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Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT):FIGGES MARSH 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 January 2010 DRIVE OUT VEHICLE CRIME - FIGGES MARSH 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 Figges Marsh Safer Neighbourhood Team. Regards, Juliet Sowter PS79VW 0208 6493603 FiggesMarsh.snt@met.police.uk