Barnet News                                                                                      

March

• Barnet Safer Transport Fundraiser
  In the name of charity, officers from the Barnet Safer Transport Command completed a sponsored walk, dressing up as various movie characters in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
  

• Celebrating International Women's Day
  On Monday 8th March a number of guest were invited by the Brunswick Safer Neighbourhoods team to the garden area outside Whetstone police station to plant a rose bush to mark International Women's Day.
  

• Two men arrested for posession with intent to supply
  Two men have been arrested for posession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs after a raid on a Graham Park Estate flat.
  

• Brunswick Park SNT’s successful 'Alleygating'
  Brunswick Park SNT officers have worked with Barnet council and residents during the past 18 months to secure service roads running behind residential streets. 
  

• Local serial robbers ordered to pay in excess £500K costs
  Convicted robbers Matthew and Daniel Mykoo have been ordered to pay nearly£562k in costs for stolen items which have not been recovered..
  

February

• Female charged with domestic GBH on Partner
  Sarah-Jane Fountain a 26 year old who is unemployed from Stratton house, Stonegrove, Edgware was charged on 26th of February with attempted Grievous Bodily harm with intent, which had occurred earlier that day, on her partner Jason Gough  
  

• Male charged with Burglary of Electrical Store  
  Aramis Patel a 19 year old male from Taylors Mead, Tennyson Road, London NW7 was charged on 26th February with a £2000 burglary at a Car Electrical store in Daws Lane, NW7.
  

• Knives seized after Knife Arch used
  As part of the Safer Transport Team's priorities to make traveling on the local buses as safe as possible, the Barnet Safer Transport Team set up a knife arch over the entrance of the Edgware bus station on 24th Feb between 1430-1630hrs to coincide with school finishing time. 
  

• Police Dog finds women in the woods
  A women, who was suspected of taking an overdose of tablets' was found by a police dog in Monken Hadley Common, Barnet yesterday night.The women was taken to Barnet General Hospital for treatment where her condition was not considered life threatening.
  

• Two men arrested for possession of class A Drugs and a Firearm
  Two men have been arrested on Tithe Close, NW7 for possession of class A drugs and possession of a firearm on Tuesday at 11:15 pm
  

• Man arrested for knife possession
  A 25 year old male was arrested by Barnet Police for possession of an offensive weapon (knife) after he brandished a 10 inch combat knife at police officers
  

• Residents praise new Safer Town Centre Team  
  On Saturday 6th February the new Safer Town Centre (STC) Team Cricklewood held an open meeting at the play area  KARA WAY NW2  to let local people discuss their problems. Residents expressed their thanks for the work and commitment of the team.
  

• Wealthy drugs dealer imprisoned
  A drugs dealer who was found to have moved nearly  £100 000 through his bank accounts has been found guilty of possession of Class A Drugs with intent to supply at Wood Green Crown Court.
  

• Police rescue starving puppy  
  On Sunday police rescued a starving puppy after they were called to an address in Alexander Close, New Barnet. A resident had called police when they became concerned for the welfare of a vulnerable neighbour who had not been seen for some time.
  

• West Hendon and Mill Hill SNT execute a drugs warrant
  On 4th February at Tyrrel Way, NW9 (West Hendon Estate)
  

• Safer Town Centre team arrives at Barnet
  As part of a London-wide initiative, the new Safer Town Centre team was established in August 2009 to police Cricklewood Broadway and surrounding streets in a bid to stamp out anti social behaviour and street crime.