Community crime-fighting

Community crime-fighting

Sent on behalf on Sup Jackson

Local community policing is a huge priority for us in the Met and the bedrock of how we police London. Over the last year we have seen the results of that, with strong reductions across the city in crimes like robbery, bike theft and burglary.

As your local Neighbourhood Superintendent, I thought it was a good opportunity to let you know the sorts of things your neighbourhood policing team will be up to this week:

Knife Arch Operations on High street E17 and Hoe St E17. This will show a concerted effort to reduce knife crime which can have a huge effect on the local community. Any offenders that have weapons on them will be bought to justice.

Lea Bridge NPT will be conducting Robbery Reduction patrols with PCSO’s delivering Crime reduction/prevention advice at Lea Bridge Ice rink. Continuing our reduction in Robberies by maintaining a strong visible presence and educating members of the public.

Chapel End and Higham Hill will be conducting joint ASB patrols with the local council ASB teams around Walthamstow College and the Town hall. To ensure that ASB is mitigated and offenders bought to justice.

High Street will be focusing on retail crime as this is a highlighted concern from our newly formed Business symposium. We have seen positive results by having a highly visible police presence and ensuring offender management is maintained.

These are just some of the things we will be doing this week but are examples of some of the work we do every day. Your neighbourhood team is embedded in your community and works around the clock to keep you safe. The range of issues they deal with is vast, from petty theft to sexual offences and violence. They operate alongside ‘response teams’, who are the officers who turn up in an emergency if you dial 999.

Our key priority is to deliver precise and collaborative community fighting through problem solving. By working with our key stakeholders we can identify the origins of crime and work with groups like the local council or businesses on creative ways to address them.

You might be interested to learn that we have seen strong buy in from a large number of local retailers around the High St and Walthamstow Market. Which in turn has opened new avenues of communication and Intelligence. With prolific Shoplifters being bought to justice and positive feedback from Stores and Market stall holders.

Thank you for staying in touch with us on Met Engage.

We are here to help you - if there are issues that you think need to be addressed, please let us know.

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Billy Tormey
(Metropolitan Police, A/PS, NE Safer Neighbourhood Higham Hill)