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Figges Marsh Ward Update 18th December 2009 Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT): PS Juliet Sowter PC Tony Weston PC James Jackson PCSO Mike Knellor PCSO Jason Welsh PCSO Sam Beazley-Long PCSO Dan Geiles You can contact the team on 020 8649 3603 or FiggesMarsh.snt@met.police.uk Burglary Patrols Burglary continues to be a Ward priority. We have continued to concentrate our patrols in the Graham Road area. You may have seen our reassurance bus parked there. We were there to act as a deterrent to any would be burglar and to offer advice around protecting your home. Please take time to review your home security including boundary fencing, particularly from rear and side alleyways. Operation Bumblebee has just been re-launched to help tackle burglary across London. It encourages residents to “think like a burglar”. Operation Bumblebee advice can be found at: http://www.met.police.uk/crimeprevention/burglary.htm Alternatively please contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team (number above) or the Crime Prevention Officer, PC Greg Hunt on 020 8649 3245. Your SNT will be happy to carry out a home security survey for you and give you advice accordingly. Safety advice for Christmas In the month of November there were three residential burglaries reported. Now is the time to conduct a home security check for your property by ‘thinking like a burglar’. The Figges Marsh Safer Neighbourhoods Team can assist in any crime prevention matters which you feel you need assistance with. You can contact us on the numbers above. We traditionally see a rise in burglary around the Christmas season. There are extra precautions which can be taken to try to make sure it doesn’t happen to you. 1. Do not leave presents under the tree so they can be viewed from the street (hide them away!) 2. Use timer switches to turn on and off Radios, lights and TV’s whilst out. 3. Get a letterbox deflector fitted to your letterbox. This reduces the opportunity for burglars to use their hands or an implement to fish for keys or to look through the letterbox to see who is in. 4. Ensure ALL windows and doors are locked secure when not at home, even if you only leave the house for a short while. 5. After the festivities DO NOT leave packaging of expensive items such as computers and televisions outside as this advertises what new items you may have acquired. We are holding Surgeries for you as local resident to come along and discuss your views on the crime and disorder that affects you. We will be in Mitcham Town Centre in the Reassurance Bus on the following dates. 24th December 2009 11:00 - 13:00 6th January 2010 11:00 - 13:00 26th January 2010 11:00 - 13:00 16th February 2010 11:00 - 13:00 Come along and have a chat. We are in the process of arranging some dates when we will be in Mitcham Library. 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 from your Sergeant Sgt. Juliet Sowter