Andrew Dismore

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for  Barnet  and Camden has today published figures he has just received in  response to questions to Mayor Johnson (see below).

Mr Dismore said:

“The Mayor   keeps changing the date from which he calculates the figures to try to present his police cuts in the best light he thinks he can get away with. He has manipulated the base figures by taking as the start point the lowest possible date, when the police numbers were at their worst, to suggest there are more, when the opposite is true.

Far from the numbers going up, in 2010, when the Conservative led Government came to power and Labour left office, there were 887 warranted officers in Camden. Now there are 723 .

If the Mayor’s projected target is 751 for 2015, then there will still be significantly fewer police officers at the end of this Government’s term than at the start. The number of sergeants has declined dramatically; in particular, meaning officers will have far less supervision.

And he still won’t own up to what the SNT figures are, two months after the question was asked!

And then, only around 20% of officers on the SNT clusters will be on duty under their new shift pattern, too. And those officers will be spread across the ward clusters.  The named sergeant will be required to be available to work anywhere in the cluster, not just the ward in question.  Local knowledge will inevitably be diluted.

This is why the independent UK Statistics Authority were asked to investigate MOPACs figures.

His own figures show the Mayor has not come clean over his cuts, which are risking the public.”

 

Mayor’s answers:

Camden Police Numbers 1

Question No: 2053 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

When will you answer substantively Question No: 1485 / 2013 “As of 31st March 2013, how many full time sworn police officers were there in Camden; how many special constables; how many PCSOs; how many sergeants; how many non PCSO civilian staff were there; what were the comparable figures for 1st May 2010, and 31st March 2012; and what do you expects the figures to be on 31st March 2014?”

Written response from the Mayor

As I have stated in my response to Question No. 1485 full time sworn police officers, special constables, PCSOs and non-PCSO civilian staff data is available on the London datastore.

http://data.london.gov.uk/datastorefiles/datafiles/crime-community-safety/mps-figures_Mar13.xls

The data on sergeants has also been provided:

 

 

At present, there are no confirmed operational target strengths for 2014 and thus further figures are not available at this time.*

Camden Police Numbers 2

Question No: 2054 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

When will you answer substantively Question No: 1486 / 2013 “ As of 31st March 2013, what were the strength of each of the SNTs in Camden, broken down by officer ranks and types; what were the comparable figures for 1st May 2010, and 31st January 2012; and what he expects the figures to be on 31st March 2014?”

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. *

Camden Police Numbers 3

Question No: 2055 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

As of 30th April 2013, how many full time sworn police officers were there in Camden; how many special constables; how many PCSOs; how many sergeants; how many non PCSO civilian staff were there; what were the comparable figures for 1st May 2010, and 30th April 2012; and what do you expects the figures to be on 30th April 2014?”

Written response from the Mayor

The strengths for the relevant dates are set out in the table below:

 

I remain committed to protecting police officer numbers at or around 32,000.Police officer numbers by borough will be affected by a range of factors, including recruitment timescales.

It is not currently possible to provide figures for target strengths for 2014. However, under the Local Policing Model, Camden will have 751 police officer posts overall by 2015 with 157 posts in Safer Neighbourhood Teams.*

Camden Police Numbers 4

Question No: 2056 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

As of 30th April 2013, what were the strength of each of the SNTs in Camden, broken down by officer ranks and types; what were the comparable figures for 1st May 2010, and 30th April 2012; and what he expects the figures to be on 30th April 2014?”

Written response from the Mayor

Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly.