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Wimbledon Park Updates WARD PRIORITIES – BURGLARY, THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLES, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR and GRAFFITI. During the past few weeks we have ensured that in addition to the Anti Social Behaviour and graffiti patrols we have spent time on high visibility patrols of the ward to combat burglary and vehicle crime. We have conducted numerous stop and accounts and stop and search over the period and continue to visit every victim of crime to offer crime prevention advice and home security guidance. Our patrols are aimed at both crime prevention and public reassurance. We are keen to raise awareness of crime prevention measures that residents can take. We are currently concentrating on both the vulnerable vehicle and the home security schemes. We routinely contact owners of vehicles and properties which are either insecure or have valuables on display. If you leave your vehicle or home vulnerable, you may receive a letter or information card from the team pointing out what was seen and how you can improve your security. This is in line with the Operation Bumblebee burglary prevention campaign which is currently a Met priority. Simple crime prevention and security measures can make a big difference to the incidence of opportunist crimes. The team is always willing to provide advice on crime prevention matters. As well as having these priorities, the team has also been working in partnership with both the trading standards team and environmental health officers this month. A high profile visit was made to the Wimbledon Market and car boot sale on the 22nd November. The trading standards officers tested weights and measures and checked for any counterfeit goods. The team regularly attends this venue and monitors the goods offered for sale to ensure that this is not an outlet for stolen goods. WARD PANEL MEETING Our next ward panel meeting is on 21st January 2010 when we will review our current priorities and update the panel with what we have been doing over the past couple of months. If you have any issues that you would like to be considered for a team priority then please contact us on the details below. How can we make Merton safer? Safer Merton is your local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership. The partners include a range of agencies such as the police, council and fire brigade, who work together to reduce problems in the borough relating to crime, anti-social behaviour and drug and alcohol misuse. By March 2010 Safer Merton will have completed it's third borough wide Strategic Assessment. This assessment examines all the crimes that have happened in Merton in order to help us set the Partnership's priorities for 2010/11. To help inform this decision making process we would really appreciate your views and for you to tell us what your top three concerns and priorities are in relation to community safety. Below is a link to a very short form to enable you to provide us with your comments. It should only take a couple of minutes to complete. www.merton.gov.uk/safermertonconsultation If you would like any further information about the consultation, please contact the Safer Merton Team on 020 8 274 5971. Alternatively you can email us at safer.merton@merton.gov.uk. Contact the Wimbledon Park 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. Your team is PS Danny Smith PC Terry Elmer PC Danny Gulczynski PCSO Andrew Harvey PCSO Brett Lavey PCSO Stephen Marsh WimbledonPark.snt@met.police.uk 0208 721 2452 Kind Regards PS 21VW Danny Smith