St Alban's

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Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

St Alban's Safer Neighbourhoods Team

Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area or 'ward', supported by additional officers from the wider area.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.

To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at StAlban's@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).

Diaa Abed

Sergeant

Terry Connor

PCSO

Charlie Finch

Police Constable

Christopher Hakim

Police Constable

Muna Lam

PCSO

Alex Norrington

Sergeant

Susan Sullivan

PCSO

Kym White

PCSO

Matt Willison

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:

Priority	Action taken
Violence related priority - Continued policing emphasise on robbery. Issued 27 November 2025	Patrolling the local areas including subways during the hours young people leave school. Targeted Robbery patrols are ongoing in conjunction with the Town Centre team’s, with hotspots identified and then patrolled during key times. Actioned 27 November 2026
ASB - Street drinking with the town centre PSOP designated area Issued 27 November 2025	To disrupt and deter those who are in breach of the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) by drink within the designated areas as set by the local authority. Person's must not be in possession of an open container of alcohol or consume alcohol in a public place (except on license premises or on a designated area where a pavement licence is in force) **It should be noted that the Romford Town Centre PSPO can't ban the consumption of alcohol in a public space, however failing to comply with an officer's request to stop drinking and/or surrender alcohol is an offence within the PSPO zone Actioned 27 November 2026
Shoplifting Issued 27 November 2025	Proactive patrols for persistent shoplifters at local shops, Actively conduct patrols at all shopping precincts. Using ASB and criminal orders to deal with persistent offenders. Officers will look at incoming investigations and be proactive in obtaining CCTV and outstanding evidence. Actioned 27 November 2026

Priority

Action taken

Violence related priority - Continued policing emphasise on robbery.

Issued 27 November 2025

Patrolling the local areas including subways during the hours young people leave school.

Targeted Robbery patrols are ongoing in conjunction with the Town Centre team’s, with hotspots identified and then patrolled during key times.

Actioned 27 November 2026

ASB - Street drinking with the town centre PSOP designated area

Issued 27 November 2025

To disrupt and deter those who are in breach of the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) by drink within the designated areas as set by the local authority. Person's must not be in possession of an open container of alcohol or consume alcohol in a public place (except on license premises or on a designated area where a pavement licence is in force)

**It should be noted that the Romford Town Centre PSPO can't ban the consumption of alcohol in a public space, however failing to comply with an officer's request to stop drinking and/or surrender alcohol is an offence within the PSPO zone

Actioned 27 November 2026

Shoplifting

Issued 27 November 2025

Proactive patrols for persistent shoplifters at local shops, Actively conduct patrols at all shopping precincts. Using ASB and criminal orders to deal with persistent offenders.
Officers will look at incoming investigations and be proactive in obtaining CCTV and outstanding evidence.

Actioned 27 November 2026

The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities

What members in St Alban's are saying are the issues in the area:

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