Andrew Dismore

Andrew Dismore, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden today published up to date figures, which reveal the extent that Barnet police officers are  being sent to perform duties out of the Borough ( see answers to Mayor’s questions below). Over the last 6 months of  last year, officers were abstracted ( i.e. sent elsewhere ) on 512 occasions  for a total of 2532 officer shifts.

 

That equates to a loss of no fewer than 98 officer shifts  per week , for 20 separate  times per week.

 

Mr Dismore said:

 

‘ We already have far fewer  officers in Barnet  than at the time of the last election in 2010- just 548, 60 officers  fewer, that is  a 10% cut, double the Met. average which is bad enough in itself. (see official statistics below)

 

‘On top of that, we now know that we are losing  almost 100 officers for one shift   a week on average,  sent elsewhere in London

 

‘These centralised demands completely  ignore the needs of our hard pressed officers in Barnet and reveal just how overstretched our police service has become under the Conservatives . No wonder the common complaint is we never see our police. No wonder violent crime is up  34% and only 3% of burglaries result in a prosecution.

 

‘There is no doubt that we need more officers in Barnet- yet Hendon’s Conservative MP has done  nothing except break his oft repeated pledge at the last election, to increase the numbers of police. 

 

‘If I and Labour win May’s election we will protect the front line.

Answers to Mayor’s Questions:

 

Barnet: officer extractions 1

Question No: 2014/5256

Andrew Dismore

In Barnet for the last 6 months, on how many occasions have officers been extracted from the borough to support other policing operations elsewhere?

Written response from the Mayor

Officers have been abstracted on 512 occasions between 10/06/2014 and 10/12/2014.

 

 

 

Barnet: officer extractions 2

Question No: 2014/5257

Andrew Dismore

In Barnet for the last  6 months, for how many officer shifts   in total have officers been extracted from the borough to support other policing operations elsewhere?’

Written response from the Mayor

Officers have been abstracted for 2532 shifts between 10/06/2014 and 10/12/2014.

 

 

Extracted from MOPAC/ Met  website

 

 

Barnet Police Numbers	Barnet	All London Boroughs	MPS Total
May-10	607	20,641	33,147
Nov-14	548	18543	31434
Number decline since May 10	60	2,098	1,713
Percentage Decline since May 10	10%	10%	5%

 

 

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