Grampian Police Crime Reduction Unit

Grampian Police Set to Stamp Out Crime with Presence in Local Shopping Centre

The Crime Reduction Unit of the Grampian Police will be on hand to deliver safety advice and information on security measures to shoppers in the
Bon Accord Centre St. Nicholas shopping centre this Saturday (11 March) in a bid to tackle crime rates across the city.

Grampian Police Crime Reduction Officers

Grampian Police Crime Reduction Officers, Constables Gordon Macdonald and Jim Watson, will be manning a stall in the lower mall of the central atrium, from 9 am to 3 pm, giving advice and handing out leaflets on personal safety, mobile phone safety and bicycle security.

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“Following the rising numbers of bicycle theft in the city, we are giving out Bicycle Passports to the public, which allow bicycle owners to keep a note of their bicycle’s description, frame number and also store a photograph of the bicycle, in a safe place,” explains Constable Gordon Macdonald of the Crime Reduction Unit. “This information can then be passed to the Police if a bike is stolen, and gives them a better chance of tracing it back to its true owner.”

“We will also be offering shoppers the opportunity to have their mobile phones security-marked, with a tamper proof security label,” he adds.

Centre manager Frank Sutherland says: “On behalf of the Bon Accord St. Nicholas shopping centre, I am very happy to be hosting this event, in an attempt to help Grampian Police reduce crime rates in the city. Figures for bicycle thefts in the city are high and I hope that by providing shoppers with this sort of information we can change that.”