Item 1. Here's the latest events list.
Police surgeries in South Kent - Come and meet your neighbourhood officer.
Officers will be available to discuss local concerns and give crime prevention advice as follows:
Wednesday 16 June 6.00 PM - 8.00 PM Dover Priory Train Station Bus waiting room.
The Highways Agency is going to replace the existing road surface on both carriageways and on all five roundabouts on the A20 in Dover from the Western Heights Roundabout (Aycliff Roundabout) to the Eastern Docks Roundabout.
The work will be undertaken in thirteen sections (ten phases as some are combined) using five different diversion routes.
Click on the link above to access the latest information from the Highways Agency.
Watch Dover highlighted on Kent TV in a short film covering Dover Town Council's Christmas Cheer Extravaganza Event (15th December 2007).
Dover comes alive at Christmas with a variety of street performers on show at the Winter Festival. Filmed by Mike McFarnell.
Dover Town Council are working on a Festival website, but in the meantime, if you pop along to www.festivalofdover.co.uk you'll find a link that will take you to an Event Calendar with lots more information about each event. The Calendar is, of course, being continually updated, so do visit regularly.
From July 2008, Kent Police will no longer maintain a list of business keyholders who are available for call out should your property be burgled or suffer damage out of hours.
A new, not-for-profit, company working in partnership with Kent Police called Kent KeyLink has been established to fill this role. Kent KeyLink’s service goes beyond just a list of keyholders, it provides detailed incident management instructions and advice to the police and emergency services. In turn it makes better use of police time and provides you with the assurance of immediate and accurate response.
Kent KeyLink Ltd, a partnership with Kent Police, provides a vital service to help keep both businesses and homes throughout the County of Kent safe.
They maintain a database so that, in the unfortunate event that your premises are found to be insecure or damaged, quick action can be taken to effect repairs and make them secure again in no time at all. Kent KeyLink is a 24 hour all-year-round service which ensures that help is at hand when you most need it.
Registration costs just £25.00 plus VAT for Businesses and £20.00 inc of VAT for residential per annum. In return you will receive an efficient and effective service. As soon as the emergency services are notified of an incident at your premises, the Police call centre will call your nearest key holder and your preferred service provider or tradespeople to make the necessary repairs.
Item 3. Dover Partnership Against Crime has launched a new web site (www.dpac.org.uk), As well as giving information on Dover Partnership Against Crime and the 3 Strikes Scheme, members can register for access through a secure connection to enable them to report and view posted incidents and intelligence information only available to members of the scheme.
Following a rigorous assessment lasting in excess of 3 hours, DPAC has been awarded the SAFER BUSINESS AWARD by Action Against Business Crime.
Our scheme was rated as 'Highly Commended'. The award was received at a ceremony held at Dover Police Station on 1st April 2008 and was accepted by chairman, Graham Tutthill and co-ordinator Karen Griffiths. Also present were board members and key partners including from Kent Police, DCI Tony Kofkin and Insp.Ludwig and Dover Town Mayor Bob Markham.
