On Wednesday, 9 January the Deputy Mayor, Stephen Greenhalgh, together with the Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackie and Assistant Commissioner Simon Byrne launched a series of public consultations from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) across each of London’s 32 boroughs.
The consultations detail the Mayors plans for police and crime across London, including ways to deliver savings and improvements for local policing to ensure that police resources are focused on the front line and delivering policing to London’s communities.
They will also explain the changes the Met will make to its local policing including an increase of 1200 officers working on boroughs. The foundation of local policing will be our enhanced Safer Neighbourhoods teams and the proposal to move 2600 officers back onto the streets from other roles. This will allow these teams to be more accessible, flexible and will use all available crime fighting tactics to investigate crime and catch more local criminals.
Assistant Commissioner Simon Byrne said: “We are determined to be the best police service for London - that’s why we need to change. We will be putting more officers into local policing across the capital and devoting more to our Safer Neighbourhoods Teams.
“We are changing the emphasis of what we do. Neighbourhood policing will be the foundation of the service we provide.”
A series of public meetings hosted by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh and Assistant Commssioner for Territorial Policing Simon Byrne will be held in every borough over the course of January and February, giving the public their chance to hear more about the proposed changes and ask questions. There will also be an online questionnaire for the public to give their views on the plans.
The consultation ends on 5 March and any feedback will be used to inform the final draft of MOPACs plans.
More information is available on the MOPAC website to understand more about the plans, find out when the public meeting will be taking place in your community and have your say about the say on the proposals.
The document summarising the proposals for Bromley can be viewed at the following link
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