Watches - Crime Prevention - Safety - Surrey Police

Community Speed Watch

What is Community Speed Watch?

Community Speed Watch (CSW) is a locally driven initiative where active members of the community monitor speeds of vehicles at specific locations using speed detection devices.

Find out more by visiting the Community Speed Watch section of the website.

Truck Watch

Truck Watch is an initiative of the Road Haulage Association.

There are over 40,000 truck crimes a year, with around 3000 HGVs stolen that are never recovered. As well as police circulations Truck Watch member organisations are faxed with details of stolen HGVs which are quickly passed to their drivers using a variety of means. This should increase the chances of a stolen truck being seen by another driver, who gain gain a reward for any recovery.

Find out more by visiting the security section of the RHA web site.

Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch represents the largest group of volunteer organisations in the UK. There are over 155,000 schemes covering 10 million people. In Surrey there are over 3,000 schemes based usually on a street or residential area. Working together and supported by Police and the Local Authority, they help deter crime and antisocial behaviour within their communities.

Why not become involved with the NHW movement wherever you live? The early image of 'twitching curtains' has long been replaced by a well structured 'self help' organisation, supported by the government, police and local authorities whose members are genuinely interested in the community in which they live and have the ability to make a difference...with the support of like-minded residents.

Find out who your local neighbourhood watch contact is.

Find out more about the Neighbourhood Watch.

Card Watch

Card Watch is a scheme organised by the UK banking industries that works with police, retailers and other organisations to reduce 'plastic' card crime. Card Watch is run under the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS), the banking industry body overseeing money transmission and payment clearing activities in the UK. Its members are the major high street banks and building societies.

To find out more about this kind of fraud and how it affects you, visit the Card Watch web site.

Church Watch

Unfortunately religious buildings and churches are not exempt from the attention of thieves and burglars. Most churches are now kept locked and information and security advice focusing on the unique issues that face churches in today's society can be found by visiting the national site.

To find out more, visit the Church Watch web site.

Banknote Watch

Banknote Watch is a national scheme to deter thefts of cash by raising awareness of dye stained banknotes. Its aim is to promote the message to retailers, cashiers and the public that a stained note is probably a stolen note.

A joint initiative between police, financial and retail organisations, and the cash staining industry, it helps to take out of circulation stained notes by having them returned to the issuing bank.

There are 22,000 smoke and dye systems in the UK. Most cash-in-transit operations deploy such systems with a potential to extend there use in ATMs (Automatic Teller machines).

To find out more, visit the Banknote Watch web site.