19/08/2026
Partnership Working Across the Heart of London
Your Heart of London Business Alliance Bobbies and BID Security Manager Pete recently joined a coordinated operation alongside Westminster City Council, the Metropolitan Police and Immigration Enforcement.
The operation focused on cycle safety, street-based anti-social behaviour, safeguarding, business engagement and wider public safety across the area.
Results from the operation included:
• 1 immigration arrest
• 8 immigration checks
• 2 Community Protection Warnings issued for begging
• 1 Fixed Penalty Notice issued for breach of the Pedicab Public Space Protection Order
• 2 Fixed Penalty Notices issued for dangerously parked bikes
• 1 portable stereo, 1 microphone and 8 cones seized from unlicensed street performers, with the matter progressing towards prosecution
• 27 verbal warnings issued to individuals cycling on the highway
• 2 welfare checks completed, with referrals made to support services
• 1 engagement with a Big Issue vendor
• 16 business engagements, including crime prevention advice
• 4 youth engagements, also focused on crime prevention
• 1 safeguarding report submitted
• 1 intelligence report submitted following an incident involving children at a cinema
• 1 missing male located safe and well
• 1 drugs sweep completed, with a negative result
A strong example of coordinated enforcement, engagement and safeguarding across the Heart of London.
Working together means better intelligence, stronger visibility and more support for businesses and the public.