The Pinner Association
– The Voice of our Community
Filming will be taking place within the children’s playground area at Pinner Recreation Ground on Friday 25th October 2019 from approx. 8 am until 2 pm in the afternoon.
Filming will sequence two actors sitting on the swings in dialogue and will be supported by a small film crew using handheld camera’s with two technical vehicles parked on the hard standing pavement. Notices will be displayed in advance to forewarn users of the park.
Pinner Panto Committee are looking for volunteers to help with stewarding for the evening of 28 November 19. If you can spare an hour or more please email [email protected] with your details.
Thanks for helping.
Dear Resident,
Apologies for the late distribution of this newsletter (again), but I try and write it in between all the other things I need to do. Anyway, here is some of what we did in September.
Burglary
Unfortunately, the last month of summer has not been a good month for burglary statistics and more importantly those residents who have experienced a burglary.
In total the Pinner area had three attempted residential burglaries; in Howards Close; Rickmansworth Road; and Ringwood Close respectively; and twelve burglaries; one in West End Lane, Tewkesbury Avenue, High View, St Michaels Crescent, Eastcote Road, Marsh Road, Glover Road and Whittington Way respectively. Two occurred in Albury Drive and Paines Lane.
The majority of these burglaries occurred during the hours of darkness. Entry to properties is often gained by smashing a rear patio door or window, and access to the rear of these properties is usually gained through unlocked side gates or by climbing over them.
With the dark nights now well and truly upon us, it is important to illuminate your home and give it the ‘lived-in look’, which can often deter the majority of burglars who like the cover of darkness. Whether you are at home watching the latest iteration of the Hallowe’en franchise or out walking the dog, please give the impression your home is occupied.
Obviously, using timer switches or smart technology alone won’t prevent a burglary happening; not even the presence of a burglar alarm can, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put security measures in place. You will never know if your home security has deterred a burglar, but you will know when it hasn’t.
Please take some time to assess your home’s security and proactively address any vulnerabilities you identify. For burglary and all types of crime prevention advice please click on this link: https://www.met.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/.
Neighbourhood Watch / OWL
There is a new neighbourhood watch scheme in town which I encourage you all to sign up to. On 14th September OWL (Online Watch Link) went live in Harrow. At the time of writing the Pinner and Pinner South wards collectively have almost 500 residents registered to receive crime updates from police. I have attached some literature about what exactly OWL is, so please do sign up, if you’ve not already done so.
Please accept my thanks in advance for your registration.
Arrests / Court Results / Other
It was an unlucky Friday 13th for one individual who PC Brooks found in possession of cannabis in Pinner Grove. The male recently pleaded guilty to drug possession and received a £100 fine and a £32 victim surcharge.
During our Op Cubo traffic operation, that started in Pinner and gradually moved to Rayners Lane, we stopped a vehicle after its driver was seen using his mobile phone. A subsequent search of the vehicle – which was later seized- resulted in a crowbar and a substantial quantity of cash being discovered in the boot.
The driver was arrested for going equipped and theft offences and a search of the driver’s home address resulted in further cash being found; subsequent to that a cannabis factory was discovered in Barnet!
The driver was later released under investigation.
During patrols in an unmarked vehicle we spotted a transit van slowly being driven around the area. This is a frequent sight in all areas as the occupants of vans of this type are often looking for scrap metal in skips or discarded white goods that have been abandoned in the street.
However, on some occasions the occupants are looking to steal tools from building sites or insecure work vans.
Our enquiries established that the driver of the stopped van was not insured, so we seized possession of it as part of The Met’s ongoing Operation Reclaim. The driver has been sent to court.
Community Engagement
We have provided residents of Pinner with ample opportunity to engage with us and discuss local crime-related matters.
We have held crime prevention stands in Costa and Pinner Library, attended the Pinner Village Show and two MacMillan Coffee Mornings; in Pinner United Services Club and the pavilion in Roxbourne Park respectively.
We also popped up at Barclays Bank and a recent music event at Roxy Café in Roxbourne Park’s pavilion, and held ten ‘Op Carpo’ Community Walks across the Pinner ward, during which we discussed any local concerns with those residents whom attended.
Our public meeting in Pinner Village Hall was attended by approximately 80 residents, who listened to talks from a Detective Constable from the Central Specialist Operations Unit and a Detective inspector from the North West Borough Command Unit’s Burglary Unit. Both officers gave the audience valuable burglary prevention advice and information on what is being done to reduce burglary offences across Barnet, Brent and Harrow boroughs.
We were also lucky to be graced with the presence of Natwest Community Banker Mark Mullally who provided excellent advice on how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of scams and frauds.
We continue to use social media platforms Twitter and Nextdoor to engage with and inform the community about our activities and future events. If you have a Twitter account but don’t yet follow us, please do so @MPSPinner and @MPSPinnerSouth respectively and encourage others to do the same.
If you don’t want to join Twitter, but still want to find out what we’ve been doing, you can do so by clicking on this link: https://www.met.police.uk/a/your-area/met/harrow/pinner/ or https://www.met.police.uk/a/your-area/met/harrow/pinner-south/, depending on where in Pinner you reside.
We have done many other things, but as I don’t want to bore you completely, I have omitted them from this update.
Kind regards,
Lee O’Brien PCSO 7562NW
Pinner / Pinner South SNT
The Pinner Association have been informed by Harrow Council that the Waxwell Lane car park will be closing at the end of the month with the main contractor for the building works, to construct twenty mews style town houses, taking ownership of the site with immediate effect. This will mean that access will be unavailable for any vehicles and persons from 31 October 2019, apart from the contractor’s staff working at the site.
We have been told several times previously that the Waxwell Lane car park was to close, and on each occasion the closure has been delayed. However, this time it appears that the car park really will shut permanently at the end of this month.
The Pinner Association have been informed by Harrow Council that filming will be taking place within the children’s playground area at Pinner Recreation Ground, West End Lane, on Friday 25th October 2019 from approx. 8 am until 2 pm in the afternoon.
The filming will sequence two actors sitting on the swings in dialogue and will be supported by a small film crew using handheld cameras with two technical vehicles parked on the hard standing pavement.
Notices will be displayed in advance to forewarn users of the park.
Filming will be taking place within a café on High Street Pinner on Saturday 5th October 2019.
A film crew will be filming a commercial for a well-known car company. The majority of the filming will take place within the café but cameras will be positioned on the pavement to film a car pulling into a suspended row of bays.
Harrow Council do not anticipate any disruption to normal traffic but pedestrians walking on the footway directly outside the café maybe asked to hold during these filming sequences.
Approx. 40 bays within Waxwell Lane Car Park will not be available for public use on Saturday but the remainder of the car park is open to the public as normal.
Harrow Council have relaunched their website. If you come across an issue there is a feedback form you can use.
Flood alert in force now
Flooding is possible – be prepared
We are currently seeing some heavy rainfall in the London area. There are further showers expected later this evening that will clear overnight into tomorrow, Wednesday 02 October. Most rivers in the Pinn catchment have fallen back to normal levels, although some still remain high. Further rain could cause levels to increase again, although no flooding to properties is forecast. We are closely monitoring the situation and will issue Flood Warnings if required. Take care near the areas of concern and monitor your local weather conditions. We are continuing to monitor river levels and have staff in the field checking for and clearing blockages in the rivers. This message will be updated by 10am tomorrow or earlier if the situation changes.
This information was last updated at
See: https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/target-area/062WAF28Pinn
The way you can send A5 sized posters to The Pinner Association for free publicity display on our four notice boards around Pinner is changing.
The policy for posters from outside organisations to be displayed on the Pinner Association notice boards is strictly those from local charities and not-for-profit community organisations. We cannot allow any commercial posters as we get so frequent requests for free advertising that our boards would be covered in such posters. If you see any “commercial” poster on our notice board in the entrance lobby of Sainsbury’s this will have been put up without our consent and it will be removed as soon as we see it.
Posters / flyers from outside sources for display on our Notice Boards should be no larger than A5 size (half A4 size) – larger posters will not be displayed.
Posters which are to publicise an organisation or series of events will be displayed for as long as possible, but only for a limited time to allow space for other posters to be displayed.
Posters / flyers should give contact details for further information about the event or organisation being publicised. The Pinner Association cannot act as an agent for other organisations’ events.
The notice boards will be updated regularly, but you may need to wait to see your organisations’ poster / flyer displayed. Please send us your poster / flyer in good time before the date of a specific event to ensure its timely display.
Four A5 sized copies of the poster / flyer to be displayed should be sent to:
The Pinner Association Notice Boards, 10, Crest View, PINNER HA5 1AN
OWL, the Online Watch Link, is launching in Harrow on Saturday 14th September 2019. This is an online facility that allows local police to engage with residents and share information, alerts and solve problems. It also allows local watch areas to be established quickly and easily, allowing residents and coordinators to engage with their neighbours and the police. OWL has been tried and tested across the city and the counties with proven benefits to security and crime reduction. We are keen to share this news with Harrow residents, starting with you as Community Champions. To register for the OWL system please go to www.owl.co.uk
