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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Theft from Motor Vehicle across entire ward
Action taken:
SNT have conducted plain clothes patrols across night shifts in area and utilised covert vehicles. Successful stop and searches resulted in drugs seized. Vulnerable residents visited and given crime prevention advice
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Drug use/VAWG
Hoe Street E17 and surrounding roads
Multiple reports of drugs being openly dealt around Hoe Street, Greenleaf Road and Jewel Road. This accompanied with females being openly harassed in the street during their commute to and from work
Action taken:
Officers have conducted targeted patrols. Community Protection Notices and Criminal Behaviour Orders have given to prolific offender who now can not enter E17 area. Community Protection Notice given to secondary offender with a view to gain a Criminal Behaviour Order at court in future. Monthly Traffic Ops held on Hoe Street E17. Plain Clothes operation currently in action to increase stop and searches and deal with offenders proactively.
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Drug use at Priory Court - There are concerns about males going to Priory Court and using/dealing drugs. In response to this officers will perform a number of targeted patrols over the next few months to tackle the issue and prosecute any offenders involved in illegal activity in the area.
Action taken:
William Morris Officers have conducted targeted patrols in the area to identify those involved in criminal activity, gather intelligence, and provide reassurance to residents. Further high-visibility and plain-clothes patrols will continue over the coming months, with robust enforcement action being taken against anyone found to be involved in drug-related offences. Officers will continue to work with partner agencies and local residents to deter criminal activity and improve community safety at Priory Court.