Operation Broad Oak early benefits

We have been out today on our patrols. Sounds like another day at work for PC Loveday, but today was different. We were out under the banner of Operation Broad Oak and this means that I was out with 5 other officers. We were able to achieve so much more than when I am out alone. We even had one officer who paid to come in on his day off and help us.

We have issued 2 CPNs. 5 CPWs and carried out 6 stop and searches. We have dispersed many more from the area. We are also handing out the maps like they are going out of fashion. The map is of the Acton Town Centre area and the South Acton Estate. 

What this means is that we have now banned two people from Acton. 
This is a huge increase in the returns we are seeing for the Town Centre Area. Sgt Zealey's work tracker is overheating with the amount of results we are adding to it. 

We are also explaining the reason we are doing this to those we are stopping and processing so the message is clear. This has to stop. We need to see a real change before we can stop the op.

Until then we will see more officers in and around the town centre. 
Our Town Centre impacts all of us. I am frequently stopped by other officers commenting on the relative progress or regression they witness around the town centre. Like many of you we work here, we shop here and we park our cars here. Or like me we have worked here so long we grow to care about Acton and how it is perceived by others. 

Hopefully this is just the beginning. I know we have some more officers coming to help, we have even been promised some special constables to come and patrol with us. I will try and keep up the met engage posts, it is not always easy as I am usually working alone and have to resort to patrols on my own which are a little dull to write about and even more tedious to read about. There are only so many selfies i can post!

I do think this Operation is real positive and I think we are already seeing the fruits of our efforts.