Hello,
My name is Matt and no matter what
the government says, crime is on the rise.
Barnet Borough covers an area of 33.8 square
miles and is split into 21 wards.
At the 2001
census it had a population of 314,564 If you want to get in touch
with the Barnet Borough
Watch you will have to travel to Colindale.
I don't know about you but to me Barnet is the town we live
in and we should have more control in
fighting crime in our area rather than relying on a police station that has enough
problems keeping
law and order in the near- by Grahame Park. That is not our problem and we want
to feel safe on
OUR streets. We can do something about it for ourselves.
Since a meeting of "Safer Neighbourhoods" held at QE Girls school, where
over 400 members of the
public met the local police officers who would be looking after the people of
High Barnet, the progress
by the local police up at Barnet Hill has been a revelation.
Local residents are forming neighbourhood watches with a new vigour as they see
that at last they
might have the real support of the local police. With the wisdom of Barnet council
in moving the main
police force to Colindale it has been a nightmare for the residents of the town
of Barnet while they
wait for a response from somewhere miles away. With
the help and commitment of the Safer
Neighbourhood Teams things are changing and there is a feeling among residents
that the police
presence of these officers is vital to keep crime off our streets.
To be honest I am like most people who are my neighbours who do not get involved
and really have
no idea how to form one. I hope within time to have a link to someone in your
area who will be able to help.
As I find out more I will let you know and it would be nice if through BARNET4U
we can get together and
find out more about how we can combat crime. Lets
first look at THE SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAMS.
SAFER
NEIGHBOURHOOD
COMMUNITY POLICING |
What is
community policing?
The people who live and work in Barnet want their police officers to be familiar,
visible and accessible. The Safer
Neighbourhood teams provide a highly visible presence, always patrolling in
uniform, nearly always on foot patrol.
The teams are ring fenced from any abstractions to ensure they build up and
maintain local familiarity and confidence.
The public are provided a list of contact numbers and e-mail addresses so they
can contact their local teams.
What is a Safer Neighbourhood Team?
What do the Safer Neighbourhoods Teams do?
The teams focus on the key issues as highlighted by the people who live and
work in each ward. There is a yearly
consultation and engagement process to identify a number of local priorities.
Once identified the teams work in
partnership with residents, businesses, key opinion former and our partners
such as the council and LFB to tackle
these key issues. The issues highlighted are street crime and burglary. They
tend to be local quality-of- life crimes
such as vandalism and anti-social behaviour issues such
How can the public participate?
Members of the public are actively asked to engage with the teams. Each ward
will have a Community action panel (CAP).
This will be made up of ordinary members of the public who use and live within
the ward. They will set the priorities for
each Team. The public can attend a variety of meetings, action panels, Neighbourhood
watches and business watches.
They can become Part of the Key individual network (KIN); these are key opinion
formers who are used as a Barometer
as to whether the teams are being effective with their priorities
We will be covering the three
wards that affect us, High Barnet, Underhill and East Barnet. These are you contacts
for
each area. Click on your local bobby to take you to your area
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Your Safer Neighbourhood Team
If you want advice or wish to discuss community issues relating to HIGH
BARNET WARD then please speak to your Safer Neighbourhood Team on:
0208 733 5032 (office phone)
or 07887 633 343 (mobile)
Email Address: HighBarnet.SNT@met.police.uk
Police Sergeant 57sx Graham Gambrill
Telephone: 0208 8733 5057
(E-mail: graham.gambrill@met.police.uk)
PC 451 SX Karen Lawson
PC 577SX Mat Beuken
PCSO 7120SX Melanie Mathura
PCSO 7132SX Priscilla Poonisamy
PCSO 7144SX Amanda Wapshott
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Your Safer Neighbourhood Team
If you want advice or wish to discuss community issues relating to UNDERHILL
WARD then please speak to your Safer Neighbourhood Team on:
07920 233748, this phone
will be answered by your officers when we are on duty. At all other times
it will go through to the office answer phone. You can also leave a message
any time in our office on 020 8733 5069, Fax us on 020 8733 5083 or e-mail
on underhill.snt@met.police.uk
Email Address: Underhill.SNT@met.police.ukPS
79SX Karen Dunn
PC 426SX Andy Wigley
PCSO 7155SX Kim Morrissey
PCSO 7165SX Katie Davies
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Your Safer Neighbourhood Team
If you want advice or wish to discuss community issues relating to EAST
BARNET BARNET WARD then please speak to your Safer Neighbourhood Team
on: Tel: 07747 791192
PS
Michael Matthewson
PC Sarah Wigley
PC Sheila Turney
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For more details
about SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS go to http://www.met.police.uk/saferneighbourhoods
You can find out about how your neighbours are fighting crime by clicking here
If you have a neighbourhood watch you can add it to this page
What about bringing
back the"Window Twitchers"?
You don't have to be nosey to look out for crime and if you look out for your
neighbour your neighbour will
look out for you.
If you have to go to the bathroom during the night have a look out the window
to see if your street is clear.
If you see someone you don't know in a neighbours garden you can ask them what
they are doing there and
explain that we all look out for each other.
Unfortunately you
are not allowed to protect your self with a weapon but that does not stop you
from taking
up a sport such as baseball, golf, boxing or a few lessons with a kung foo expert!!!!!!
If enough of
us get together we can get the scum off our streets and let them know that WE
HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
One thing that
people can do is report any incident. After a resident of Leicester Road had his
car broken into he
found,by relating the story, that there are quite a few people in this district
who have had a crime committed against
them but did not report it to the police as they seemed to think that it is a
waste of time.
This barrier between the police and the public was not helped by the closure of
Barnet police station
(WATCH THIS SPACE) and there is definitely a breakdown in communication between
the police and the public.
The police want to do something about it and if you are one of those who never
report a crime you have no
complaints if the criminal is never caught.
In the coming weeks we hope to build this page into a channel that both the police
and you can use to fight the
cowards and thieves who break into your car or home and have no respect or regard
for your loss.
There used to be a time when neighbours would look after each other. Those days
are still here if you make the
effort to care about those around you. If you watch their back and they watch
yours. Perhaps someone can give
the police vital information that will take the low life thief off the streets.
You will be able to air your views and receive updated information from the police.
Crime should not be allowed to win.
Each of us could do something about beating it if we stopped the "its nothing
to do with me" attitude and become part
of a community that is willing to stand up and fight any crime that affects those
that we live and work with.
With BARNET4U being non political
we can praise our council or complain. One of the biggest complaints we hear from
the locals is that Barnet, (the town NOT the borough), is not getting enough local
support to fight crime.
There is a Community and Police Consultative Group that meets quarterly at Hendon
Town Hall. This comprises of all
sections and representatives of groups from across the Borough but no one down
our street has ever been, or knows
anything about it.
More importantly most of the organisations set up to fight crime in Barnet are
based at Colindale,which is one of the
reasons that those of us who live and work in the town of Barnet have to wait
for any response to a crime.
But "who
cares?"
We should.
To have only one main police
station in the borough is ridiculous.
Not so long ago we had police stations in Barnet, Whetstone and Finchley, but
as the population rises someone
up there decides to close them down as a fully functional service. We want your
stories and views.
A local old peoples home was robbed and the pensioners not only lost their possessions
but also their respect for
the police. They were told that no one could come out that night to see them as
there was trouble in somewhere like
Burnt Oak or Grahame park,which should not affect those of us at this end of the
borough, especially the old.
There are many stories like this and we want to hear yours.
If you ask any Police officer their view they are usually sympathetic but unable
to do anything about it.
YOU CAN!
Lets help the police and get the help from them that they want to give. Report
a crime and don't let the criminal get
away with it. MORE TO COME AS IT HAPPENS.........