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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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Drug misuse/drug dealing - Issues linked to drug related activity and the associated violence that goes with this within the ward. Including street drinking, cuckooed addresses and shoplifting.
Action taken:
Joint working with partners
Daily visits and visits to local businesses to reduce HSG opportunities
Proactive patrols of drug misuse hotspots
Intel led warrants and closure orders.
Targeted use of CBO's and CPN's for repeat offenders including
Local patrols and engagement across the ward to be carried out. Intel led warrants and closure orders. Targeting where there are reports of Retail theft, drug dealing and misuse. Liaising with residents to gather intelligence. -
Priority:
Anti-Social Begging on Sydenham High Street
Action taken:
Officers to complete CPW's and CBO's for ASB in public places
Obtaining Closure Orders for residential premises with continued issues
Working closely with partners (council, registered social landlords and social services) to support and manage complex cases
Conducting PSPO patrols with the council on the ward -
Priority:
Theft of and from motor vehicles
Action taken:
Providing reassurance and crime prevention advice to residents who are victims of motor vehicle crime
Monthly vehicle crime prevention advice Posts on METENGAGE
Patrols of hotspots looking for LOS vehicles