric motorbike carelessly around public pathways in the North Inch, Perth a 14 year old boy has now been identified, cautioned and charged with careless driving, driving with no insurance, failing to wear crash helmet and drive unregistered motor vehicle, he will be reported to the Youth Justice Assessor.

We are aware of further reports of persons driving electric motorbikes and off-road bikes across Perth, not only is this dangerous for the rider and any passengers it also poses a risk to public safety. E-scooters, E bikes and off-road motorcycles cannot be legally driven on public roadways or footpaths, they can only be used on private land with the landowners permission.

Sergeant Judge from Perth Community Policing Team said "I would urge the public to continue to report such incidents on every occasion along with any images or footage, dashcam or otherwise to their local police. "

Appeal For Information

We are appealing for information following a vandalism at Our Lady’s Primary School, Garth Avenue, Perth which occurred about 2.40pm on Saturday 31st August 2024.

The persons responsible have entered the playground caused significant damage to the nursery garden and infant playground, thrown mud on the windows, graffiti painted a wall, tipped over benches and bins, ripped up plants and broken items and resources belonging to the school garden.

This has devastated the children who had developed the garden and won a competition which they are having a presentation for at the end of September.

Sergeant Judge from Community Policing Team, Perth said “If anyone has information or any ring doorbell footage/CCTV overlooking the school that can assist our enquiries to identify the suspects please contact 101 quoting reference number CR/329681/24”

Local News and Updates

49 year old man will appear at court after being found to be in charge of a vehicle whilst found to be more than 4 times the legal alcohol limit after an incident in North Muirton, Perth on 31st August.

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A 24 year old male was issued with a conditional offer after being seen to be viewing a video on his mobile phone whilst he was driving after being stopped on 1st September on Dunkeld Road, Perth.

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A 63 year old male has been reported for dangerous driving following a collision in the Kinross area on 2nd September.

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A caravan was stolen from an address in Dunkeld between 28th August and 3rd September 2024, this remains under enquiry.

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Around 100L of heating oil was found to have been stolen from an address in Stanley on 3rd September, this remains under enquiry.

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A 40 year old man was charged with livestock worrying offences after a dog was found to have injured and killed a number of sheep in the Loch Earn area on 2nd September.

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A 52 year old female has been charged with dangerous driving following a collision on the A9 at Dalguise on 23rd August.

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A 48-year-old female was charged with driving with no licence, having no insurance and driving on a footpath after she was stopped on an e-scooter in Perth City Centre on 30th August. The e-scooter was then seized, and a report submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

Further information and internet links

As we receive reports of crime, the information is shared on

https://www.pkcommunitywatch.co.uk/

I would encourage you to sign up for notifications.

Guidance on how to protect your property is available via Community Watch as well as on the Police Scotland Website, just click or copy and paste the following link:-

https://www.scotland.police.uk/advice-and-information/

Keep up to date with everything we are doing and all appeals by visiting the following sites:-

https://twitter.com/policescotland

https://www.facebook.com/PoliceScotland

http://www.scotland.police.uk/

http://www.pkcommunitywatch.co.uk

Your Community Policing Teams

Locality Inspectors

PERTH CITY CENTRE - PI James Longden

PERTH CITY NORTH - PI Ryan Macdonald

PERTH CITY SOUTH - PI Kristopher McCall

NORTH - PI Ashley Wallace