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Face The Public
Police and council join forces to answer your queries
Merton Council and the Police are joining forces next week (Friday 26 February from midday - 2pm) to launch their first 'Face the Public' event aimed at listening to your views and giving answers to your community safety questions.
As part of their statutory duty to speak to the public about these issues, Merton Council's chief executive Ged Curran and Merton Police Borough Commander Chris Bourlet are going around the borough over the coming months inviting people who live, work or visit Merton to come along and ask them their questions about community safety, crime and anti-social behaviour.
They will kick start the events next Friday 26 February in Mitcham town centre by the clock tower from midday until 2pm and will have the local Safer Neighbourhood team on hand to speak to you too. Just look out for the reassurance bus and come and get involved.
Further events will follow throughout the year with the next session planned for Wednesday 10 March 2010 in Wimbledon piazza.
We look forward to seeing you!
Reporting terrorist material online 1 February 2010
We're providing members of the public with information about what they can do if they come across violent extremist, terrorist and hate content online.
The new webpage on Directgov (new window) will include a form for people to report suspected terror-related and violent extremist websites to the police.
The pilot scheme aims to make the internet a more hostile environment for terrorists and violent extremists who seek to exploit modern technology. If a website meets the threshold for illegal content, officers can exercise powers under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2006 to take it down.
What can be reported? Illegal terrorism content Any information that is intended to be useful to terrorists is illegal, including:
• bomb-making instructions
• guides to making poisons
• instructions on how to make weapons
• guides to targets.
Illegal violent extremist content Some violent extremist content is also illegal. This might include:
• videos of beheadings with messages of 'glorification' or praise for the attackers
• speeches or essays calling for racial or religious violence
• messages intended to stir up hatred against any religious or ethnic group
• chat forums with postings calling for people to commit acts of terrorism.
Illegal hate content The content of a website is illegal when it threatens or harasses a person or a group of people because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. That could be in words, pictures, videos, and even music.
Illegal hate content might include:
• messages calling for racial or religious violence
• web pages that show pictures, videos or descriptions of violence against people due to their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity
chat forums where people ask other people to commit hate crimes
Lavender Team:
Sgt Andy Ball
Pc Elaine Brown
Pc Adi Lai
Pcso Elif Chambers
Pcso Matt Moss
Pcso Sara Vandepeer
Pcso Dan Francia
Mobex: 020 8721 2744
Fax: 020 8649 3238
E-mail: LavenderFields.SNT@met.police.uk,
Mail: Lavender Fields & Graveney,
Safer Neighbourhoods Base,
14-18 Wilson Avenue,
Mitcham,
CR4 3JL
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