• Introduction
• Useful contact numbers
• Useful tips
• Kenley Safer Neighbourhood Team Newsletter
• Neighbourhood Watch

Your Residents' Association prides itself on its mutually supportive links with the police. We have found the community officers to be receptive to suggestions and proactive within our community. Our current community officer, who heads a team of two PCs and three PCSO's, is Sgt Paul Potter. The other members of the team are PC Gareth Storer, PC Simon Packham, PCSO Greg Tickner, PCSO Robert Cameron & PCSO Dan England. A council funded Neighbourhood Enforcement Officer (NEO) will also be welcomed onto the Safer Neighbourhood team later in 2009. They are based at 9-11 Whytecliff Road South, Purley CR8 2AZ and can be contacted on 020 8721 2466. This office is currently open to public callers on Tuesdays and Fridays, 11am to 2pm and is planned to be open for more days and longer periods in due course.

In maintaining the close relationship between the Association and the police, the sergeant or one of the officers attends the KENDRA committee meetings quarterly, as well as providing monthly update reports on crime fighting and crime prevention activities. A committee member, Phil Royse, is responsible for police liaison. In addition we have links with two other organisations. One is the Safer Neighbourhood Panel, which sets objectives for the Safer Neighbourhood Team. Phil Royse is the Association's member and Ian Waite is an elected member. The other is the Kenley Police Consultative Committee which covers a wider area and provides a real input into local policing matters. Ian Waite is the Association's member on this committee.

• In the first instance, for minor problems, contact your Neighbourhood watch representative, if you have one.
• For more serious matters (if not an emergency) call the Safer Neighbourhood team.
• For crime prevention advice call the Safer Neighbourhood team.
• To comment on, discuss, or give suggestions about KENDRA's role in community policing contact policeliaison@kenleyra.org.uk.
• To report a crime which has taken place (if no longer an emergency) log onto www.met.police.uk/reporting_crime , or call the safer Neighbourhood Team.
• For an emergency, if a crime is taking place or perpetrators are still at the scene, call 999.

We welcome your views concerning security issues and strongly encourage you to report any acts of crime. This reporting directly influences the allocation of police resources. As an aid to reporting local crime, you may complete and submit a  Crime Reporting Sheet , which along with  instructions  on how to fill it out, may be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the links.

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• Emergency incidents  999
• Low level crime contact Kenley Safer Neighbourhood Team  020 8721 2466
  (not always answered but messages always monitored)
• Croydon Police if no reply at Kenley  0300 123 1212
• Neighbourhood Watch Croydon Co-ordinator  020 8649 0318
• Crimestoppers (to report suspicious crime anonymously)  0800 555 111

• Overall, the Metropolitan Police website  www.met.police.uk  is very extensive and is a very valuable resource for information on policing for the whole of London and individual Boroughs. It has information on how the police are fighting crime, crime prevention, crime mapping, crime reporting and the Policing Pledge.

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• Each mobile telephone has a unique serial number (the IMEI number) which can be accessed by dialing *#06# . Please ensure that you and your children have this number written down as without it you cannot report it to the police as lost or stolen (nor in some cases can you claim insurance).
• Number plate thefts across London are rife, for congestion zone impersonation or forecourt drive-aways, please fit your plates with non-removable screws.
• Outhouse burglaries are rife in this area so make sure these are locked or take other precautions.
• Take care when strangers call unannounced to undertake paving work or tree surgery as there have been many cases of threats and intimidation by these rogue traders. Do not enter into any contract with them and if worried contact the local police.

The following is an extract from a recent Issue of Croydon Reports. Good advice indeed for any time of the year - not just Christmas.

Christmas is a time when people are rushing around town centres, buying and then storing gifts in their homes. Criminals take advantage of Christmas and use this opportunity to strike.

Remain vigilant and stay safe

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To read the latest Newsletter from the Kenley Safer Neighbourhood Team, click on the following icon:  

Please see below for both the Crime briefing report and a report of other Important Information to be aware of. Both of these reports are updated weekly.

The Crime briefing report covers the last four week period. To read it, click on the following icon:  

To keep you up to date with the latest information relating to Spam emails, bogus callers etc., click on the following icon:  

To view these files you will need to have Adobe® Reader® installed on your computer. If you do not already have it installed you may download it by clicking on the following link:

If you want to start up or join a Neighbourhood Watch scheme, please see  Neighbourhood Watch  on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

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