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Published: 20 September 2007

Behaviour is better

• CORRESPONDENCE in your paper prior to the summer holidays regarding Safer Neighbourhoods policing, especially in the Haverstock area, has given the impression that engagement with local teams is a futile activity with no end result.
Although we cannot comment on the situation in Haverstock, we wish to give your readers an alternative and opposite view of Safer Neighbourhoods policing. Our experience in Kilburn and neighbouring areas is that there has been an improvement in anti-social behaviour since the local teams were formed – this is not to say that everything is now perfect but that a start has been made.
Involvement of local residents and workers is an important aspect of this type of policing – the more that are involved in reporting incidents the better and more responsive policing will be.
Moaning on the sideline and saying that there is no way to contact the police is no longer an option. Safer Neighbourhoods Teams could do with more resources – could not we all? We would urge all your readers to get involved in their Safer Neighbourhoods team and report incidents to them to combat anti-social behaviour.
MIKE STUART
JOHN KILVINGTON
CAROL THOMAS
Kilburn Safer
Neighbourhood Panel

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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