Category Archives: Policing

Barnet and Camden residents urged to report homophobic hate crimes

  Barnet and Camden residents are being urged to report incidents of homophobic and other LGBT+ hate crimes. The call from local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore, comes after analysis showed an 11% increase in the number of LGBT+ crimes reported to police in Barnet and Camden in the last year. Statistics from the Metropolitan Police also reveal a 13% […]

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Weekend of anti Semitic attacks branded “shameful” by Dismore

A series of criminal acts targeted at members of the Jewish Community in Mill Hill and Edgware over Friday 20th and Saturday 21st January have been branded “shameful”, “disgusting” and “totally unacceptable” by London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore.   Offensive graffiti was found on a recycling bin and bollard in Daws Lane, Mill Hill, and a […]

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Dismore challenges Mayor over DBS criminal record checks backlog

At today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM challenged the Mayor over the serious delays in criminal record checks for people waiting clearance to take up jobs or volunteering opportunities. (video here)   As at 07/12/2016, the MPS ‘Work in Progress’ (backlog) for DBS checks was 43,007. Extra staff have been recruited […]

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Police report from City Hall, Jan 17

Government cuts of £17.4m lead Mayor to propose 8p a week council tax rise to defend police officer numbers   In  the Autumn police funding settlement for the Metropolitan Police next year, the Government has  recently confirmed  there will  be a cut in central  Government  funding  of £17.4m compared to  2015-16, because of  the decision of previous Mayor Boris Johnson […]

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