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Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area (or 'ward'), supported by additional officers from the wider area.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.
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Crimes and priorities
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Motor vehicle crime - taking of vehicles and stealing from vehicles - is the fastest increasing crime type in the area
Action taken:
Working with the local intelligence team to identify any trends to help identify and arrest suspects.
Crime prevention stalls distributing leaflets and farraday pouches.
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Tackling anti-social behaviour and associated crime linked with street drinkers and drug users around Turkey Street.
Action taken:
Ward officers have increased police presence hotspot areas, during peak hours in order to provide reassurance to members of public and deter offenders.
Five persons have been issued with Community Protection Warnings so far to deter them from the area.
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There have increasing number of complaints around ASB in the A10 underpass relating to drugs, prostitution and aggressive begging.
Action taken:
Ward officers have increased patrols in the area and identified and arrested three individuals who were contributing to this issue.
Two persistent beggars have been issued Community Protection Warnings and a number of vehicles linked with ASB seized