Wood Street

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Wood Street 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 WoodStreet@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).

Joynal Ahmed (Police, Sergeant, Wood Street and Upper Walthamstow neighbourhood wards)

Joynal Ahmed

Sergeant

EWA CZERNICKA-CHOI (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, WOOD STREET)

Ewa Czernicka-Choi

PCSO

Sarah Jackson (Metropolitan Police, Superintendent, Neighbourhoods)

Sarah Jackson

Superintendent

Scott Mason (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Neighbourhoods - NE North East - Waltham Forest -)

Scott Mason

Inspector

Lois Pennington (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Wood Street)

Lois Pennington

Police Constable

Adam Richmond (Metropolitan Police, Chief Inspector, Waltham Forest)

Adam Richmond

Chief Inspector

Shanwaz Sheikh (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Wood street)

Shanwaz Sheikh

Police Constable

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

Operation NARDIN - Robberies and theft snatches.
PMP 82928/24

Issued 02 December 2025

Reassurance patrols around hotspot areas during peak times.
Deploy plain clothes assets to crime hotspots/Wood Street OG station.
Post signage and crime prevention advice.
Target prolific offenders - build community trust and confidence.


Actioned 16 February 2026

Operation DUBUIS - Drugs/ASB (incl. acquisitive crimes).
PMP20855/24

Issued 02 December 2025

Conduct high visibility patrols to prevent and detect crime and increase community confidence.
Deploy covert assets to target prolific offenders and disrupt criminality (dugs and acquisitive crimes).
Review crime trends and representation for CCTV to be installed to reduce crime and disorder (prevention).
Joint work to disrupt crime gangs.

Actioned 16 February 2026

Operation BOREL - Sexual offences and violence against women and girls (VaWG).
PMP82933/24

Issued 02 December 2025

Gather information/intelligence from the local community.
Offer advice to women and girls on how to stay safe and protect themselves in an emergency.
VaWG patrols around open spaces and transport hubs.

Actioned 16 February 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 Wood Street are saying are the issues in the area:

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09/03/2026 13:09:14

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WOOD STREET LIBARARY E17 REASSURANCE PATROL

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04/03/2026 20:09:03

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Reinsurance patrol WOOD STREET LIBARARY

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04/03/2026 13:57:47

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26/02/2026 10:40:03

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25/02/2026 18:09:36

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