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Neighbourhood Watch - FAQs
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Here it is at last.
Neighborhood Watch. An up front, positive information
distribution and crime prevention service.
Cast your eye over these topics for the low down on the scheme.
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The scheme is run by these people.
Local Coordinator:
Ann Wightmore
42
Vermeer Court
Rembrandt
Close
London
E14 3XA
Metropolitan Police Co-ordinator
Mr. Brian Mitchell
Bethnal Green Police Station,
12 Victoria Park Square,
Bethnal Green,
London,
E2 9NZ
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To be the flagship of Neighbourhood Watch schemes in the
Isle of Dogs by forming close partnerships with the
Metropolitan Police, other Neighbourhood Watch schemes, the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets and local residents.
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To build a better quality of life by reducing crime and
fear while increasing safety.
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To always respect the rights and privacy of individuals.
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To place the emphasis on modern internet technology to
deliver information of all sorts.
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To mailshot crime prevention information leaflets on a
quarterly basis and provide regular updates.
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To provide the police and other watches with the
"best-of-breed" support, technical assistance and
excellence in distributing information that may effect or be
useful to the residents or police in scheme areas.
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Neighbourhood Watch was formed because of the increase in
crime locally, particularly muggings and stabbings along with
anti-social behaviour problems. The Isle of Dogs, by
comparison with other boroughs is relatively crime free,
however, there are issues that need addressing and this is what
Neighbourhood Watch aims to do.
Neighbourhood Watch is about protecting our homes by taking
adequate precautions to deter would be thieves and by watching
out for each other. Indeed, if everyone knew their
neighbours well, burglary would not exist.
That doesn't mean interference or intrusion, just being
mindful of suspicious activity, being a good witness and a good
neighbour.
In a Home
Office paper entitled "Solving Residential
Burglary", the report noted that "It is striking that
the majority or primary detections (77%) were due to either
offenders being caught at or near the scene of the crime, or
resulted from investigations based on evidence from witnesses at
the crime scene."
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Neighbourhood Watch means looking out for each other.
It means looking out for your neighbour, their homes, their
family and their children. They will look out for you.
Children, young people, the elderly and people who have had
their homes broken into recently all benefit from having an
extra eye kept on them.
The police issue alerts every so often via a system called
Ring Master. A synopsis of non confidential information
will be emailed to you if you add your name to the mailing list
on the left.
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The scheme will meet regularly, about three to four months
where you can raise issues relating to safety or crime and have
something done about it. You will need to add your email
address to the list on www.londonyard.com
to receive regular information and bulletins.
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Scheme members should look out for anything happening in
the Neighbourhood that seems suspicious or unusual and then
report this to the Police. Some things you see may help
the Police solve or prevent a crime and so stop someone becoming
a victim.
When you see something that concerns you, dial 999 and let
the Police check it out. You must never put yourself at
risk.
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Never. Neighbourhood Watch is not about being nosey or
interfering in other people's lives, it is about building a
better community fabric by being aware of unusual activity, by
raising your concerns and being a better neighbour. One of
our aims is to respect absolutely an individual's right to
privacy.
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All of the pamphlets, stickers and pens are available free,
gratis and for nothing from your Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinator,
see above.
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We will try to make as much of the information distributed
manually available on line. Online distribution is much
more effective, less time consuming and more readily updateable
than traditional mailshot distribution. Mailshot
distribution will continue though because not everyone has
access to the internet.
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You should claim your discount on home insurance from
your Insurance Company or agent. Since the scheme is
new, they may not list it so please give the the
Metropolitan Police's contact details above and they will
check the validity of the scheme with the Police.
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Free cycle etching for anyone with a bicycle
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Free home office leaflets on how to reduce various types
of crime.
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Free property marking pens.
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Free digital photography of your valuables on request.
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We are trying to get highly localised data on crimes
reported near here. We intend to publish month by month
statistics and perform trend analysis so you can see how crime
is affecting you and your locality.
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There are plenty of other good sites for more information,
but here are the main links.
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