Welcome to June’s newsletter.
Preparations are in their final stages as the Metropolitan Police Service readies itself to police the arrival of the Olympic Torch in London on 21 July and then the Olympic Games. Across London however, normal policing will continue with officers on patrol and responding to calls from the public.
If you are intending to travel into London for the Olympics, there is plenty of safety advice and general information available on the Metropolitan Police Service’s website www.met.police.uk to assist you. You can also receive free community updates via the MPS’s Neighbourhood Link community messaging service and I urge you to sign up to receive these messages. Neighbourhood link provides news and information about policing activity or initiatives, crime prevention advice and major incidents, both pan-London and locally to your own borough. Registration is free and easy to follow, so please visit www.neighbourhoodlink.met.police.uk and sign up.
Last month was a busy month with the Queen’s first visit to Bromley since 1986 as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, along with the MPS Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe visiting a number of venues across the borough before holding his evening Roadshow for residents to hear his vision for policing London and ask questions of him.
I also held my Borough Commander’s Commendation ceremony, where sixteen Police Officers, Police Staff and members of the public from Bromley were honoured for their acts of professionalism, teamwork, bravery, courage and dedication to duty.
This month again we’ve had some fantastic results, making some great arrests in respect of burglaries
and robberies. The suspects are currently making their way through the Criminal Justice System. One case that has now gone through the Courts concerns a number of men arrested as part of Bromley Police’s Operation Alkes, an operation set up to target Class A drug dealers in the Penge and Beckenham areas of the borough. Sixteen men have been sentenced to in excess of 45 years imprisonment after being caught supplying drugs to undercover police officers. A great result!
Finally, as no doubt you are aware, the Olympic torch relay has begun and our Torch Security Team
are protecting it as it travels around the country. This marks the beginning of our Olympic operations which will see officers and staff work incredibly hard and show the World just how good a police service we are. The Team will be arriving in London with the torch on 21st July and on Monday 23rd July it passes through the borough of Bromley. One of our Bromley officers – Sergeant Alex Baldwin – is part of the team and making this once in a lifetime opportunity even more special, he’ll be celebrating his birthday whilst protecting the torch. You can read more about Alex in next month’s newsletter, to tie in with the torch arriving in the capital.
Steph Roberts
Borough Commander
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