Keep up the good habits in securing your homes ; Your viewsPoints of View Sgt Patrick Walsh Billericay police [Edition 3]

THE start of the year has kept my team and I extremely busy. Iwas lucky to have Christmas Day off, but many of my team continuedto work. Already into the full swing of the year, we have beenexecuting lots of warrants to crack down on suspected drugs use andsupply.

We have continued our patrols of burglary hotspots after thereported rise in offences at the end of last year, and so far thisseems to be working as we are seeing fewer offences reported. Iwould urge all residents to keep up good home security habits, andplease lock your uPVC doors with a key.

My team is still working with shops in the High Street using theTownlink system, and we have two more shops signing up to it.

All the action we have been taking on crime in recent weeks is adirect result of the community telling us who is committing crime,so I encourage all of you to call us if you know who is involved incriminality.

If you don't want to speak to police, call Crimestoppersanonymously on 0800 555 111 and they will then pass it on to us.