Don't Give Thieves An Easy Ride!

Peter Robinson, The High Sheriff of Lancashire 2006-07 visited St Anne's Primary School to award the pupils a High Sheriff's Commendation following the success of a vehicle crime initiative.

Although South Ribble has a very low level of vehicle crime compared with other districts in the country, the police are looking at reducing the number of crimes to an even lower level and they enlisted the pupils of St Anne's R.C. Primary School in Leyland to help. The vast majority of vehicle crime committed in this area is preventable by taking simple crime prevention methods - such as ensuring that when you leave your car unattended it is locked and secure and that no property is left on display to tempt the opportunist thief.

The pupils received a Crime prevention lesson from their local Police Community Support Officer, Tony Wojnarowski and they then conducted surveys at home and in local Tesco car park, in company with the police, where they passed on their acquired knowledge.

The idea was for the children in turn to educate the adults and for everyone to work together to reduce vehicle crime in the area even further. The resounding message being - DON'T GIVE CRIMINALS AN EASY RIDE.