Safer Neighbourhood Policing and police stations

From Caroline Pidgeon’s latest newsletter…

Caroline says:- ”

We are still waiting for the results of the review into changes to Safer Neighbourhood Teams that the police have been carrying out. The new policing model has centralised policing in London and left local Safer Neighbourhood Teams with just one dedicated PC and one PCSO per ward. Previously each ward had 1 sergeant, 2 PCs and 3 PCSOs as a minimum.

The Metropolitan Police have been carrying out a review and we are pushing them to make changes. Even the Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe confirmed to me at a Police and Crime Committee that the changes may have gone too far.

We have also had confirmed that the Met Police will be looking again at the future of police stations in the next couple of years and may close more to help with their budget. Again there are no details yet on this.

I will keep you posted on any news on these important local issues…”

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