Agenda item

Police Safer Neighbourhoods Teams.

PC Hill, Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT), had recently moved to the area after serving as an officer in Kent and Essex. He summarised recent police activities.

Officers had been focusing on street crime and robberies in the Camberwell Green area. Dangerous cycling that caused accidents was also being targeted by the SNT.

Operation Bumblebee was aimed at tackling burglaries across London as a whole.

Since August, the Camberwell Safer Neighbourhoods Team had made 19 arrests on a range of offences including knife and drug dealing.

One shop in Southampton Way had been served with a warrant. Drugs and money had been recovered and four individuals were currently on bail for related offences.

In response to questions, PC Hill made the following points:

• There was a scam across London involving locksmith stickers attached to entrance doors to signal that flats / estates were “ready for burglary”. Officers would follow this up with residents and discuss with colleagues across London affected by the issue.

The chair asked that someone from the police attend the next community council in February 2014 to reassure local people regarding the accuracy of crime statistics. There had been some recent media focus on the issue.