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STT Newsletter June 2009

The newsletter provides updates from the Safer Transport and Hub teams in Harrow. The teams have been working with transport police to target fare evaders on buses, resulting in successful operations that prevent anti-social behavior and other crimes. The teams also conducted knife screenings at a bus station to prevent knife crime and make Harrow safer. Additionally, the teams have been working with schools on the Junior Citizens program to educate students on topics like safe internet use, road safety, and more. Crime on London buses is at its lowest in five years, down 18%, showing the teams are making a positive impact.

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STT Newsletter June 2009

The newsletter provides updates from the Safer Transport and Hub teams in Harrow. The teams have been working with transport police to target fare evaders on buses, resulting in successful operations that prevent anti-social behavior and other crimes. The teams also conducted knife screenings at a bus station to prevent knife crime and make Harrow safer. Additionally, the teams have been working with schools on the Junior Citizens program to educate students on topics like safe internet use, road safety, and more. Crime on London buses is at its lowest in five years, down 18%, showing the teams are making a positive impact.

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Harrow Safer Transport and Hub Teams

NEWSLETTER
Tel: 020 8733 3629. Mobile 020 8721 2253
Email: [email protected]
Recent News
Welcome Officers came across a man who was repeatedly
committing nuisance offences against women. Due to
Welcome to another edition of the newsletter for the our intervention he was quickly identified and arrested.
Safer Transport and Harrow Hub teams.
Whilst actively patrolling one of the borough’s bus
The Safer Transport and Hub teams have been working routes, members of the team recognised a man who
alongside Revenue Protection Inspectors from was wanted for a serious offence. He was swiftly
Transport for London to target fare evaders on bus removed from the bus and arrested. Once again the
routes in Harrow. These operations have been very team acted decisively to keep the transport system in
successful in preventing and deterring fare evasion. We Harrow safe.
will continue to conduct these operations in the future to
support our partners. These operations benefit the
Junior Citizens
borough of Harrow as they are a useful tool in tackling We have been working closely with Safer Schools as
anti-social behaviour as well as detecting and part of the ‘Junior Citizens’ programme. The event
preventing other offences. lasted three weeks with Year 5 pupils from schools
across the borough attending Elliott Road, Stanmore.
We have conducted two screening arch operations at The pupils participated in interactive activities with
Harrow on the Hill bus station to prevent knife crime. topics covered including:
The operations send a clear message that carrying
knives will not be tolerated in Harrow. These operations • How to travel safely and sensibly on buses
will be repeated across the borough.
• How to be safe when surfing the internet and
the potential dangers of chat rooms

• Road safety

• Fire safety advice from London Fire Brigade

Watford Football Club also attended to introduce the


children to ‘Kickz’ which encourages young people to
participate in sport.

Crime Down on Buses


“Crime on London’s buses is at its lowest level
for five years - down by 18%... robberies and
bus vandalism has been cut by more than a
third.” (Metro, Tue 16th June 2009)
This figure shows that the Safer Transport and Hub
teams are having a big impact across all boroughs in
the Metropolitan Police Service and are making a
positive difference on the transport network and making
London safer.

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