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Yes indeed, the email message came through to Shropshire Horse Watch and the secretary immediately emailed the poster to the PCSO who rang her asking for details of any brown horses.

I would like to point out so not to confuse people that the Police Horse Watch scheme is a ringmaster messaging service and not the UK Alliance Horse Watch Scheme http://www.ukhorsewatch.org.uk/ of which Shropshire Horse Watch is.
 
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Stolen Horse Found Thanks To Family's Dedication and High Tech Police Computer System

A family has been reunited with its stolen horse thanks to a high-tech information system run by the police and the determination of his owners.

Tommy, a heavy cob gelding with distinctive markings, was taken from a field near Market Drayton overnight between September 4th and September 5th.

However, thanks to a country-wide campaign by his owners and the police's Shropshire Community Messaging (SCM), a computer system which allows information to be shared with a huge cross section of the community, he was found in a farmer's field in Alveley, near Bridgnorth on Thursday(OCT 8).

Tommy's details and information about the theft were distributed by Shropshire Rural Watch via SCM and then picked up by colleagues in Telford, who also passed the information on to their contacts.

The appeal was also distributed by his owners via the Shropshire Horse Watch scheme, which produced a poster that his owners distributed across England, Wales and even Scotland. They published information on the Horse and Hounds Forum, on social networking sites such as Facebook and the family spent hours tirelessly contacting every equestrian-related organisation and visiting as many auctions and shows as they could in the days following the theft.

As a result, when Martin Wozencroft, owner of Telford Saddlery received an email from SCM to say a stray horse had been reported in a farmer's field near Bridgnorth, within minutes he had contacted Tommy's owners to let them know, having previously put Tommy's poster at the business. The family drove down and were delighted to find it was their horse.

Within minutes of him reading the email, Mr Wozencroft had also received a phone call from one of his regular customers, who was also signed up to the system, to say she had received a text message about the found horse and wondering if it could be Tommy.

Tommy's owners thanked all those people, including friends, family, colleagues and even complete strangers who got behind the campaign to find their horse and said the response from everyone offering to help had been amazing.

David Riley, the community volunteer who co-ordinates Neighbourhood Watch and SCM in Shropshire, said it was a great example of how the rapid spread of information through such systems results in success.

"Between the police issuing the information to all those signed up to SCM and the family's determination and dedication to finding their horse, Tommy was found safe and well and is now back home," he said.

"Telford Saddlery is just one of a huge number of organisations and individuals signed up to Telford's Ringmaster system, which is linked to our SCM and this just shows how well it can work.

"We can get the information out across the county and beyond in a matter of minutes and it is possible that Tommy's details and picture were so widespread, that whoever took him simply abandoned him as a result, knowing they were likely to be caught.

"That is the message we want to get across to such offenders, that the results of crimes they commit can quickly become difficult for them to sell or trade as a result of such systems."

Formerly known as Ringmaster, anybody can sign up to SCM and choose to receive alerts via email, text message or voicemail, or even all three. Messages can be sent to all members or narrowed down to specific groups.

For more information or to sign up to the system, visit www.safer-shropshire.org or, if you live in Telford and Wrekin, www.twpcm.org.

Anyone who might have information as to who stole Tommy is asked to contact police on 0300 333 3000 or the anonymous Crimestoppers number 0800 555111.



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Please phone us with any information or reply by mailto:rebecca.lilley@westmercia.pnn.police.uk or click the following link :-

http://www.twpcm.org/rmwebportal/replyto...l=-1&web=-1


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Oh god what a worry - my horses are kept nearby
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glad he is home and safe
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