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March 2010

• Dangerous dogs seized and man arrested in Hackney
  On Wednesday 10 March officers from Hackney's Victoria Safer Neighbourhoods team, in conjunction with the Status Dogs Unit executed a warrant issued under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in Shafton Road, E9.
  

• Play helps raise awareness of bogus callers
  On Tuesday 9 March the Wick Safer Neighbourhoods team invited residents over the age of 55 to attend a safety road show at the Wick Community Centre.
  

• Operation Athena in Hackney leads to 26 arrests
  Officers from Hackney’s Community Safety Unit have carried out a series of raids and arrested 26  individuals as part of Operation Athena, a Metropolitan Police day of action to tackle domestic violence, homophobic and race hate crime.
  

• Hackney music studio cash forfeited
  Hackney's Payback Unit has been successful in obtaining a number of forfeiture orders to the value of almost £30,000.
  

February 2010

• Calling elderly residents!
  Wick Safer Neighbourhoods Team is inviting elderly residents from Hackney, particularly those who may have been victims of burglary, to a free drama production, called 'Ma Kelly's Doorstep' on March 9 at Wick Community Centre. 
  

• Rowing comes to Hackney
  Hackney Police's partnership unit last week joined forces with London Youth Rowing, Hackney Homes and the borough's education body, The Learning Trust, to launch the Mossbourne Rowing Academy in Hackney.
  

• Hoax caller pleads guilty
  A 22-year-old man who made a series of hoax calls to police and the Anti-Terrorist Hotline, naming himself as a suspect, has pleaded guilty to three offences.
  

• Teenager guilty of murder of store manager
  A teenage has been convicted of the murder of store manager Jamie Simpson at Matalan in Hackney in April 2008.
  

• 83 arrests following youth violence operation in Hackney
  A total of 83 people have been arrested following a 24-hour operation by Hackney Police and their partners to target serious youth violence and knife crime on the borough.
  

January 2010

• Crime in Hackney at lowest level for 10 years
  Figures released by the Metropolitan Police for the calendar year 2009 show crime in Hackney at its lowest level in ten years.
  

• Police mental health champion wins social justice commendation
  A police officer from Hackney Police whose work has dramatically improved relations between people with mental health problems and the police, has been awarded a prestigious commendation for his contributions to social justice.
  

• Cricketers Public House closed
  At last week's Licensing Review Sub Committee meeting at Hackney Town Hall, the committee decided to revoke the license for the Cricketers Public House, a premises in Cricketfield Road, E5, known to be the hub of anti-social behaviour in the area.
  

• Wick SNT tackle burglary
  A Safer Neighbourhoods team's innovative way of tackling burglary has reaped success.
  

December 2009

• HandyVan in Hackney
  The HandyVan scheme, which installs security equipment and delivers practical safety advice to older people, was lunched in Hackney.
  

• Chatham youth Rowing
  Chatham Safer Neighbourhoods Team in partnership with Arsenal Football Club, the Kickz project and London Youth Rowing, held their second indoor rowing event.
  

• ASBOs for street drinkers
  Hackney Police has secured two ASBOs against street drinkers causing a public nuisance in the vicinity of Saint John’s Churchyard
  

• Pub closed down and four arrested
  Four people have been arrested following a raid on a public house in Hackney last Friday.
  

November 2009

• Kings Park Youth Engagement
  Police in Hackney encourage social enterprise amongst local youths
  

• Robber jailed
  A man who stabbed a delivery driver from a local chinese restaurant has been jailed for 8 years by the Old Bailey.
  

• Burglar jailed
  A man who broke into a flat in Hackney and stole a laptop whilst the resident, a young woman from Eastern Europe was alone in the property, has been jailed for four and a half years.
  

• Hackney Commendation Ceremony 2009
  Officers, staff and members of the public were honoured for their acts of professionalism, teamwork, bravery, courage and dedication to duty at a recent commendation ceremony hosted by the Borough Commander, Chief Superintendent Steve Bending.
  

October 2009

• Senior Hackney officers visit Auschwitz-Birkenau
  Chief Superintendent Steve Bending and Chief Inspector Pete Atkinson last week travelled to Auschwitz-Birkenau, site of the former concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Poland.
  

• Hackney officer wins Met student police officer of the year
  Hackney Police Constable Tor Garnett beat off competition from across London to be awarded the Metropolitan Police Student Officer of the Year award 2009, presented to her by Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.
  

• Knife arch success at Hackney Community College
  Police officers from Hackney Borough Police, led by Haggerston Safer Neighbourhoods Team have undertaken a successful knife arch operation outside Hackney Community College on Falkirk Street in Shoreditch.
  

• Hackney CCTV receives national praise
  Hackney Police’s CCTV detections unit has had its hard work recognised by the National CCTV Strategy Programme, part of the National Policing Improvement Agency.
  

• Two robbers jailed
  Two violent robbers have received substantial jail sentences following investigations by Hackney's Robbery Squad.
  

September 2009

• Operation Crackdown marks 120th closure order in Hackney  
  Operation Crackdown was successfully granted its 120th closure order on an address in Evergreen Square Hackney
  

• Hackney's Volunteer Police Cadets presentation evening
  Hackney's Volunteer Police Corp (VPC) along with friends and families attended New Scotland Yard for a presentation evening
  

• Operation Athena Arrests
  17 people were arrested for Domestic Violence crimes in Hackney as a result of Operation Athena
  

July 2009

• Hackney Police name new Borough Commander
  Chief Superintendent Steve Bending lands borough's top role and states commitment to Policing Pledge
  

June 2009

• Hackney Police Cadets march to Horseguard's Parade
  The Met's Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) celebrated their 21st anniversary with what is believed to be London's largest-ever formal parade of young people on Sunday 14 June.
  

• Superintendent Alun Goode awarded Queen’s Police Medal
  Superintendent Alun Goode, who retired last week as Hackney’s acting borough commander, has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List.
  

• Operation Dominix Success
  Success for Hackney’s Drugs Squad - As part of National Tackling Drugs Week, officers from Hackney Police’s Drugs Squad have arrested 18 people in an operation targeting drug dealers on the borough.
  

• Operation Empath - Retailers hail success of joint initiative
  A joint operation to reduce crime through increased high visibility patrols in Hackney has been hailed a success by local businesses, thanks to the noticeable presence of mounted officers.
  

May 2009

• Police use new powers to cut alcohol related crime
  Officers from Hackney Police have used new Home Office legislation to deal with a street drinker whose abusive behaviour was causing persistent problems in the area surrounding Saint John's Churchyard in Hackney.
  

April 2009

• Hackney police beat bike gangs
  An innovative police operation to tackle violence and anti-social behaviour in Hackney by disrupting young offenders’ movements on pedal cycles has netted 42 arrests over a four-day period. The operation is believed to have contributed to the borough’s success in reducing serious youth violence by over 30% during the month of April, compared to the same period last year.
  

• Young victims of crime complete self defence-course
  Twenty young people from Hackney who have been victims of crime have just completed a ten-week course aimed at making them less susceptible to becoming repeat victims of crime.
  

• Mayor's New Transport Policing Team Launches in Hackney
  From today, 6 April, a new policing team in Hackney will patrol the area from Dalston Kingsland to Hackney Central and the Narroway, a key transport hub on the borough.
  

March 2009

• Successful Nighttime operation for Dalston Safer Neighbourhoods team
  From 23rd March to 28th March between the hours of 1800 and 0600, Dalston Safer Neighbourhood Team conducted an operation in the area of Shacklewell Lane targeting prostitutes and anti-social behaviour caused by prostitutes.
  

• Alcohol Enforcement Campaign – Local licensed premises tested for drugs
  Police and Council enforcement officials are carrying out monthly enforcement nights as part of the Alcohol Enforcement Campaign that is being run in Hackney in Spring 2009 to tackle alcohol-related crime.
  

• Youth Surgery at Suleymaniye Mosque
  Haggerston Safer Neighbourhoods team recently held it’s first youth surgery at the Suleymaniye Mosque on Kingsland Road.
  

• Chatham Youth Community Advisory Panel
  Chatham Safer Neighbourhoods Team held one of the countries first Youth Community Advisory Panels.
  

February 2009

• Drugs Warrant Executed Worsley Grove
  Officers from the North East Safer Neighbourhoods Teams in Hackney executed a drugs warrant at 4 Worsley Grove on 02/02/09, which lead to four arrests being made for possession with intent to supply cannabis and the retrieval of large amounts of herbal cannabis.
  

• Man jailed for 22 years
  A 42 year old man has been jailed for a total of 22 years, having been found guilty of 23 counts of rape and sexual assault. The offences took place over a sustained ten-year period between 1988 and 1998 and were committed against the man’s former partner and two stepdaughters.
  

• Laptop reunited with owner
  Hackney Police has successfully reunited a laptop with its rightful owner - a priest and member of Hackney's IAG - within 24 hours of a burglary at a church on the borough.
  

• Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Street Briefing
  On Weds 25th February, Hackney officers from Wick and Victoria Safer Neighbourhoods team held a street briefing outside Tesco on Well Street as a platform to address priorities that were agreed upon at the most recent Community Advisory Panel meeting.
  

• Hackney’s Twin Sergeants in Welsh Women’s Rugby team
  Identical twins Claire and Louise Horgan, both of Hackney Police, will take their place this weekend in the line-up of the Welsh women’s rugby team, hoping for victory in their Six Nations match against England.
  

January 2009

• Taxi Tout Operation
  Officers from Hackney’s D Team South, in conjunction with the Shoreditch Town Centre Team and CO17 Transport Operational Command Unit conducted an operation throughout the night against illegal taxi touts in Shoreditch on 23rd January 2008.
  

• Crime in Hackney falls by more than 7,000 offences in three years
  Crime in Hackney has fallen by more than 7,000 offences in three years, the largest percentage decrease and fall in overall numbers of any London borough, according to the latest audited figures from the Metropolitan Police.
  

• Knife Sale Prosecution
  Safer Neighbourhoods police officers from Hackney Police and Trading Standards officers from Hackney Council have carried out a successful knife test purchase operation as part of Operation Blunt 2, the Metropolitan Police’s response to knife crime and youth violence in London.
  

• Artifice Burglary/Bogus Callers Prevention Advice
  Hackney Borough Police would like to remind the residents of Hackney to take a few simple precautions to avoid becoming a victim of bogus callers/artifice burglary.
  

• Alcohol Licensing Enforcement Campaign
  Over the next three months, Hackney Borough will be running a high-profile initiative aimed at reducing incidents of alcohol related crime and disorder.