Wandle’s Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) team have successfully restored peace to one community who were witnessing drug use and drug dealing in their shared carpark.
We received an ASB report from one of our customers who is a single mother with a young family. She advised there was anti-social behaviour taking place outside her home in the shared carpark, with people taking and dealing drugs. Of course, this made her feel very unsafe and worried for her family, as at times she would have to walk past these people to get to and from her home.
Our Community Safety Officer, Claudette Stewart, visited our customer and inspected the site. Claudette found the unlocked gate that led to the carpark, could be made more secure for our customers as it was currently being used not just by our residents, but by anyone in the local area.
Therefore, we made the gate more secure by changing the lock and giving keys to our residents only, ensuring only they would have access to the block.
Our customers were happy with our decision and told us it has now made them feel safer. However, this did not solve the problem of people misusing the carpark and engaging in drug activity.
Therefore, we are still working on this case, and we are working with the local authority, and the police who are currently patrolling the carpark to catch those engaging in illegal activity and drug use. Once the perpetrators have been identified, all agencies involved, including Wandle, will take join action and prevent them from continuing to cause anti-social behaviour and criminal activity in the future.
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