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South Derbyshire residents are being advised that if they’re not sure who is calling, not to open the door after two distraction burglaries took place in the district last week. A third attempt was foiled after the resident targeted refused to allow the callers in.

Extra police and warden patrols and mobile CCTV are being used in two South Derbyshire communities after a series of criminal damage attacks which have left fences broken.

Protection for both vehicles and homes is being offered in Newbold and Brockwell thanks to a joint initiative involving Chesterfield Community Safety Partnership, the Police Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) for the area and Chesterfield Borough Council’s Housing Services department.

The number of calls to police about incidents in Chesterfield’s Queen’s Park has dropped and criminal damage incidents are also down since a state of the art CCTV camera was installed.

South Derbyshire residents are being invited to decide in court what sentence should be imposed on offenders in a case they have seen every detail of from start to finish.

Truancy patrols followed by home visits, training in licensing laws and door-to-door visits to open up communication with residents are among actions already set in motion thanks to a multi-agency group set up by Chesterfield Community Safety Partnership to intensely target crime and disorder in the South St Augustine’s area of the borough.

More people than ever before are notifying the Police about suspicious callers in Chesterfield, members of the Borough’s Community Safety Partnership’s Acquisitive Crime group have been told.

Members of Chesterfield Community Safety Partnership will be out in town next week with hand-outs, information and advice to help people keep themselves and their belongings safe and secure.

The length of time that a registration line for a very successful South Derbyshire event will be open has been extended to four weeks to ensure callers don’t get caught up with Council Tax, rent increase and Housing Benefit enquiries.

Work carried out by members of the Amber Valley and Erewash Violence, Alcohol harm and Licensing (VAL) group at pubs and off licenses in the run-up to and over the Christmas period suggests that parents to young teenagers need to be reminded about issues surrounding underage drinking.