 Residents in Yiewsley, West Drayton, Hayes and the Heathrow Villages can expect to see more police officers and PCSOs in their area following a grant by Hillingdon Community Trust of £6,340 to the Safer Neighbourhood Team of the Metropolitan Police to buy 10 new bikes. The bikes are purpose built for police
use by ‘Specialized Bikes’. They will replace the current fleet of cycles that are very expensive to maintain and will give officers a greater opportunity to patrol their patch on bikes.
Christine Little, Director of Hillingdon Community Trust, commented, ‘Studies have proven that officers patrolling on bikes help greatly to reduce the fear of crime, which is an important issue amongst elderly members of the community. It is fair to say that Officers are also more accessible to the public when
patrolling on bikes, so the Trust was keen to support this grant as part of its objective of improving community safety in its area.
Sgt Derek Wheeler of the Safer Neighbourhood Team added, ‘Officers are often stopped and given information or informed of crimes that otherwise would not have been reported due to various reasons such as people believing that it is too difficult to contact police. Policing on bikes offers greater flexibility and tactical options to supervisors when deploying officers to deal with specific situations. For example alleyways can be effectively patrolled in areas of high burglaries and youth disorder can be effectively tackled in parks and green spaces.’
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