Farm Crime -Scrap metal continues to bring a good price and as a result “rogues” from town are visiting farms more regularly asking for scrap. Farmers must continue to be vigilant at all times and report any suspicious behaviour of such visitors.

In April of this year someone shot an air weapon in the woods off Broadacre next to Caton Community School at a cat belonging to a resident on Broadacre. The cat is fortunately still alive but it still has the air pellet lodged in its head behind its ear. The vet has advised it remain in situ.

Farmwatch has been launched in the Lune Valley from Caton Police Station by Pc Carl Wood and PCSO Pete Wood.

A successful texting scheme which sends crime prevention messages to farmers' mobile phones is to be rolled out across the Lower Lune Valley by the local community Police team from Caton Police Station during the winter months. The Farm Watch initiative already has over 130 members in Carnforth and the upper Lune Valley and it will now be expanded to strengthen the scheme even further.

The Police would like to make an appeal that members of the public report all crimes as soon as practicable, by ringing Lancaster Police on 63333 or 999 in an emergency. All calls will be logged and the sooner the Police know about something the more chance they have of sorting it out.

On Friday 9th February 2007, there were some cars damaged on Brookhouse Road, these offences have now been detected and the offenders dealt with accordingly.