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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.
Tag Archives: SNT
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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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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Posted in Community Safety, Shaftesbury
Also tagged crime mapping, police, safer neighbourhood team
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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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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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Cracking down on kerb-crawlers
Round about now seventeen men should be up at South West Magistrates court for kerb-crawling (and other offences). They were all arrested as part of an operation, jointly funded by Wandsworth Council, undertaken last month on Bedford Hill. I was invited along on one of the nights to see it in action. The plan was
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Congratulations to East Putney
The council and police won the Metropolitan Police’s snappily titled Problem Oriented Partnership Award last night for their work talking problems in Strathan Close, Putney. A great example of how effective targeted work can be in solving, rather than just moving a problem, the area has seen reports of anti-social behaviour drop from one per
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Roehampton: SNT of the year
Last night I went to the awarding of the Safer Neighbourhood Team of the year award. I was a member of the judging panel and have to say it was a hard choice, with Roehampton just pipping Fairfield to the title. Building on their special award at last year’s Enterprising Roehampton awards. Both teams received
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Weekly wrap-up, 11 December
Although I usually use this last post of the week to witter on about the past week I’m going start off with an event two weeks ago. Battersea Police Ball I can’t believe I forgot to mention this last week, but on Saturday 28 November I attended, along with about 1,500 other people, the Battersea
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Posted in Community Safety, Politics, Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Asda, Battersea Park, charity, Council, Fire Brigade, JCP, Jobcentre Plus, Mayor, police, Police Ball, WESP
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Weekly wrap-up, 27 November
Campaigning I’m not sure why but it seems like campaigning seems to be taking up more and more time, although looking through the diary we’ve been keeping up a fairly stiff pace through the summer months. It is perhaps the onset of darker and considerably colder nights makes an evening on the doorstep seem a
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Posted in Community Safety, Politics, Regeneration, Shaftesbury, Weekly report
Also tagged ASB, Awards, campaigning, Community Safety Division, elections, housing, Martin Linton, Sara Apps, Stratford, Westfield
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Shaftesbury SNT drop-in clinic
The Shaftesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team are holding a drop-in clinic tomorrow (Friday 27 November), between 12 noon and 4pm in the old Peabody Offices on Eversleigh Road. They will be there to discuss any policing, crime or anti-social behaviour issues you may have. If you can’t get along their contact details are available on the
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