Please look out for ‘SAS Fire and Security’ vehicles: Locks Heath / Western Wards Police report.

In view of recent complaints from residents in Swanwick Lane

please carefully note the following.

On 2nd July a 79 year old male who lives in

Southampton was contacted via a telephone cold call by a firm called ‘SAS Fire

and Security’ attempting to sell him a home alarm system. He agreed to a

visit by a sales person. The sales person attended on 5th July.

He was given crime 'advice' and signed up to a ten year monitored

alarm system which was to have cost him over £5500. He gave the sales person a

cheque for £550 and the alarm was to have been installed the next day.

Fortunately his son became aware of this and cancelled the order and the

deposit cheque.

This company is well known for the wrong reasons - it

regularly contacts householders regardless of whether they have signed up

to the Telephone Preference Service. The company is currently appealing court

action with regard to these breaches.

The company is known to Trading standards up and down the

country. Hampshire and Southampton Trading standards are also aware of the

company and that they have started operating in the Southampton area.

Trading standards are keen to obtain registrations from the

company’s vehicles (believed Ford Connect style vans) that are sign written

with the company details. They have advised that their rapid response

teams be contacted should we become aware of this company contacting a

potential customer.

Please follow this link for the Trading Standards Website.

Till next week.

PS 2208 DAVE SPACEY

Safer Neighbourhood Team Park Gate West

Check the

Park Gate West Safer

Neighbourhood page of

the Hampshire Constabulary website for the rolling list of beat surgeries. The

Beat Surgeries are a good way of contacting the team so if you want to bring

something to our attention or if you would like to have a say in setting our

priorities locally then pop along.