Agenda item

Burglary related offences are now declining. We had had a sharp increase in the number or reported offences over September, October and November, though they began to steadily decline towards the end of November.

The team are actively engaged in high visibility Burglary patrols as well as visiting known offenders on a regular basis.

We had three promises set by our ward panel, a group comprised of prominent members of the community such as our Councillors, as well as Mr Adam Turner, the panels chair who represents not only Forest Hill but also the whole of Lewisham as he is also a member of the SNB (Safer Neighbourhood's Board) and Mr Michael Abrahams who is also the Chair for the Forest Hill Society as well as others from residential groups, schools and neighbourhood watches, all representing the greater community.

The tasks set the team till January 12th by the ward panel members and action by us thus far are;

• ASB by motorists - Manor Mount and the town centre - These involve drivers contravening the no entry sign and scooters riding on the pavement in the town centre. A number of motorists have been reported for offences on Manor Mount and the manager of the fast food outlet on London Road has had all of his drivers sign a safe driving agreement.
• Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention - We have and will continue to conduct high visibility patrols in the areas identified through geographical profiling as well as conducting street briefings around this subject throughout the ward.
• Safety of School Children travelling to and from School (Fairlawn Primary on Honor Oak Road) following complaints of motorists verbally abusing the school crossing lady and failing to stop for children when on the zebra crossing. We have and will continue to attend Honor Oak Road in support of the school and it's staff and deal with offenders as necessary. 
• We have to date, delivered in excess of 650 Smart Water Forensic property marking Kits to residents in Forest Hill and along with our partner team on Downham are on track to delivering over 2000 kits to residents in our respective wards by April 2016. The kits, known as Met Trace forensic property marking kits are to be delivered to over 440,000 Londoners within the next three years and are self marking smart water kits that forensically link what ever item of property that is marked to the owners of that item. Currently, there is a 100% conviction rate for offenders prosecuted for offences involving items marked with these kits.

The ward panel sits again on the 12th when the above promises are reviewed and changed as necessary to deal with any issues brought to the panel members  attention at that time.

One final update regarding the street drinkers in Forest Hill town centre, a number of warnings were issued to individuals who were allegedly acting in an anti social manner. These individuals appear to have taken heed of this and stopped frequenting the town centre. One individual, who was repeatedly subject to such complaints is currently serving a period of imprisonment having been prosecuted and found guilty of other offences including drug related matters.