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Villages want ban on cold calling
Work is under way to get villages around Corby designated as 'no cold calling zones' following the arrest of a bogus salesman.
The group of doorstep salesmen – known as the Nottingham Knockers – were stopped recently in Weldon and one man was arrested.
A spokesman for the Corby Rural Safer Community Team said: "One of the group was wanted by two other police forces. The team has been giving presentations to various locals to raise awareness about doorstep crime and PCSOs have visited vulnerable residents in the parishes.
"We are also consulting with all parish councils to try to agree to a 'no cold calling zone' being established in the parishes."
The safer community team trialled the scheme in October last year in Gretton, Cottingham, Middleton and Weldon in a bid to protect the most vulnerable and elderly residents from scam-artists and distraction burglars.
It is hoped other villages will soon follow their lead and adopt the ban.
Corby rural councillor Stan Heggs said: "The police have been really on the ball with this one. We have worked hard in the villages around Corby and why should people come from Nottingham and fraudulently take things from us? It is concerning, particularly for elderly residents."
Joy Smith from Stanion said: "I think there should be a total ban. There was an old lady in the village who had someone who said he was a window cleaner and then took 120 from her and another claimed to be from the water company and took 100 from her bag.
"I think these people can tell if people are living on their own and target them."
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