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Figges Marsh Ward Update 5th May 2010 Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT): PS Juliet Sowter PC Tony Weston PC James Jackson PCSO Mike Knellar 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 THEFT OF LEAD We have had a spate of thefts of lead from roofs around the Figges Marsh area. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious behavior. Scrap metal is at a premium at the moment and even Manhole covers have been stolen for their scrap value. We need to clamp down on this and your help would be very much appreciated. ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN MITCHAM TOWN CENTRE There has been a group hanging around in the Town Centre causing a nuisance. The ASB dispersal authority has been used when they have been seen by officers. This culminated in a fight in McDonalds. Members of the group involved have been identified and we are in the process of paying them visits at home to warn them and their parents about their behavior. DRIVE OUT VEHICLE CRIME 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. We also have various motor vehicle crime prevention items, such as cloths to wipe away Sat Nav marks and “Don’t Bother” stickers. Figges Marsh SNT will be at The Acacia Intergenerational Centre on Grove Road between 10:30 and 12:30 on Thursday 13th May, and in Mitcham Library between 11:00 and 12:30 on Friday 21st May providing the property marking service. 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 non-emergency number 0300 123 1212 if it has already happened. Best Wishes from your Sergeant Sgt. Juliet Sowter