Our local police response team, in co-operation with a Met bomb squad team, detonated a controlled explosion on Streatham Common this morning. The explosion, witnessed by Lee Alley and friends, was about the size of a standard ordinance grenade explosion - slightly larger than big explosive fireworks used on Guy Fawkes night. The detonation was carried out to destroy a suspicious item left on the common partially up the hill near the Streatham Common North side. The Common was cleared of people for the duration of the exercise and a team secured and destroyed the item within minutes. Read more...

The St Leonards Safer Neighbourhoods Ward has again set the standard by going live with what is believed to be the first Safer Neighbourhoods Team podcasts in the country! I was able to record Streatham police Superintendent Jonathan Tottman delivering two separate podcasts this afternoon. Both of these, and all future podcasts, can be downloaded from the podcast page where we will be uploading new podcasts on a weekly basis. Read more...