Dear Residents,
I wanted to remind you that, as part of our routine monthly Residents’ Forums programme, we have organised a Police focussed event to provide an opportunity for residents to meet the new Police Borough Commander, Inspector Lucy Marriott, and hear her perspective on local Policing and crime prevention, take any questions from residents, and provide the context and reassurance on local crime.
This event is the third in a series. In 2022 we hosted ‘Meet the Beat’ with a police vehicle stand at the Brooklands triangle, and last year the local Police Sergeant joined a Residents’ Forum to answer questions. This event is the first to include the Police Borough Commander in person, and she will be accompanied by two of her team – the Neighbourhood Specialist Police Officer for Weybridge, and a member of the Safer Neighbourhood Team.
Past events have been well received and demonstrate the effective partnership we have with the Police. Our aim is to continue to enhance this relationship and improve residents’ understanding and awareness of the Police and local issues, in order that the risk of crime can be reduced.
The event will take place on Monday 24th March at 6pm in the Golf Club.
Please book your place by emailing mail@sghra.com. If there is a particular issue or topic that you would like the Police Commander to address, please let us know when booking your place.
Administrators of any resident run informal WhatsApp groups are welcome to highlight this invitation through their own channels to ensure the widest number of residents are aware of the opportunity.
This is a timely reminder as we have been made aware of an increased number of burglaries on the Wentworth estate.
Having spoken to the Estate Manager at Wentworth and the Police Borough Commander for Virginia Water, the current information regarding the incidents at Wentworth is the houses affected were on the edge of the estate, close to main roads, and accessed via golf course land or a neighbour’s garden. Vulnerable times appeared to be between 6pm and 9pm, when the properties were unoccupied, with access generally gained from an upper floor window (or skylight) by more than one individual.
I hope the initiative to invite the local Police Borough Commander to the estate is of interest to residents and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the evening.
Best wishes,
Richard
Richard Maundrell
Chief Executive
St George’s Hill Residents’ Association
