(CA4) Meriden Ward

Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in this area.  They also respond to issues or concerns, conduct regular patrols and hold surgeries to share crime prevention advice.

Other units also work in this area, responding to emergency calls (Response) and investigating crimes (Crime Investigation Department). 

Your local contactable officer is listed as PC Aaron George below, you can also contact us via our website or call 101. 
If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.

Aaron George (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Police Constable, Hertfordshire - Operational Intelligence Unit)

Aaron George

Police Constable

Matthew Hardy (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Sergeant, Watford - North)

Matthew Hardy

Sergeant

Simon Cooper (Hertfordshire Constabulary, Inspector - Neighbourhood Police Team, Watford)

Simon Cooper

Inspector - Neighbourhood Police Team

Local Priority Issues

Priority Action taken

We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf

Issued 01 April 2026

Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues:

Address speeding and nuisance vehicle use in the Callowland and Leggatts wards.
• Patrols have been carried out and officers have attended reports from members of the public.
• Road safety operations have been conducted, with further dates planned.
• Speed checks have been carried out.
• Two section 59 warning notices were issued to people riding quad bikes - if caught again, the vehicles will be seized.

Reduce anti-social behaviour around St Albans Road, Bushey Mill Lane and Hemming Way.
• Patrols have been carried out in the area.
• Businesses have been spoken to.
• Dedicated operations have been conducted - utilising uniformed and plain clothed resources.
• A persistent offender was arrested.

Tackle nuisance e-scooters and bicycles being used on pavements in Callowland and Leggatts wards.
• Patrols have been carried out in the area.
• Dedicated operations have been planned - utilising uniformed and plain clothed resources.
• Riders have been stopped and spoken to, to explain the laws around their use and give warnings around scooters being seized.
• Messaging has been issued on social media to remind people of the laws around use of e-scooters.

Actioned 01 April 2026

What members in (CA4) Meriden Ward are saying are the issues in the area:

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