burglaries in eash dulwich

[heath]

We had the police come around today and tell us there a lot of burglaries going on near us (around oakhurst grove/the gardens). Things are so bad that there are a lot of plain clothes police out and about right now and some uniformed officers are going around door to door warning people, offering advice and giving out "smart water" tagging kits. The smart water stuff is a rather cool invisible micro-tagged gel that flureses under UV light and when looked at under a microscope shows a unique serial number that had been assigned by the police to your house. You wipe some on your valuables and if they turn up getting hocked they can very likely be IDed as yours. Very CSI.

My points here are

1) take care and keep and eye out. It sounds like there are some pretty organised theives around our area

2) thanks to the local police for a really positive pro-active step in protecting us from them

This has to be the most positive policing initiative I've seen in my 8 years in london. I am totally chuffed by how it's been handled.

[Dodo1]

You can add Belvoir & Woodvale Roads too this as well.

[citizenED]

Thanks for the information Heath - always good to have a reminder to keep an eye out. Talk to your neighbours!

[shoshntosh]

speaking of which, i have tried to set up a neighbourhood watch in our street for over two years now (following a string of burglaries) but am getting sent from pillar to post at both police stations (east dulwich and peckham) with absolutely no response.

[spadetownboy]

did sean connery write the thread title?

[AcedOut]

Right, I'm trying to get hold of a SmartWater kit now. Apparently [email protected] is the person to contact. They have been giving them out in Camberwell now for some time I'm told.

[fatfightersforever]

Just emailed the efficient Katherine Pitt and got this message- pasted below-straight back..phone number for anyone who wants a kit.

thank you for getting in touch, I have just received an email about this from another East Dulwich resident too.

The police should be able to provide you with a SmartWater kit. I have forwarded your email to the East Dulwich Safer Neighbourhood Police Team. I'm not allowed to give out their email address, but if for any reason you don't hear back, their phone number is 020 8721 2447.

kind regards

Katherine Pitt

[Siduhe]

fatfightersforever Wrote:

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I have forwarded your email to the East Dulwich Safer Neighbourhood Police Team. I'm not allowed to give out their email address, but if for any reason you don't hear back, their phone number is 020 8721 2447.

Try [email protected] (taken from the Met website). I have received a reply from the equivilant address for College SNT, so assume it is still current.

[KalamityKel]

Yes it still works. Responses are usually within 24hours. It is worth bearing in mind that the responses may be a little slow depending whos in the office and who's/how many are out on patrol so be patient.

[AcedOut]

Well it's great if they are giving these out for free, as it costs around ?50pa if you go direct to SmartWater.