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Wimbledon Park SNT newsletter The team currently have priorities of burglary, vehicle crime, graffiti and anti-social behaviour. Burglary The number of burglaries in Wimbledon Park has actually reduced in the last 3 months compared to last year and we want to continue this trend. As well as additional patrols, the team have now adopted a further crime prevention scheme in a bid to reduce burglary. We will be posting burglary footprint leaflets to any houses which are insecure or have obvious security issues. If requested we will arrange for a crime prevention survey to be carried out. Graffiti PCSO Steve Marsh is now the team’s nominated single point of contact for any graffiti related problems. He has a direct link with our partners at London Borough of Merton. They maintain a database of tags and pass any intelligence gained to the team. We can usually arrange for graffiti in public places to be removed within a couple of days. Vehicle crime We are continuing with high visibility patrols and our vulnerable vehicle scheme. In the last few weeks we have sent out over 30 letters to owners who have left valuables on display. There has been an increase in vehicle crime and it is important that we all do everything we can to prevent this. This has been well received and we are noticing a reduction in vehicles coming to notice. PCSO Andrew Harvey coordinates this scheme. ASB With the summer holidays fast approaching we are keen to make sure that our ward and the park remain a trouble-free area. We have been working with the rangers and with calls from the public to deal with under-age drinking. We have twice seized alcohol and recently cleared the park of a group of about 50 teenagers who had been drinking. There were no offences committed on this occasion and the group were encouraged to clear up before they were escorted away. We will be looking to carry out some spot checks on our licensed premises in the near future with test purchases being conducted to make sure alcohol is not being sold to minors. Contact the team We are available on the first Wednesday of each month between 6pm and 8pm at our drop-in surgery in the pavilion at Wimbledon Park. The team’s next community event will be at the new development on Durnsford Road on 11th July 2009 between 1000 & 1200 hrs where we will be providing a cycle marking service. Come along and meet the team and safeguard your cycles. Your team are PS Danny Smith PC Terry Elmer PCSO Andrew Harvey PCSO Brett Lavey PCSO Stephen Marsh WimbledonPark.snt@met.police.uk 0208 721 2452 We are monitoring the effectiveness of Community Safe therefore we need your comments and feedback. Do you find the information contained in the messages both interesting and informative? If not, what information would you like to receive? Any other comments. Please contact us with your views on the team’s e-mail address. Kind Regards PS 21VW Danny Smith