Thank you to Inspector Lindsey Whatley, the Borough Commander for East Surrey, for taking the time to meet with me recently to discuss residents’ concerns and update me on policing issues in East Surrey. Many of you have written to me about worries about anti-social behaviour, traffic control measures, and traveller sites. Whilst being updated on the relocation of the police HQ, I told the inspector that keeping the front desk service at Caterham was very important to people in the town.
After the shoplifting roundtable a few months ago, I was pleased to hear the parish council’s work to install CCTV cameras in Oxted was having such a positive impact.
I’m also grateful to the officers who have done so much to tackle multiple criminal gangs who were shoplifting on our high streets. There is still more to do, but our fantastic police officers are making good progress.
I always use these meetings to bring up individual bits of casework and make sure that residents’ concerns are fed back to our excellent police service.
