Crime, whether it be inner town or countryside; we are all losing the battle. I have never seen so much blatant open crime so casual in 60 years. Living in a small village, I need a padlock on my gate with security camera installed, I have been the victim of casual walk-on crime in broad daylight, if you haven’t experienced the total disregard for law during this open crime, I am sure you will; expect someone walking down your yard as the criminals know it’s no crime in today’s world. I feel sorry for larger land owners as they cannot secure or show security or deterrent on large areas, you are under attack. Quiet land with no activity is an obvious target. I suggest that landowners look at this in a different manner like never before, why not welcome bird watchers, photographers, responsible shooters, artists, wildlife enthusiast, school children onto your land, i.e. what harm is someone with a metal detector going to do? Maybe find you a share in a fortune. Would you rather have one of these on your land, than the other undesirable types (see these crime posts). The first step in a target stake-out is to work out how much activity is on your land, if there is little or none, you are a prime target, expect a visit. On my country walks, I have reported two incidents of fly tipping which led to charges, I am classed as a nosey-parker to those caught, tough; but caught they were and the publicity here is the deterrent in future. The point is, crime is likely to keep away if someone has their eye open, activity is visible especially if someone is taking pictures and recording number plates. Criminals hate cameras and nosey people. Landowners need to separate arseholes from genuine people, those who have love for wildlife and respect for the countryside are usually genuine, my experience says they are friendly and trust-worthy. Landowners should consider welcoming some support from those who are genuine and willing with joint interest to come together. It’s old hat and non-effective to shout, “get off my land”, that’s all I remember as a child who walked across a field, (Apologies to that farmer, I really did mean no harm),
Over the coming years life is going to change big time with very limited defence agains rural crime whatsoever, it’s going to be massive, you are going to need all the help you can get so forget rapid response. I urge you to think collectively across the country, you are on a new unprecedented level of crime. Good luck
Over the coming years life is going to change big time with very limited defence agains rural crime whatsoever, it’s going to be massive, you are going to need all the help you can get so forget rapid response. I urge you to think collectively across the country, you are on a new unprecedented level of crime. Good luck