Commander's Bulletin 15th February 2025

Commander's Bulletin 15th February 2025

Community Officers – Out and About

Perth Community Officers recently met with the P6/P7 Youth Group at North Muirton Community centre. They enjoyed indoor volleyball, a boom box and pizza and drew a great picture!

On Thursday 30th January, Constables Straiton and Campbell attended Inchture Nursery and spoke with the children. Amy and Gary were very impressed with the questions the children asked about being a Police Officer. The children had also gone to the effort of building their own police station.

On Thursday 30th January 2025, Kinross Community Officers PCs Duncan and Samson visited Bridge of Earn Brownies to speak about our role as Police Officers as part of their "jobs" badge. They asked lots of interesting questions and tried on some Police uniform.

Appeal for Information

Around 10pm on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, a car mounted the pavement on the A823 at Rumbling Bridge, Kinross and struck the wall with the defibrillator fitted to it, before leaving and failing to report the damage.

A silver car was seen in the area and officers are looking for anyone that may have seen it in the area around that time.

Constable Ben Samson said: "The defibrillator is an essential piece of equipment for the local area and we are very keen to find those responsible for damaging it.

"Anyone with information, or private CCTV or dashcam footage, from around the time of the crash should get in touch."

You can give information by calling 101 and quoting reference 3656 of 28 January, 2025.

Local News and Updates

A vehicle parked in Back Street, Bridge of Earn was damaged overnight on 1st February 2025. This is being treated as a vandalism.

A statue of the musician Neil Gow in Little Dunkeld was damaged between 8th and 9th February 2025. The matter is currently under investigation.

Approximately 1000L of diesel was stolen from a building site near the A9 at Auchterarder between the end of January and 4th February 2025. This is being treated as a theft and investigated accordingly.

A vehicle parked in Sydney Crescent, Auchterarder was broken into overnight on 3rd February 2025 and a number of items stolen from within. The matter is under investigation.

A 31 year old male will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal after being found to be speeding at 95mph on the A9 in October 2024.

A 36 year old male was stopped by Police on Crieff Road, Perth on 3rd February 2025 whilst riding an e-Scooter. He was charged with a number of driving offences including not having insurance and driving without protective headgear. The e-Scooter was seized and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal for consideration.

A 25 year old female will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal for driving without a licence and insurance after she was stopped by Police in the Coupar Angus area on 7th February 2025.

A 66 year old man will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal after he was found to be driving a vehicle with insufficient tread on the tyres on January 8th on Dunkeld Road, Perth.

A 49 year old female will appear at court after she was found to be driving whilst more than 4 times the legal alcohol limit after she was stopped in the Crieff area on 12th February.

Bertha Park – New Driver Scheme

In partnership with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Police officers from the Tayside Road Policing Unit, along with Pitlochry Community Policing Team delivered ‘New Driver Scheme’ to S6 pupils at Bertha Park. The scheme, which takes the form of an interactive input by officers, intends to positively engage with young drivers at a critical period of their driving journey to provide the correct narrative in relation to speeding and anti- social behaviour traits on Scottish roads.

The input provides key safety messaging, which is reinforced through a hard-hitting case study, the scheme provides a space for discussion and change perceptions at the most appropriate time – at the period when young drivers are first going on public roads

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 Nicola Robb

PERTH CITY SOUTH - PI Kristopher McCall

NORTH - PI Ashley Wallace