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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Category Archives: Community Safety
Neighbourhood Watch and Big Society
A bit of lazy blogging. But going through various bits and pieces from last week it occurred to me that I didn’t post my speech from the Neighbourhood Watch conference I referred to in Tweeting not twitching in Wandsworth. I don’t often write speeches – which probably shows through in my performances in the council
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Tagged big society, conference, crime, Neighbourhood Watch, resilience
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Tweeting not twitching in Wandsworth
It’s received precious little coverage but we are coming towards the end of Neighbourhood Watch week. Most of the coverage there has been seems to have centred on the “tweeting not twitching” soundbite (probably more because of the reference to Twitter than Neighbourhood Watch), indeed, if you are listening to the radio this afternoon you
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Tagged Council, crime, innovation, Neighbourhood Watch
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Balance Your Bobbies
North Wales are running a ‘Balance Your Bobbies’ website for well-over a year, so I’m disappointed I only found out about it last week, because it looks like a really interesting site. It’s similar to the ‘You Choose’ budget simulator that several councils are using to involve residents in budget decisions, but instead asks people
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Tagged police, priorities, SNT
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SNT ward meeting
AMENDMENT: I was trying to be informative, but I was misinformed (or possibly just incompetent)! The meeting is tonight at 7pm, but at the Devas Club on Stormont Road, although I don’t have a nice image of that. The Shaftesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team hold their regular public meeting this evening. Starting at 7pm in Battersea
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Also posted in Shaftesbury
Tagged crime mapping, police, safer neighbourhood team, SNT
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SNT of the year
Congratulations to Northcote Safer Neighbourhood Team who picked up their SNT of the Year award from the Mayor of Wandsworth last night. While there was some stiff competition, their nomination was impressive for showing a wide range of engagement with not just local residents but also local businesses and schools. I know how big a
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Tagged award, police, SNT
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Crime mapping returns!
After all the fuss about my old crime maps and the crime briefing the council would send out to Neighbourhood Watch coordinators the government are the ones to ride in and save the day with their new crime mapping system. You can read about the sad history of my crime maps in a post I
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Tagged confidence, crime mapping, police
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Your thoughts on making Wandsworth safer
We’re currently going through our annual process of reassessing our community safety priorities, and as part of that consulting on what they should be and any issues you might have. Rather than re-write, the council’s text, and details of how you can take part, are below: HELP MAKE WANDSWORTH A SAFER PLACE Each year the
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Tagged consultation, crime, police
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National Identity Fraud Week
Next week (from 18-24 October) is National Identity Fraud week. Wandsworth traditionally is one of the worst places in the country for identity theft, despite the problem gaining more and more exposure. It only takes a few carelessly discarded items for your identity to be stolen, and it’s worth taking a few moments to make
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Tagged crime, fraud, ID, prevention
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Lambeth police to buck the trend?
Lambeth police, never worried about doing things differently, seem to be bucking the usual pattern that policing follows. An article in the Streatham Guardian details their plans to move more police into neighbourhood policing. Traditionally the police have had a cyclical approach to policing alternating between a response and a neighbourhood focus. To give a
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Domestic violence
I went along to the ‘launch’ of the Wandsworth Domestic Violence Strategy and Action Plan this morning. I was down as the closing speaker, and while I had been given a few notes by officers to guide me I ended up ignoring them. The session was thought-provoking, challenging and inspirational in equal measure – and
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