July 2008. This month we say goodbye to PCSO Neil Baldwin (seen on the right in this picture). Neil, an original member of the team, has been promoted to an instructor at Hendon, against fierce competition from other applicants. News on Neil's replacement as we get it.

 

June 2008. The team went to New Scotland Yard (the Met's headquarters) and were presented with a trophy as runners-up in the annual SNT competition. Well done team and watch out Hackney, were after your winners trophy next year!!

 

April 2008. This really is a time for goodbyes. In addition to Mr Straughan (see below), we say farewell to PC Mike Paton, who joins another team within Barnet Police and PCSO Wayne Mercer, who has gone to Hendon to train as a PC. Good luck to you both. Mike is replaced by PC Steve Garty, who comes to us from Oakleigh Ward SNT. Their loss is very much our gain. Details about Steve appear on the Meet the Team Page.

 

Not quite so close to home, but just as important to Edgware, there have been some major changes in the Borough Senior Management Team at Colindale. We hope to have more details in due course.

 

January 2008 saw the departure of Sector Inspector Kevin Straughan to other duties within the Borough. Insp Straughan has been a fantastic champion of the SNTs in this sector in general and Edgware in particular. Both the panel and the team will miss his enthusiasm and support greatly; we wish him well with his future endeavours. In his place, we welcome Inspector Mike Carver to the West Sector.

 

The Edgware team started in early 2005. In their first year on the street, reported crime in the ward dropped by 10%, whilst in the second, it dropped a further 12%.

 

In early 2007 the team became aware of a young man dealing drugs around the north Broadfields estate area. A search warrant was executed at his address and a large amount of drugs were found. The suspect was subsequently sent to prison. In taking this effective action, a dealer was removed from the streets.

 

The team have shut down three cannabis factories within the Ward during 2007.

 

The team have also secured funding for youth diversion projects within the ward. This has led to the provision of equipment at both the St. Andrews (Broadfields) and Stonegrove youth clubs, as well as the provision of a youth shelter on the Stonegrove Estate.

 

In mid 2007, search warrants were executed at several addresses, leading to the recovery of a large amount of illegal drugs and also several firearms.

 

In October 2007, a search warrant was executed which led to the recovery of a substantial amount of illegal drugs and also a loaded firearm.

 

In early 2007, the team were highlighted on Sky News due to the large reduction in the number of shopliftings within the Broadwalk Shopping Centre, at a time when shoplifting had increased around the country.

 

In early 2007, whilst investigating a street robbery, PC Mike Paton spotted two suspects in Station Road who subsequently ran away. After a foot chase, he detained the two males and found stolen property on their person. These males were subsequently sentenced to a spell in prison.

 

In mid 2007, PCSO Steve Renny spotted two suspects breaking into a residential flat on Station Road. He detained the suspects and kept them there until Police arrived and made arrests. One suspect was wanted by Police for committing burglaries all around the UK, he was subsequently sentenced to a lengthy stay in prison.

 

In 2007, PCSOs Mark Prentice and Dionne Greene stopped an armed burglary taking place in a residential house in Edgware. By startling the suspects, these tenacious PCSOs stopped a violent incident in its tracks.

 

In late 2007, PCSO's Mark Prentice and Wayne Mercer detained a male in Edgware Bus Station who was armed with an 8" knife and had been seen to be waving it around.