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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Action taken:
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Priority:
Vernon Square - Rough sleepers have returned and are leaving boxes and mess in the area causing anti-social behavior .
Action taken:
Regular patrols of the area and use any police powers where necessary and justifiable.
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Priority:
Engagement with Sainsbury's Store manager, as there have been a number of shoplifting thefts in the stores on Clerkenwell Ward. Targeted patrols in the location and enforcement where required. Planned shoplifting operation with police and store detectives to reduce thefts and identify prolific/ wanted offenders.
Action taken:
Police have arranged to do to a shoplifting operation with the store detectives at the beginning of March and into May. This is an ongoing priority.
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St Helena House WC1X, Bevin Court, Naoroji Street WC1X - Reports of drug misuse and dealing of controlled drugs in this area.
Action taken:
Police will actively be patrolling and targeting this area, with a mix of uniform and plain clothes patrol, in order to proactively target those dealing controlled drugs in the area.