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Item added 4th Feb 2012
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Reports 2nd February 2012:

Here are the crime briefings for this week for our area.

Message from Steve Selby,
Community Safety Division, Wandsworth Council:

Police officers and PCSO’s from Battersea Safer Neighbourhood & Safer Transport Teams joined forces with The UK Border Agency, Wandsworth Trading Standards and Waste Management enforcement officers on 26th January in a joint operation to target those involved in the theft of, or handling of stolen scrap metal.

Fifty vans and commercial vehicles were stopped and searched in the three hour operation in Balham Hill, SW12. Three arrests were made for immigration offences and fines were issued for traffic infringements.

Waste Management officers issued five ‘Duty of Care’ notice’s under the Environmental Protection Act. These notices require the driver to give the Council proof of how they have disposed of their waste. Failure to comply will incur a £300 fine.

Scrap metal dealerships were also visited to check that they were complying with regulations.

Railways, hospitals, places of worship & war memorials are among the places being targeted by metal thieves, who also risk public safety by stealing items such as dry risers and sewer covers.

Click to get the 2nd Feb crime report (66k)

Item added 29th Jan 2012
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Reports 19th & 26th January 2012:

Here are the crime briefings for this week for our area.

Message from Steve Selby,
Community Safety Division, Wandsworth Council:

Wanted by Wandsworth Police
The pictured man, Charles MYTON is wanted in connection with the production and supply of controlled drugs in Wandsworth. Anyone with any information as to the whereabouts of Charles MYTON should contact Wandsworth CID on 0208 247 8489 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Leisure centre thefts
On Thursday 12th January 2012, officers from Tooting Safer Neighbourhoods Team arrested a 20 year old man after launching an investigation into a number of locker thefts at Tooting Leisure Centre.

Members of public had reported to police that whilst they were using the facilities at the Leisure Centre somebody had managed to break into the lockers where their possessions were stored and steal personal items, which included mobile telephones, bags and cash.

Officers from Tooting Safer Neighbourhoods Team began an investigation into the thefts and researched similar incidents reported at other Leisure Centres throughout Wandsworth over a number of months.

Having identified a suspect, officers attended an address in Woodford Green in Essex and arrested a 20 year old male.

Upon interviewing the man he subsequently admitted to posing as a member of staff to commit twenty four burglaries at various Wandsworth Leisure centres over a period of several months, including centres at Tooting, Balham, Putney and Latchmere.

Click to get the 19th Jan crime report (63k)

Click to get the 26th Jan crime report (65k)

Item added 15th Jan 2012
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Reports 12th January 2012:

Here are the crime briefings for this week for our area and the latest London Neighbourhood Watch Association Newsletter.

Click to get the 12th Jan crime report (54k)

Click to get the LNHWA Newsletter (22k)

Item added 7th Jan 2012
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Reports 5th January 2012:

Here are the crime briefings for this week for our area.

Message from Steve Selby,
Community Safety Division, Wandsworth Council:

Please be aware that there have been several thefts of plants in pots from front gardens over the last few weeks. If you have any particularly valuable items you might like to consider anchoring them down or chaining them to an immovable object.

Click to get the 5th Jan crime report (60k)

Item added 3rd Jan 2012
FROM EMAIL FROM WANDSWORTH COUNCIL:
Tooting & Balham Crime Reports 22nd December 2011:

Happy New Year! Here are the crime briefings for this week and last week for our area.

Click to get the 30th December crime report (54k)

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