Graveney Ward Message 14th January 2010
Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT):
PS Lee ROGERSON
PC Tristan MUTS PC Elaine PARKER
PCSO Dan BEALL PCSO Alex GONZALES
PCSO Gary McKEOWN PCSO William HUGHES
You can contact the team on 020 8721 2724 or mertongraveney.SNT@met.police.uk
DRIVE OUT VEHICLE CRIME – GRAVENEY WARD
Dear residents,
In an effort to combat vehicle crime, Merton Borough Police in conjunction with Safer Merton are launching a ‘Drive Out Vehicle Crime’ initiative which will include a number of partnership interventions throughout the year, the first of which is to provide a property marking service for those living within the Borough that may well have received property such as sat navs that may well be used and left in vehicles.
Inspector Jim COOK from Merton Police said, “Vehicle crime is the one of the highest crime types in the Borough and a number of Safer Neighbourhood Teams have had vehicle crime reduction chosen by their ward Panels to work. We will be looking to raise the public’s awareness and offering advice on how they can help us reduce the incidence of vehicle crime. Over the coming weeks and months Merton Police will be carrying out a number of proactive operations against those involved in vehicle crime. Already the Safer Neighbourhood Teams conduct a large number of Automatic Number Plate Operations and will continue these with both uniform and plain clothes patrols in areas where vehicle crime is most prevalent.
We take this opportunity to remind you all to:
Ensure cars are locked – this might seem simple but a high percentage of cars are left unlocked in Merton.
Don’t leave anything on view – you may know your jacket is empty but an opportunist thief doesn’t.
Take your sat nav out of your vehicle and clean the suction mark off the windscreen – thieves will smash your window just to check the glove box.
For any further information please contact your local Graveney Safer Neighbourhood Team.
As always, please urge your neighbours, colleagues and friends to join up to the CommunitySafe site.
To report Crime please remember to call 999 if there is a crime happening ‘now’ or the new non-emergency number 0300 123 1212 if it has already happened.
Best Wishes,
Sgt. Lee Rogerson