April 2016
Bank Safe
dates
Havering Safer Transport Team
is running crime prevention advice sessions about banking online safely on:
Thursday
14 April, noon - 2pm at Santander Bank, Romford
Friday 15
April, 12.30pm - 2.30pm at Halifax Bank, Romford
Tuesday
19 April, 10am - noon at Halifax Bank, Hornchurch .
Thursday
21 April, 10am - noon at Nationwide Bank
Romford
Monday 25
April, noon – 2pm at Barclays Bank Hornchurch
Wednesday
27 April, 10am - noon at Barclays Bank,
Upminster
Click
here for more information.
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Sign
up to
be a DVA Champion
Two
training courses are being run this year to train Domestic Violence and Abuse
(DVA) Champions.
The
full-day courses are delivered by Havering Women’s Aid at Havering
Town Hall on;
- Friday
20 May
- Monday
31 October
DVA
Champions will be:
- The DVA contact for your organisation
- Able to identify victims of DVA and refer them to local resources
and support.
- The link between your organisation and other Champions.
- Able to attend DVA networking meetings, allowing you to meet other
Champions from other professions and share your knowledge and best practices.
- Up to date on DVA issues, allowing you to cascade these to your
colleagues.
Book
your place here.
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Crack down on ASB
A
three-month closure notice has been served on an address in Collier Row Road,
Collier Row as part of Havering Police's crackdown on Anti-Social Behaviour
(ASB) in the area.
Romford retailer's under-age sale
costs him £619
On Friday 18 March 2016 at Barkingside
Magistrates Court, Mr Janak Patel was ordered to pay a total of £619 for
selling alcohol to a 15-year-old female volunteer.
Mr Patel, who was the premises license holder
and Designated Premises Supervisor at Mcintosh News, 19 Mcintosh
Road, Romford, RM1 4JU, pleaded guilty to the offence under section 146 of
the Licensing Act 2003 for an underage sale of alcohol to a minor.
He was fined £290 for the offence, ordered to
pay £300 costs and a victim surcharge of £29, a total of £619.
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Fouling park costs dog walker £548
On
Friday 1 April 2016 at Barkingside Magistrates Court, Michelle Nash, age 40, of
Carlisle Road, Romford, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a Dog Control
Order by allowing a dog to foul in Hornchurch Country Park.
Ms Nash is a professional dog walker and
owns a business called The Only Way is Dogs. In March 2015 she was issued with an £80 Fixed
Penalty Notice for a similar offence.
Magistrates ordered her to pay a £330 fine, £185
in costs and a £33 victim surcharge, a total of £548.
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 Catching criminals
Crimestoppers is a confidential
way of providing information about known or suspected criminal activity.
When you pass anonymous
information to Crimestoppers, you're making a real difference in your community.
You can give information
on 0800 555 111 or through the Online
Form - both of these routes are completely anonymous and available
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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 How special can you be?
There are more than 70 members of the Special Constabulary based in Havering and the Metropolitan Police is looking to recruit more.
Find out what being a Special Constable means here.
Pictured: Two members of Havering Special Constabulary on cycle patrol.
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 Street Watch to launch soon in Harold Hill
Plans are in place to launch a Street Watch group in Heaton Ward, and then expand it to cover Harold Hill.
Street Watch is about walking in your local area as a good
citizen and to help take responsibility for your local areas. It also helps tackle
the low level issues that impact most on the communities that we live in and to
help improve on the quality of life.
Street Watch members are ordinary citizens with NO police
powers. If a member sees anything suspicious all they are asked to do is report
it to the police. They can also give active support to the community by
providing reassurance and visible presence to reduce crime and anti-social
behaviour.
If you are interested in joining this new Street Watch group or want more details email PC Sian Lipyeat.
Working
together
Members
of Squirrels Heath Safer Neighbourhoods Team have been running crime prevention
advice sessions with Havering Council’s Housing Services Community Wardens.
Stop thieves using
your mobile
Register your phone, free of charge, at Immobilise
to beat the thieves.
Immobilise:
- helps Police identify the owners of recovered property
thousands of times everyday
- means property updates you make are immediately available to
the Police nationally
- combats the sale of stolen gadgets & valuables; alert
the second-hand trade and publicly checkable stolen goods database, CheckMEND,
if an item goes missing
- simplifies insurance claims and Police reports with
certificates of ownership.
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Secure your cycle
Cycles are expensive to replace, some simple steps can make them secure.
PCSO Jackie Whitelock, from Havering Police Safer Transport Team, said: "The easiest way to join the Bike Register
is by coming to a Mark it in the Market event on the first Saturday of each month, near Cycles UK in Romford Market."
The next Mark it in the Market is on Saturday 7 May.
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 Meet the SNT
Each area in Havering has its own Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) which holds meeting for residents. Some of the meetings are drop-in events where residents can
chat on a one-to-one basis, while other meetings are for residents of specific
streets.
Find
details of your local SNT and planned meetings here.
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Previous issues
Previous issues of
On the Beat can
be viewed here.
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