Comments - New police sergeant in Bowes ward - Bowes and Bounds Connected2024-03-29T00:03:19Zhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6278630%3ABlogPost%3A82703&xn_auth=noAccording to the current info…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-14:6278630:Comment:922172015-03-14T16:49:30.005ZDonald Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DonaldSmith
<p>According to the current information published on BOWES LABOUR</p>
<p><b><span>The next CAPE (Community Action Partnership for Enfield) meeting for BOWES WARD will be </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Wednesday morning 18th March at 1130hrs ie immediately PRIOR to the Scrutiny meeting</span></b></p>
<p>According to the current information published on BOWES LABOUR</p>
<p><b><span>The next CAPE (Community Action Partnership for Enfield) meeting for BOWES WARD will be </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Wednesday morning 18th March at 1130hrs ie immediately PRIOR to the Scrutiny meeting</span></b></p> Put the Crime Scrutiny Meet…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-14:6278630:Comment:921322015-03-14T14:17:18.739ZDonald Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DonaldSmith
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=666&MId=9156" target="_blank">Put the Crime Scrutiny Meeting on 18th March in your diary at 7pm</a> , click for agenda…</p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=666&MId=9156" target="_blank">Put the Crime Scrutiny Meeting on 18th March in your diary at 7pm</a> , click for agenda</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589262?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589413?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174589413?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/documents/s50513/draft%20SNB%20ABL.pdf" target="_blank">CLICK HERE for the Safer Neighbourhood Board Report</a></p> I met with Joanne McCartney C…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-09:6278630:Comment:914952015-03-09T12:11:48.016ZDonald Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DonaldSmith
<p>I met with Joanne McCartney Chair of MOPAC at the London Assembly on Saturday 7th March at an Open meeting of Southgate District Civic Trust to receive a presentation on the work of the London Assembly. Members assembled were informed that Neighbourhood policing had been reduced to an average of 2 "bobbies" per ward and that the number of uniformed officers were liable to be cut further as a result of proposed budget cuts by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer. In considering your…</p>
<p>I met with Joanne McCartney Chair of MOPAC at the London Assembly on Saturday 7th March at an Open meeting of Southgate District Civic Trust to receive a presentation on the work of the London Assembly. Members assembled were informed that Neighbourhood policing had been reduced to an average of 2 "bobbies" per ward and that the number of uniformed officers were liable to be cut further as a result of proposed budget cuts by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer. In considering your response consider how much of the work of Enfield Borough is directed to matters other than crime. See the <a href="http://www.college.police.uk/Documents/Demand_Report_21_1_15.pdf" target="_blank">report from the College of Policing</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>Be aware that Police and Crime Commissioner of Bedfordsdhire has arranged a poll asking residents for authority to levy a supplementary council tax charge</p> Sorry but it's wrong to accus…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-08:6278630:Comment:917342015-03-08T20:04:57.096ZAlan Sitkinhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin
<p>Sorry but it's wrong to accuse anyone of being complacent about the crime on Green Lanes. The fact that it continues does not mean that the Met or the Council have taken their eye off the ball. It's also wrong to be so aggressive because I recall the problems we constantly face in getting evidence allowing us to prosecute to the level we want to. Please don't call the Met Keystone Kops - our bobbies have a tough job trying to bust the baddies, who it should be remembered are always doing…</p>
<p>Sorry but it's wrong to accuse anyone of being complacent about the crime on Green Lanes. The fact that it continues does not mean that the Met or the Council have taken their eye off the ball. It's also wrong to be so aggressive because I recall the problems we constantly face in getting evidence allowing us to prosecute to the level we want to. Please don't call the Met Keystone Kops - our bobbies have a tough job trying to bust the baddies, who it should be remembered are always doing what they can to not be caught. Lastly, rather than gratuitious and fairly nasty insults, why don't you come to our ward forum next Thursday 7.30pm at TAB Church to offer constructive ideas? To repeat something that really shouldn't be forgotten, John, we are on the same side. Let's save our anger for the perpetrators of crime.</p> I'm not retracting a word.
My…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-08:6278630:Comment:916392015-03-08T13:35:34.600ZJohn Mellorhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/JohnMellor
<p>I'm not retracting a word.</p>
<p>My comments about <em>"failure and inaction"</em> are confirmed by your contribution. You say both the council and the Police are aware of the issues - yet here we are almost half a year after your local paper front page claiming to "Beat The Baddies" (see below) and the creeps are still on the street.</p>
<p>Your pompous, blustering and defensive reply (Habeus Corpus? come on) suggests you have sent officials to Green Lanes - and police have attended (but…</p>
<p>I'm not retracting a word.</p>
<p>My comments about <em>"failure and inaction"</em> are confirmed by your contribution. You say both the council and the Police are aware of the issues - yet here we are almost half a year after your local paper front page claiming to "Beat The Baddies" (see below) and the creeps are still on the street.</p>
<p>Your pompous, blustering and defensive reply (Habeus Corpus? come on) suggests you have sent officials to Green Lanes - and police have attended (but the criminals run away! Seriously? Was it the Keystone Kops?) Yet for the last three nights in plain sight people have been congregating outside Nos 89 and 111 smoking cannabis, spitting street drinking and abusing passers-by. A call to Police 101 number indicates a follow-up in 48hrs , by which time the anti-social weirdos are long gone.</p>
<p>My simple and self-evident point is that despite the so-called multiple actions and your Macho claim to "Beat the Baddies" NOTHING HAS CHANGED! As you yourself put it - it remains an "onging saga".</p>
<p>Finally It is really counterproductive to blame the victims who have to endure this ongoing antisocial behaviour in their local streets. I will complain every time I see wrongdoing and alert those who have put themselves in a representative position of responsibility. Its the job of the police and council enforcement officers to collect evidence - not the victims.</p>
<p><a width="721" target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174583904?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"><img width="721" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2174583904?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> Hi John, I saw what you wrote…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-08:6278630:Comment:915752015-03-08T12:21:49.082ZAlan Sitkinhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin
<p>Hi John, I saw what you wrote. Crime is a plague, in Bowes and worldwide. So what to do? I know that the police is aware of the miscreants you describe because we have informed them on multiple occasions, including at CAPE meetings. When we press the police and ask why there aren't more arrests, the answer is usually that the baddies have lookouts and scarper whenever they see the police coming. At which point, I always ask the Serpico question, ie why the Met isn't engaging in more…</p>
<p>Hi John, I saw what you wrote. Crime is a plague, in Bowes and worldwide. So what to do? I know that the police is aware of the miscreants you describe because we have informed them on multiple occasions, including at CAPE meetings. When we press the police and ask why there aren't more arrests, the answer is usually that the baddies have lookouts and scarper whenever they see the police coming. At which point, I always ask the Serpico question, ie why the Met isn't engaging in more plainclothes operations. </p>
<p>Will go back - again - to the Met with this ongoing saga. In the mean time, you might want to retract the totally unfair jibe about the Council. Not only have we sent officers on multiple occasions to investigate and prosecute certain premises on Green Lanes, we continue to do so despite the cuts, which are so huge I'm astounded you doubt their reality. Please remember that the perpetrators of crimes are criminals, not the police (or authorities) who try ex post facto to stop them. It's really counter-productive to waste focus by blaming one's allies instead of the people who should be the obvious target of everyone's attention.</p>
<p>Indeed, one of the main problems the Council (and I know it's the same for the police) on all of the occasions where we try to stop baddies is a lack of court-worthy evidence. The UK being, after all, a nation of law, habeas corpus and all that. If you or any other resident have any hard evidence to share, it would be useful. I know that many residents are afraid to be identified as sharing this evidence with the police but they can always pass it on to me. I would be honoured to act as a screen protecting people's anonymity.</p> So, after a few months of qui…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-03-07:6278630:Comment:914792015-03-07T18:53:34.132ZJohn Mellorhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/JohnMellor
<p>So, after a few months of quieter time on the streets - probably due to the cold weather - it seems the warmth of spring have brought the drug-dealing, weirdos and crazies back to Green Lanes. Over the last two nights people have been camped in the doorway of the Spriritualist church on the corner of Green Lanes and Melbourne - street drinking, fold-up chairs, sleeping bags and lit candles go unchallenged as if this was "normal" behaviour.</p>
<p>Despite calls to SNT this bizzare spectacle…</p>
<p>So, after a few months of quieter time on the streets - probably due to the cold weather - it seems the warmth of spring have brought the drug-dealing, weirdos and crazies back to Green Lanes. Over the last two nights people have been camped in the doorway of the Spriritualist church on the corner of Green Lanes and Melbourne - street drinking, fold-up chairs, sleeping bags and lit candles go unchallenged as if this was "normal" behaviour.</p>
<p>Despite calls to SNT this bizzare spectacle carries on just along the high road from my home - and the drug dealing premises at 111 and 89 Green Lanes still remain open with their "customers" hanging around on the street, spitting, leering and abusing women as they pass and urinating in the alleyways behind the shops whilst police and council ignore the core issues and blame "the cuts" for their failure and inaction.</p>
<p>What do we have to do to stop this? Those charged with dealing with breaches of law, planning and trading regulations "officially" are nowhere to be seen so maybe it is it time for community direct action?</p> What incidents have there bee…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2014-10-21:6278630:Comment:850182014-10-21T10:21:06.639ZAnna Blackburnhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/AnnaBlackburn
<p>What incidents have there been in and around Bounds Green tube? I'd like to know as I use it a lot.</p>
<p>What incidents have there been in and around Bounds Green tube? I'd like to know as I use it a lot.</p> Comment by Irena Rybinska 16…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2014-10-19:6278630:Comment:848822014-10-19T13:31:58.314ZDonald Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DonaldSmith
<p>Comment by <a class="fn url" href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/profile/IrenaRybinska">Irena Rybinska</a> 16 hours ago</p>
<div class="xg_user_generated"><blockquote><p>Am really concerned about the increasing number of incidents in and around Bounds Green tube station most recently again this week .Why is there no cctv in the vicinity which may act as a deterrent?</p>
<p><span><span>Comment by </span><a class="fn url" href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin">Alan…</a></span></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p>Comment by <a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/profile/IrenaRybinska" class="fn url">Irena Rybinska</a> 16 hours ago</p>
<div class="xg_user_generated"><blockquote><p>Am really concerned about the increasing number of incidents in and around Bounds Green tube station most recently again this week .Why is there no cctv in the vicinity which may act as a deterrent?</p>
<p><span><span>Comment by </span><a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/profile/AlanSitkin" class="fn url">Alan Sitkin</a><span> 1 hour ago</span></span></p>
<p><span>The [Bounds Green] station itself is situated in Haringey so re: CCTV you might ask my friends Joanna, Ali and Clare, the Labour councillors for Bounds Green ward. </span></p>
<p></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span>If you notice any activity around Bounds Green Tube (or any tube station) a traveller is able to report it to London Underground for investigation, using the report form linked <a href="https://custserv.tfl.gov.uk/icss_csip/ZCreateRequestChangeRelatesTo.do?newTab=CA_13845" target="_blank">here</a>. Fill in as many items that you can so that the scrutiny people can look at the correct LUL CCTV camera</span></p>
<p>If you are travelling by bus report it by e-mail using the following address <a href="mailto:customerservices@tfl-buses.gov.uk" target="_blank">here</a> For a bus report you will need the bus route number, time, direction of travel, location and preferably the Vehicle registration Number and a description of the incident so that they can download the CCTV images </p>
</div> Donald
Thanks for your inform…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2014-10-19:6278630:Comment:848812014-10-19T12:03:38.100ZJohn Mellorhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/JohnMellor
<p>Donald</p>
<p>Thanks for your information. It is helpful to know that the work of the SNT is tasked by senior officers.</p>
<p>All the more worrying therefore that earlier in this discussion thread it was revealed that Detective Superintendent Paul Healy claimed Police were unaware of any specific problems ... he will not task his officers to respond if he denies the existence of a problem.</p>
<p></p>
<p>At least the council officers now seem to be aware of the situation, including the man…</p>
<p>Donald</p>
<p>Thanks for your information. It is helpful to know that the work of the SNT is tasked by senior officers.</p>
<p>All the more worrying therefore that earlier in this discussion thread it was revealed that Detective Superintendent Paul Healy claimed Police were unaware of any specific problems ... he will not task his officers to respond if he denies the existence of a problem.</p>
<p></p>
<p>At least the council officers now seem to be aware of the situation, including the man sleeping rough for the last few weeks in a shelter he has built behind the Green Lane shops. He was still there this morning roaming the streets spitting and swearing at people on the street. This ongoing situation is intolerable. I repeat my earlier comments: In the light of inadequate policing we as residents we must do their job of surveillance for them. -please make sure you report every incident of Anti Social Behaviuor.</p>