Blackfen & Lamorbey
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Blackfen & Lamorbey 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 Blackfen&Lamorbey@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).
John Ahearne
Dedicated Ward Officer
Steven Cooney
Sergeant
Gareth Evans
Inspector
James Hendrick
Chief 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 |
|---|---|
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Motor Vehicle Crime Issued 21 October 2026 |
Crime prevention stalls and door to door enquiries, highlighting the use of trackers, steering wheel locks and ghost immobilisers. Run operations such as OP Huntsman to target and arrest offenders. Actioned 12 October 2026 |
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ASB Issued 21 October 2026 |
Carry out foot patrols across the ward in order to identify ASB offenders, in particular parks on the ward. Encourage reporting of ASB incidents, via MET Engage and Ward panel meetings. Actioned 12 October 2026 |
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Drug offences Issued 21 October 2026 |
Carry out plain clothes patrols in order to detect and deter drug use and dealing. Build on intelligence and carry out warrants on persons and venues identified to disrupt dealing in the locality. Actioned 12 October 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 Blackfen & Lamorbey are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts
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Sec35 Authority the OVAL.
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This Friday night, your Safer Neighbourhood Team carried out 15 stop-and-searches across the area, l...
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- Blackfen Community Library and Rooted Coffee House, 7-9 Blackfen Road, DA15 9LU
- 04/11/2026 13:00
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