Roadsafe London

http://www.met.police.uk/roadsafelondon/

"Roadsafe London is an information and Intelligence gathering tool. It is the Metropolitan Police response to requests to provide a means for members of the public to advise us about criminal, nuisance and anti-social behaviour on the roads of London. It is part of the Road Crime Intelligence Unit and staffed by experienced traffic officers.
We want to know about people who; -

• Drive under the influence of drink or drugs
• Drive with no insurance
• Drive without a licence or whilst disqualified from driving
• Speed
• Use an un-roadworthy vehicle

We also want to know about:-

• Locations where there is a problem with anti-social driving e.g. vehicles racing on public roads."

Police Consultation - Have Your Say on Policing in London

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) is consulting on London's policing priorities. We are interested in your opinion.
Please take part in a short questionnaire to tell us your views. To complete a questionnaire click on www.mpa.gov.uk/publications/policingplans/haveyoursay/ or call 020 7202 0063, leave your name and address and we will send you a paper copy.

If you require a telephone questionnaire please call 020 7202 0063, leave your name and telephone number and somebody will call you back.

We look forward to hearing your views on policing in London.

Met Forward is the MPA's strategic plan to make sure the Met will:
• fight crime and reduce criminality
• increase public confidence in policing
• achieve better value for money
To find out more go to www.mpa.gov.uk/publications/metforward/

B&D Cycle Training

The benchmarking day was a good opportunity to hear about what Cycle Training manager Craig Elliott is doing. A true partnership worker, Craig has made strides in involving the police in cycle training. The police receive the the special police-specific cycle training, but they also receive standard adult cycle training and train as trainers of others. They have to engage with the community anyway (quite rightly) and this means they go into schools, but what better thing to do whilst they're there than train kids to ride bikes properly? It "ticks all the boxes" as Craig likes to put it. And it saves £.

Police on bikes

The Police on bikes revolution continues apace. The Barking & Dagenham Post of 25 April had two items:

The first says how members of the London Riverside Business Improvement District have donated £4000 for the Rainham & Wennington Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) to buy seven mountain bikes - and the Rainham shopkeepers association chipped in £900. [I assume this is in the Barking & Dagenham Post as Dagenham will soon be part of a parliamentary constituency with parts of LB Havering].

The Reede Road Tenants and Residents' Association bought four new £300 maountain bikes from Dagenham Halfords for the Alibon & Eastbrook SNT. The Sergeant in charge is quoted as saying "we were desperate for more bikes".

www.stibasa.org.uk has several articles along similar lines, written since the police cottoned on how effective bikes can be in their work.