You would have heard the saying or the phrase “the police are the public and the public are the police” Neighbourhood Policing is working with the communities, understanding communities, their concerns, and we are effectively listening to their concerns and finding long term solutions, to problem solve. I'm Sergeant Joynal Ahmed. You're watching On The Beat Waltham Forest Edition. Waltham Forest is very vibrant. It's a very diverse part of London, it’s very busy and there's always lots of activities, lots of things to do. So our BCU priorities, are buglaries and robberies, violence against women and girls. Violence and knife crimes and offender management. He is a violent harm appendix nominal, who has previously been investigated for robbery and has been violent to police. This is him. He's currently wanted. This month alone, There was no burglary at all. So the number of burglaries has decreased. I think we're going to go to, two addresses and offer video doorbell to two residents who have been, victims of burglary in the past. Buglary is an MPS priority. It's also one of our BCU priority. If you think about burglary as a crime, you know, it has a long lasting impact on victims of crime. It's essentially the offenders are invading, their privacy. So as a result, to combat that, we launched Operation Baldegg which is a video doorbell project where we're giving victims of crimes, in particular burglaries, a free doorbell, which we know helps, prevent and detect crime. And we know from early successes there's been a 30% reduction, through this project and hoping to see more. It's been quite nerve wracking. My husband works away a lot, so I'm here on my own quite a lot. So this is going to be really, really helpful. And the fact that they're also being offered to neighbours as well, I think it's great. Before the cameras, every month, every week we've had situations where 7 or 8 days in a row, in all honesty. So definitely the cameras keep us safe. It seems that, people are scared of the cameras, I'll do it. Thank you so much. Part of neighbourhood policing is all around providing long term strategy. Long term strategy in terms of problem solving. And, you know, we're working with partners very closely partners to see what intervention measures we can put in place to protect our communities, Nomad is a camera that we use. In this particular area, we've had antisocial behaviour, motor vehicle crimes and burglaries. And these were brought to our attention through, reporting from the community as well concerns raised at ward panel meetings. My team worked hard with, local partners. We managed to secure, what we call a Nomad camera, which we put up here. Favourite part of the borough is the fact that, it's very busy, it’s very diverse, very vibrant. You've got people from all walks of life. There's different faith groups, different communities. And the fact that we're able to work with those communities, build relationships, and provide long term solutions. For Wood Street this is Troubridge Square. It’s the focal point, it’s where everything pretty much happens. We’ve got business premises, cafes, bars, a few restaurants as well. I've been in there for 20 years. Where, here? Yeah. When I started here in the beginning, people were scared to stand near the bus stop in the night time. And now? Now it's good. That’s really reasuring to hear. It gives me confidence that, you know, you have trust in the police, Thank you very much right? Take care. We've got initiatives in place where the public can come out with us, on ride along schemes. We do a a number of public meetings. We do Ward Forums, Ward Panel meetings. So we invite residents to come in where they can discuss concerns. They can see the amount of work that we're putting in, not just with ourselves, but with local partners and other key stakeholders to help resolve issues and local concerns. CO-OP is one of the, hotspot area, which is concerned in terms of shoplifting. We had members of the public coming together, giving us feedback, expressing their concerns. And we managed to get security in place. How's things anyway? It’s all right. Yeah. Calmed down? Have you seen a reduction is what I’m trying to say. Yeah, yeah yeah plenty of reduction. And it's a deterrent? Yeah. We're here, another part of Wood Street. About six weeks ago, there was a stabbing here involving two young boys, where machetes were used. Thankfully, it didn't result in any sort of fatality. However, my team were out here the very next day supporting the local investigation. And where my officers are local, they have local knowledge. They were able to assist in identifying number of suspects who could potentially be involved in that crime. So we’re here outside, at an address in Lea Bridge Road. This premises was used as a brothel. Where a number of vulnerable women where being exploited for sex work. We had a spate of criminal damage, which we believe the people that were responsible for those crimes, were rival gang members. So we had a number of insidents where red paint was scattered all across the floor, on the ground, on business premises, and it spread into adjacent neighbouring properties. Working with the Council, we were able to obtain a closure order. And as a result of that, this premises is now closed down. And my officers routinely check, to make sure there is nobody inside this property. We've had a bit of problem around. We already told the police that there was... after red paint we realized. And then we let the police know. And then they came. They responded quite well. they done the cleaning. They took action quite quick as well. And the Council as well, they came, they spoke to us, got our views, not just ours, next door neighbours and the other ones. It was really important to work with Wood Street local SNT (Safer Neighbourhoods Team) because they are a wealth of knowledge. And to be honest, a lot of the information which we as Council wouldn’t normally get, or wouldn’t normally be reported to us, some people may feel more confident reporting to the police. VAWG-related issues is very important. For us, we’ve got a duty of care to to look after these individuals, safeguard them. And those who are exploiting these individuals, we need to be out there apprehending them, and we have done. We've had a call about 20 minutes ago. From Morrisons, stating that a male, someone that they know has come to the store, and has stolen a number of chocolates and biscuits and walked out the store. They've given a description of him wearing dark clothing, as we've come down, My PCSOs have spotted this individual, my officers have come out of the van. I've arrested him for handling stolen goods. The other individual has been arrested for theft, shoplifting, and is also wanted missing times three for various offences across the BCU. We will go back to Morrisons, We’ll obtain statements, CCTV, collect all the initial evidence. These two individuals be taken into custody and then we'll process them. And at some point they will be interviewed about this matter. And a decision will be made afterwards. I don’t care, I don’t care. Now you’ve calmed down, listen to me, what we’re going to do, I need to caution you okay? You do not have to say anything, But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.