Nominate crime fighting heroes
Nominations for Tower Hamlets prestigious Community Safety
Awards are now open.
Residents are being called upon to nominate
those who have gone the extra mile to help make Tower Hamlets a
safer place.
Andy Bamber, Head of Community Safety at Tower Hamlets Council,
said: “It’s important that the borough’s unsung heroes get the
recognition that they deserve. Their contribution is priceless, and
helps to make their neighbours and members of the community feel
safer.
“I’m counting on residents to nominate the people in their
community that make a difference.”
The categories include the best individual achievement, best
project or activity (community and voluntary sector), best project
or activity (public or statutory sector), staff recognition, and
the new Mayor’s award for outstanding contribution.
Last year’s winners came from a variety of different
backgrounds, with awards given for tackling crime, drugs and
anti-social behaviour.13 individuals, community groups and staff
members received awards.
The awards are open to everybody who is living or working in
Tower Hamlets, including those under the age of 16.
For more information call the Community Safety Engagement Team
for a nomination
form on 020 7364 6227.
The deadline for nominations is 1 November 2010.
100 days on and the Tower Hamlets Safer Together
campaign has seen a host of crime-fighting activity take place
across the borough.
Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers (THEOs) have spent around
5,000 hours patrolling the borough’s streets, focusing their
attention on housing estates and parks. Their high-visibility
presence has helped to reassure residents and deter anti-social
behaviour.
But it’s not just the THEOs that have been out in force;
officers from across the council have been stepping up patrols to
help clean-up the borough.
Fighting grime has been a key part of the Safer Together
campaign, with Operation Clean Up tackling a new area each
week.
Concentrating on environmental crimes, such as fly-posting,
fly-tipping, graffiti and littering, the team caused quite a stir
in the social media world with their innovative way to crack down
on fly-posting.
On Twitter ‘ehooge’ described the approach, which sees officers
plaster ‘It’s Cancelled’ stickers over fly-posters as a: “Creative
(and sneaky!) way to crack down on illegal fly-posting by Tower
Hamlets council.”
During the campaign the
council has also been targeting curry touts, begging, illegal
street traders, licensing issues, street drinking and other
problems related to anti-social behaviour.
Head of Community Safety at Tower Hamlets Council, Andy Bamber,
said: “Everybody has a right to feel safe, and that’s why this
campaign has been so important.
“Throughout the campaign we focused on helping to make residents
feel safe. We increased high-visibility patrols and highlighted the
work that is already taking place to tackle anti-social
behaviour.”
The council will continue to work in partnership with the Police
and other local organisations to tackle crime and anti-social
behaviour. Building upon the Safer Together campaign a number of
the new initiatives will be developed to fine-tune the council’s
approach to tackling anti-social behaviour.
