Rural communities across Gedling borough are being encouraged to sign up to a new local email alert system to prevent crime.
Nottinghamshire Police is adopting a rural Neighbourhood Alert email platform after receiving local feedback.
The alert system sends regular warnings about the latest crimes and offences.
The force is encouraging residents, farmers, and other business owners to learn more about what is happening in their area by signing up for updates.
The software, already used by thousands of people in the county, provides hyper-local, street-level updates to residents about the is happening in their area.
Officers are asking as many people as possible to sign up as local officers working in rural communities will being to use the system as their main method of sending updates.
They are also urging residents to continue to immediately report all offences and suspicious activities by phone or online to better understand criminal trends.
Chief Inspector Heather Sutton, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We have a lot of rural areas in the county, and we are well-aware of the very impact offences like machinery and plant theft can have on hard-working local residents. These may not be headline grabbing offences but if you are running a business on tight margins then their impact can be devastating.
“We are listening to victims and residents and are currently refining the way we work in these areas. To this end our officers are spending more time building up relationships with local people and generating intelligence on current and emerging criminal trends.
“One vital tool we are keen to push is Neighbourhood Alert, which essentially allows a police officer to visit your inbox regularly to warn you about offences and trends in your area.
“For example, if you are a farmer who uses a quadbike for work and a similar device has been stolen from another farm nearby, we’ll issue a bespoke warning to you so you can safeguard your investment.
“All you need to do is sign up to Neighbourhood Alerts using the link below and ensure you have selected “rural matters” in the dropdown menu for specific trend updates.
“If you are already registered, you can also select specific trend updates you want to see by clicking on the ‘messages’ option and selecting ‘which type of messages’.”
“Criminals target rural areas because they think they will get away with it. By working together and signing up for these updates we can ensure that things are made as difficult as possible for these offenders and rural communities receive more frequent updates.”
To sign up to Neighbourhood Alert and keep up to date on rural crime, visit: https://nottinghamshirealert.co.uk/#SignUp
