Foot patrol (07/11/2025)

With Lee away staffing up the borough's Response Team, Rick combined after-school and burglary awareness patrols over 4-and-a-half hours today, which included most of Rush Green (8.23 miles).

Beginning the afternoon along upper Rainham Road South and Felhurst Crescent, school children heading hope were engaged with (p).

From there, Hardie Road and Tony Rawson Way were passed through, followed by 1.4 miles of Central Park (3.59pm) to deter robbery.

Next up was the west side of Dagenham Road, which included Leonard (4.50pm) and Thorntons Farm Avenue (e5.26pm, p), before full coverage around the east side, including Lincoln Avenue (6.04pm) and Footpath 155 (6.24pm).

It was then back past the college and around Valentines Way (6.52pm), Great Cullings (p) and Eastbrook Drive (7.10pm).