CommunitySafe.gov.uk

The Ward Panel met on Monday 18th January and agreed 3 priorities for the Safer Neighbourhood Team for the next 3 months. We are still keeping ‘House Burglaries’ and ‘Theft from Motor Vehicles’ as current ongoing priorities and also have a new one for ‘Community Engagement’. West Barnes Safer Neighbourhood Team is based at Alliance House in Prince Georges Road, Raynes Park but there is no shop front making it difficult for people to drop in. To increase the accessibility of the team we will advertise specific venues where we will be on the ward where anyone can drop in to see us to talk about any matter they choose. The dates and venues will be advertised on the internet, on community safe and at the venue itself. The next 2 are 1pm-2pm Thursday 21st January 2010 at Motspur Park Library, Station Road 10am-11am Wednesday 3rd February 2010 at Bon Bonnies, West Barnes Lane If you would like to get more involved with us and become a Ward Panel Member then please contact us and we will pass your details to the chair of the panel to discuss the role. The panel meets once every 3 months and a description of the role taken from the Met Police website can be seen below "A ward is a neighbourhood within your borough. Each ward has a dedicated Safer Neighbourhoods team. Each ward has a panel made up of members of the community who live or work within that ward. This panel meets regularly to discuss the concerns facing the local community around crime and anti-social behaviour, and sets the priorities the local police team will tackle. They also get involved in working with the police team and local partner agencies such as the council to find lasting solutions to these priorities". Other ways to get involved are listed on the Merton Borough pages on the Met Police Website. Sgt Graham Chapman Westbarnes.snt@met.police.uk 0208 721 2454