Foot patrol (02/10/2026)

Foot patrol (02/10/2026)

Rick was back out around Rush Green today to deter college-based anti-social behaviour (ASB), while also visiting the Parkside beat during the first part of the shift, over the course of more than 4 hours (6.74 miles).

Hooks Hall Drive (10.53am, p) began the Parkside patrol, with the likes of Park Drive, Grove Gardens (11.41am), Fir Tree Walk, Tony Rawson Way (12.35pm) and Bell Farm Avenue visited along the way.

It was then into Fels Field and out onto Dagenham Road (12.49pm), before checking in on college ASB hotspots including the Thorntons Farm Avenue alley, the Fourth Avenue car port and the Dagenham Road flats (1.05pm, p).

The Co-op was visited before returning back to Fourth Avenue (1.33pm) and Thorntons Farm Avenue.

Harveys Lane (1.43pm) and all of Parish Fields (1.54pm) was covered, followed by Great Cullings, Eastbrook Drive and Fels Farm Mews (2.47pm, p).