EastSheenMatters

Meeting of the EAST SHEEN POLICE LIAISON GROUP to be held at East Sheen Baptist Church, Temple Sheen Road on Thursday 11 December 2025 at 7.00 p.m.

Agenda

1. WELCOME and APOLOGIES
2. MINUTES of LAST MEETING on 3 SEPTEMBER 2025 and MATTERS ARISING
3. ROUTINE REPORTS
   • Police
   • Neighbourhood Watch
   • Chairman

4. QUESTIONS and DISCUSSION

5. PRIORITIES (next 3 months)

6. CONFIDENCE in POLICE

7. RICHMOND PARK POLICING (Chair’s update)

8. AOB

9. DATE of NEXT MEETING –  tba

MINUTES OF EAST SHEEN POLICE LIAISON GROUP

Meeting held at East Sheen Baptist Church, Temple Sheen on Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 7pm

PRESENT

Chair               Peter Burrows-Smith

Police              PS James Adgey, PC Sarbjit Sokhi, PCSO Peter Donaldson

Council            Cllr. Julia Cambridge, Cllr Margaret Dane

NHW               Andy Lindesay

Minutes           Sue Weaver / Peter Burrows-Smith

Residents        There were 19 residents present

Apologies        Keith Mahony, Richard White, David Noakes (Council)

Contact details for local police team and Met

Email:                     eastsheen@met.police.uk

Telephone                0207 175 9382 (not for emergencies/not covered 24 hrs)

To report a crime     Dial 101 or report on line:  www.met.police.uk

Emergencies           Dial 999

1.        WELCOME

The chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2.        MINUTES of LAST MEETING on 15 May 2025 – approved

3/4.      ROUTINE REPORTS and DISCUSSION

1.  POLICE

A quarterly report, including the latest crime stats (see Attachment 1), had been prepared by the police and was presented by PS James Adgey,

In the following discussion, specific queries were raised by residents :

1. Model Cottages pathway – an enquiry about measures to restrict scooters and speeding bicycles (to be referred to Council)
2. A positive ID of a past criminal  – ring 999
3. A resident complaining about vandalisation etc on his premises – police to investigate
4. Illegal Vape shops – recommended refer to Council
5. Lime bikes – regular “parking” issues
6. Lost property – police can no longer handle it unless potentially dangerous item  eg discarded knife
7. Police front counter closure (in Twickenham)

and in general discussion :

• Residents advised to always report a crime/incident
• Use of 999 v 101 ? (use 999 in emergency, 101 to report past incident). Call centre staff will triage calls as necessary
• Police resources are unfortunately restricted by Government funding cuts

• NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Andy Lindesay, who runs the East Sheen Neighbourhood Watch Cooperative which coordinates reports from local Neighbourhood WhatsApp Groups, provided an update. Amongst other things, he picks up local incidents and refers them to the police as appropriate.

Specific recent concerns mentioned included: A rogue trader incident in his street and A local scam

5.          PRIORITIES    (next 3 months)

These were maintained for the next quarter as:

• Violence (usually drugs related)      
• Car Crime (theft of, and from, vehicles)
• Residential Burglary

6,         CONFIDENCE in POLICE

There was unfortunately no time to address this.

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7.         RICHMOND PARK POLICING

Little has been confirmed since the last PLG meeting – see first that meeting’s notes below :

The chair opened the discussion by summarising the current situation :

• Met cuts had been forced by reduced Govt. funding
• The dedicated Richmond Park policing unit is an unfortunate victim.
• Park policing will be taken over by the Richmond borough police team
• Officers will be relocated elsewhere in Met eg Richmond borough – no redundancies
• The Met Commissioner is focussing on maintaining strong neighbourhood policing
• There are three enforcement needs in the park
• Conventional Met crime, which is low
• Royal Parks regulations (commercial vehicles, dogs chasing deer etc)
• Roads, especially sport/training cyclists, are a growing new issue
• Despite the cuts, the Park will still be covered by the Met’s 999 response to criminal activity (This Response coming from nearest unit in Twickenham or Kingston)

Attendees raised ongoing concerns including

• Unique policing knowledge of the Park will be lost
• Emergency services will have a problem locating people in the Park
• Concern for increased lawlessness in Park due to reduced police presence
• Cyclists are developing as a major concern in the Park
• Are the Royal Parks using third party professional input in reviewing the situation?
• Lack of consultation

The only updates/comments at the meeting were :

• It has just been confirmed that the two other Richmond SNTs (South Richmond and Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside – not East Sheen) will relocate their bases from Twickenham police station to Holly Lodge in the Park
• Continuing concern about the potential increase in Park crime due to the loss of regular police patrols.

8.         AOB

Most potential AOB items were covered earlier in the meeting.

The only new item was a comment on the Hate Crime implications of the mounting UK unrest about illegal immigrants and related issues.

9.         DATE OF NEXT MEETING   Thurs 11 December

The meeting ended around 8.30 pm.