Watch me question the Mayor at the March Mayor’s Question Time, on the Police and Crime Plan.
I ask the Mayor if he will take in the consultation responses into consideration before making his decision and question him on his police numbers.
The Mayor of London’s Police and Crime Plan for London was launched yesterday. The plan confirms that nearly half of London’s police stations will close, including Winchmore Hill and Southgate in Enfield, and Muswell Hill in Haringey.
Proposals in the Mayor’s new Police and Crime Plan for Enfield are:
Joanne outside Muswell Hill Police Station which is proposed to close
Proposals in the Mayor’s new Police and Crime Plan for Haringey are:
I am disappointed that the Mayor has not listened to the residents of Enfield and Haringey, and that we will lose access to local police stations, even after we raised our concerns with him. The Mayor is keeping Southgate police station open for 3 hours a week but only temporally until the station is sold off. It is also unacceptable that Winchmore Hill police station was closed before the consultation had even ended.
Further to this, Haringey needs two 24/7 police stations for operational reasons, and the Mayor has disregarded professional opinion by leaving us with just one 24/7 police station in the borough. We are still not clear what will happen in the west of the borough as Muswell Hill police station will close and plans to open a replacement future contact point have been vague.
The Mayor says he is putting bobbies before buildings and would not close police stations without providing the equivalent or superior access, but this is not the case. Proposed front counters open for three hours a week in place of a police station is not equivalent or better access to local police.
Come and have your say on the consultation the Mayor’s proposals, which include the loss of police officers, changes to Safer Neighbourhood Teams and the closure of police stations, tonight 8pm at Haringey Civic Centre.
Register here to attend tonight’s consultation.
Chair of Police and Crime Committee
Today the Police and Crime Committee are questioning the Mayor on his Police and Crime Plan.
Watch here:http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/the-london-assembly/webcasts
Watch me question the Mayor at the January Mayor’s Question Time, on the Police and Crime Plan.
I ask the Mayor if he is confident that he will meet the targets set out in his Police and Crime Plan.
I also ask if he knows how much will be saved by closing 65 police counters in London, to which he does not know the answer.
