Andrew Dismore AM, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden challenged Mayor Boris Johnson over Barnet Police’s poor attendance times at Mayor’s Question Time. (Video: https://vimeo.com/106411885 ) After MQT Mr Dismore said: “At July’s MQT I raised this with the Mayor. “For ‘I’ calls in Barnet, the target is supposed to be 15 minutes. In […]
Read moreUnder questioning at the London Assembly yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe conceded that the balance of the Mayor’s neighbourhood policing teams had “gone the wrong way” and is being reviewed, whilst Mayor Boris Johnson admitted that the local policing model needs to “be improved”. Following the restructure, Barnet has lost 65 Police Officers (11%) and 108 PCSOs […]
Read moreDear Editor, It is good to see that the new police contact point is to open in the old Hampstead Town Hall, for which I also campaigned. It was ludicrous that the local police had been forbidden to spend £30 on this; even the Mayor agreed with me about it, when I challenged him at Mayor’s Question Time. However, let […]
Read moreDear Editor, Superintendent Corkill has been put in a difficult position, having to spin the Mayor’s line that there will be more police officers. Compared to now or 2011, when the Met was at its lowest numbers, that is the case. But that artificial date was selected by the Mayor to make things look better than they really are. […]
Read moreWith accompanying article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10715100/Water-cannon-is-not-very-British-say-campaigners.html ————— SIR – We write to express our deep concern at the attempt by the Metropolitan Police to introduce water cannon on the streets of London, and urge Theresa May, the Home Secretary, not to authorise their use. The proposal lacks support even from the police, with five out of the six largest police authorities, several police […]
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