Neighbourhood Link is a community messaging service that enables you to receive messages from the Metropolitan Police Service containing news and information about policing activity or initiatives, crime prevention advice as well as major incidents affecting your area.
Your Safer Neighbourhood Team will use the service to keep you updated with local police activity and crime prevention advice. We will also use this service to keep you informed in the event of a major incident impacting on London.
Registration is free and simple to follow. To register you will need to provide us with information such as your contact details and the areas of London and subjects you would like to receive messages about.
Once you have registered you will begin to receive messages in relation to incidents or events impacting on London however you may not receive messages from your Safer Neighbourhood Team or other local police teams until the service is implemented in your borough. Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will contact you to let you know when the service is introduced to your borough.
You will usually receive messages via email unless you have specified otherwise. On some occasions it may be appropriate for messages to be sent in other ways such as text message or voicemail. In order to make sure you are getting the most out of this service please do keep your details up to date, you can amend your details at any time.
You can unsubscribe from the service and discontinue receiving messages at any time. If you wish to provide feedback on this service please visit Your Voice Counts at www.met.police.uk or contact the Customer Service Unit on 020 7230 4014.
You can register for more than one area of London, for example you may wish to receive information for both the areas you live and work, or for the area you live and also where an elderly relative lives.
There is no charge to people receiving messages through Neighbourhood Link.
As part of the registration process you will be asked for some personal information including your contact details as well as the subject areas you are interested in. The information you provide will only be used by the Metropolitan Police Service. It will not be passed on to other organisations.
All messages you receive will come from the Metropolitan Police Service. On some occasions we will send you messages on behalf of partner agencies from London Resilience in relation to major incidents or events impacting on London. Whilst we may use Neighbourhood Link to send messages on behalf of specific partner agencies your information will not be passed on to any other organisations.
London Resilience is a partnership of agencies that work to ensure London is prepared for any major incidents or events that may occur. The partners include Government, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police, British Transport Police, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Environment Agency, Greater London Authority, Health Protection Agency, London Councils, London Local Authorities, National Health Service, Transport for London and Port of London Authority.
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