14 November 2017
Cray Meadows Ward Update
Thanks to PC Paul Sealy for the following update :
Dear Ward
Member,
This email is an irregular update which I will try to
make more of a regular thing. I'm sure part of the reason you signed up
to our ward mailing list was to be updated with what's happening on the
ward from a policing perspective, so this email is to try to address
that.
As I told you about on my last email, we thought the
problem had been solved on Footscray Meadows. After reporting one of the
main suspects in the offroad bike/moped ASB around the streets and on
the Meadows the calls to this type of ASB went to zero. There have in
the last couple of weeks or so been a few calls with similar problems.
The people who gave us the information have been spoken to and asked in
future that if possible, please get good descriptions of the bikes and
the riders and without putting yourself at risk getting a photograph or
video of the suspects. This was how I identified the last suspect. I
must emphasise that do not put yourself at any risk by taking
photographs but with visual evidence, we can build a picture and use
existing intelligence to identify these people and deal with them
appropriately.
We also told you previously via the
Neighbourhood Watch emails about the drugs warrant that we executed on
the ward where a large amount of cash and drugs, along with a legal gas
BB gun had been seized and the suspect arrested by PC Phil Clark. This
investigation is almost complete and the case will be submitted to the
CPS soon for a charging decision. We anticipate a good result from this
and I will update you when we know more.
There has been an
increase in burglary since around the beginning of October. Our
neighbouring ward, St Mary's has been particularly hit. Pro-active plain
clothes and uniformed patrols as well as tasked patrols by the night
duty response teams has been going on to identify and catch these
burglars. Burglary always increases at this time of year but thankfully
although there has been an increase on Cray Meadows, we haven't been hit
that bad. We continue to patrol as much of the ward as often as we can.
The week before last I came across a suspect running around
Sidcup Hill with knives in his hands. He was arrested by me at the time
and myself and PC Phil Clark dealt with him in custody and interviewed
him. He has been released under investigation and I will be doing the
investigation on this. Update will follow.
Myself, PC Phil
Clark and PCSO Pauline Cimen continue to patrol the ward and deal with
offences that are committed on the ward and passed to us for either
further investigation or reassurance.
Today (Sunday 12th) the
three of us cancelled our rest day to do traffic control for the
Rembrance Parade in Footscray.
The team now have a marked blue
light minibus which is utilised by all the South Cluster teams based at
Marlowe House. It is not used for general patrol, this is done on foot
and bus. You may well have seen us more around on foot over the last few
months. Now we don't have a dedicated vehicle all of our enquiries have
to be done on foot so it may not always be possible to come and see you
at a particular time if you need to see us. We will always call you to
arrange appointments where necessary but due to our patrol strategy now
this may not always be straight away. We do have use of the vehicle for
some tasks but the general patrol strategy is on foot patrol.
We will continue to patrol Footscray Meadows but anticipate the ASB
probably reducing during the winter months.
If you have any
issues you would like to discuss with us please feel free to email us.
Needless to say if your call is more urgent dial 101 or report crime at
www.met.police.uk and of course, in an emergency always dial 999.
I will update you soon on any other good news or issues that the team
feel that you would like to be aware of.
Regards,
PC 613 Paul Sealy
Cray Meadows
