On February 11, the joint engagement team and Woolwich town centre team set up a crime prevention stand and bike marking event at Royal Arsenal Market, marking 68 bikes. To get your bike marked, keep an eye out for future events in your area on social media or through local mailing lists.
On February 13, the Bexley response team arrested a male involved in a road traffic accident, who was found to have stolen the vehicle and was arrested for multiple offences.
On February 15, the Sidcup Safer Neighbourhood team ran a successful Catalytic converter marking event, checking over 200 cars and fitting 50 with kits, and will run another event at Tesco's in Sidcup.
On February 14, the Charlton Safer Neighbourhood team conducted a successful weapon sweep, finding and destroying three knives.
Local Bexley officers from Safer Neighbourhood teams will be visiting each resident on the wards by doing a street a week, and on February 10, Lewisham officers responded quickly to a report of an attempted burglary and found the suspect to be wanted for another attempted burglary committed one month earlier.
Source: SE Met Police (16 Feb 2023)
