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Hello and welcome to the St Helier Safer Neighbourhoods Community Safe Our current ward priorities as agreed by our ward panel are 1. Burglary 2. Speeding 3. Anti Social Behaviour On 28/05/2009 St Helier SNT carried out the first of their community speed watch operation on Green Lane. SM4. The aim was to identify speeding motorists using an electronic hand held speed camera. During an operation a police officer or a police community support officer radio's to colleagues when a speeding vehicle has been identified. A team of officers further along the road stops the vehicle at a suitable location. To date officers from the St Helier Safer Neighbourhood team have conducted 4 speeding operations in the ward area. This has resulted in 48 vehicles being stopped for speeding; the drivers were issued with warning letters where appropriate. Three drivers have been reported for having no insurance, one driver reported for using a mobile phone whilst driving, and offences of driving with no license have been identified. Burglary on St Helier ward has decreased by 25% in the first 6 months of this year compared to the same period last year. We have been conducting high visibility patrols and plain clothes patrols in the areas of Rougement Avenue, Holne Chase, Torrington Way and Rutland drive and the alleyways; in response to 3 burglaries that occurred in January. I would urge residents in this hot weather when they leave their property to close and lock windows. Most burglars are opportunists; don’t make your house an easy target. If you are going on holiday let us know and we will Endeavour to check when on patrol. Can you help? Merton Police are appealing for witnesses to five incidents of sexual touching that took place in Morden Hall Park between Thursday 25th June and Tuesday 30th June. The incidents happened between 12:30pm and 3pm. The victims were all female and aged between 16 and 41 years old. The suspect is described as a white man aged between 30 and 50 years old. He is of medium build with thinning/receding grey or blonde hair and between 5ft 6 and 5ft 9 inches tall. He has been described as having an “orange tan” and has a tattoo on his arm. He was seen wearing a navy top and navy tracksuit bottoms or three quarter length trousers. The man has been seen with a black/brown Staffordshire bull terrier dog. DS Ben Davies from Wimbledon CID said “I would like to reassure the residents of Merton that police are doing all they can to identify the perpetrator of these offences. We are not saying keep away from the area but we are encouraging women who are walking alone through Morden Hall Park to be extra vigilant at this time. If anyone is approached by a man fitting the above description, we would urge them to call 999 immediately. If anyone has any information that could help police with their enquiries, please call Wimbledon CID on 020 8649 3147 or in confidence to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.”ENDS Upcoming dates for police surgeries at the Green Lane Police office are 15th July 3pm-5pm 22nd July 3pm-5pm 13th Aug 6pm-8pm Come along and discuss any issues you may have that affect you, a Merton Council housing officer will also be here to answer any queries you may have. Feel free to contact us on 0208 649 3575, If we are not on duty leave a message or email us at MertonStHelier.snt@met.police.uk In an emergency dial 999 Regards Richard ANDERSON PS36VW and the team PCSO Barry TURNER PCSO Sharon REILLY PC Kate EGAN PCSO Nicholas SMITH PC Tim MANN