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The Ravensbury Team in partnership with Ward Panel members have agreed on the following Ward priorities: • Anti Social behaviour in general • Anti Social behaviour by motorists • School Truancy Anti Social Behaviour in general Ravensbury Safer Neighbourhood Team is continuing to proactively patrol the Ward including high visibility patrols in Morden Town Centre. A recent survey of shop owners highlighted an area of concern was from youths who tend to congregate in the town centre. This is an issue which we are dealing with proactively resulting in one youth being arrested for criminal damage to a shop window and receiving a reprimand at Wimbledon Police Station on Tuesday 12th January 2010. We will continue to monitor individuals conduct and take positive action against offenders. Anti Social Behaviour by motorists Ravensbury Safer Neighbourhood Team is continuing to deal proactively with offending motorists and issue fixed penalty notices to drivers. Each offender can expect to receive three penalty points on their driving licence as well as a sixty pound penalty fine. School Truancy Ravensbury Safer Neighbourhood Team is undertaking truancy patrols during the coming months. The team have previously been involved in Pan London Truancy operations which proved to be extremely successful. We are clearly intent on building on this success and addressing this issue. Burglary Please be aware of preventative measures to help safeguard your property from potential burglars by visiting the following site www.metbumblebee.org Particular attention needs to be directed towards garden sheds which can be vulnerable. These should be left locked and secured and valuable items not left on display near to shed windows i.e. power tools, bicycles. It is also sensible to consider what items are stored away from the security of your house in either your shed or garage. If you require any information regarding crime prevention advice or property marking schemes or indeed Neighbourhood Watch Schemes in your area please contact the team who will personally visit you at your home address. Vehicle Crime in Merton In order to reduce vehicle crime, Merton Borough Police in conjunction with Safer Merton have launched the initiative 'Drive Out Vehicle Crime.' Over the forthcoming months additional crime prevention initiatives will be undertaken including property marking of items used in your car including Satellite Navigation systems. If you would like further assistance with this scheme please feel free to contact the team directly so that we can arrange a suitable time to attend your home and assist with any queries or property marking. Alternatively please feel free to attend any of our Drop-in Surgeries where an officer will be able to assist you further. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you to take the following preventative measures: • Ensure cars are locked – this might seem simple but a high percentage of cars are left unlocked in Merton. • Don’t leave anything on view – you may know your jacket or handbag is empty but an opportunist thief does not. • Take your Satellite Navigation system out of your vehicle and clean the suction marks off the windscreen – thieves may break into your vehicle to check the glove box. Vulnerable Vehicle Scheme Ravensbury Team currently operate ‘The Vulnerable Vehicle Scheme’ which is aimed at reducing the amount of vehicles that are broken into, thereby reducing vehicle crime. Unfortunately some drivers leave their property, often of value, on display making them easy targets for opportunists. During the course of daily patrols we keep an eye out for vulnerable vehicles, which are vehicles that have property on show or where windows and doors have been left open. Items that are often left on display include compact discs, mobile phones, MP3 players, laptops, handbags and wallets and Satellite Navigation systems. Care should also be taken to remove suction marks from the windscreen which can again be a give away that you have a Satellite Navigation system in your car. When we come across a vulnerable vehicle we make a note of its registration, the make and model of the vehicle, where it was parked and why we consider it to be at risk. We then write to the registered keeper informing them why it was considered to be at risk. The letter acts as a reminder to the owner to be more safety conscious in the future and will hopefully significantly reduce opportunist crime in the area The next Drop-in Surgery will be held on Wednesday 27/01/2010 between 1900-2100 hrs at the Watermeads. For the full list of future Drop-in surgeries please follow the attached link. www.met.police.uk/teams/merton/ravensbury/index.php If you would like to pose any questions, share information or have any concerns or issues please feel free to contact us: Tel 0208 721 2725 E mail address: Ravensbury.SNT@met.police.uk