Andrew Dismore in East Finchley, launching his petition to Save Neighbourhood Policing, with (L-R) Barnet Labour councillors Ross Houston, Alison Moore, Arjun Mittra and Alon Or-Bach and East Finchley residents Jon Mitchell, Roger Chapman and Fiona Mitchell. Barnet and Camden London Assemby Member Andrew Dismore today launched a campaign to save neighbourhood policing and the jobs of 85 Police Community […]
Read moreDear editor, It is little wonder that people in Hampstead are resorting to crowd funding to pay for local police officers. The Metropolitan Police have grappled with years of extensive government cuts and with further budget cuts on the horizon, communities are understandably seeking to do all they can to protect local policing. The fall out from Boris Johnson’s decision […]
Read moreAt Mayor’s Question Time Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged Mayor Boris Johnson over the proposal from Hampstead and Frognal residents to ‘crowd source’ their own extra ward police officers, in light of the cuts to their Safer Neighbourhood Teams. (video link attached) Mr Dismore told the Mayor: ‘Residents in Hampstead, where there have been […]
Read moreSpeaking after the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s comments that up to 8,000 police officers may be lost as a result of Government cuts, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM said: ‘The Commissioner’s warning of a return to the 1970s show just how wrong the Conservative Home Secretary is, in her claim that her cuts to the […]
Read moreDear Editor In just 3 months over the summer, answers I have obtained from the Mayor of London reveal that Camden lost a total of 1,293 officer shifts to other boroughs, averaging 99 shifts per week. Barnet lost a total of 951 officer shifts to other boroughs, averaging 73 shifts per week. Neither Barnet nor Camden received any inward aid […]
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