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Bogus callers There have reports of a female preying on the vulnerable and elderly by purporting to be from Social Services. Once inside an address she is stealing property. The majority of these offences have occurred in the Morden area however please remain vigilant. Please ask callers for identification and check on your elderly and vulnerable neighbours to ensure they do not fall victim to crime. Please report any suspicious persons to police. Believed medicine scam Leaflets are being distributed through letterboxes from a charity requesting unwanted medicines. The flyer is bright yellow with black writing. They claim that medicine can be sent to third world countries. It says that members of the public should place any unused or unwanted medicines in a plastic bag and leave it on their doorstep on an allocated day. This is NOT believed to be a legitimate agency and there are serious safety issues with medicines being left on doorsteps where they may be accessed by children. We would advise that any such medicines are returned to a dispensing chemist. New team member PC Paul Dodson has moved on from the team to join the Safer Transport Team at Morden. He is due to be replaced with PC Dan Hopkins who is joining us from one of Merton’s response teams. We are currently awaiting a transfer date but this should be in the near future. Please again report to your local team on the details below. If urgent or a crime is happening ‘now’ then dial 999 Problems with our telephone We have been experiencing occasional problems with our telephone due to an faulty sim card. We are currently awaiting delivery of a new one but in the mean time if there are any problems contacting us on the below numbers please call 0300 123 1212 and they will ensure a message gets passed to us. Cricket Green Safer Neighbourhoods Team 020 8649 3576 Email - cricketgreen.snt@met.police.uk Sergeant Dan Hutchings