Dee Doocey
News from Dee Doocey - LOCOG’s excessive secrecy on Olympic tickets is shameful
7 MARCH 2012
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympic spokesperson, commenting on the replies provided by Lord Coe, Chair of LOCOG and Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of LOCOG, to her questions today about the lack of transparency over Olympic tickets said: "LOCOG ongoing secrecy over Olympic tickets is shameful. They have already sold over 7 million tickets and there is no reason at all why they could not publish today the full details about the price of tickets already sold for each and every Olympic event.
News from Dee Doocery: Mayor's support for end to secrecy over Olympic tickets must mean action
22 FEBRUARY 2012
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympic spokesperson, commenting on the Mayor’s response to her question this morning about the secrecy over the sale of Olympic tickets by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said: "I am delighted that the Mayor supports the London Assembly's call for transparency from LOCOG. In particular I welcome the fact that he has agreed to try to persuade LOCOG at the next Olympic Board meeting to immediately release the information.
News from Dee Doocey: LOCOG must back down over insisting on tickets for babies
25 JANUARY 2012
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympic spokesperson, commenting on reports that tickets might be necessary for babies to attend Olympic events said:
"It beggars belief to even suggest that tickets are necessary for babies being taken by new parents to an Olympic event, especially when most adults had to purchase their tickets so long before the start of the Games. This is the worst ‘health and safety’ excuse I have ever heard!
"It is time LOCOG just showed some common sense on this issue."
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News from Dee Doocey - Commons report on riots gets backing from Dee Doocey
19 DECEMBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, commenting on the publication today of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report on the August riots said:
"There is much in this report that is very welcome, especially its call for extra support to be offered to businesses, both before and after public disorder incidents take place.
News from Dee Doocey - Met should lead the public sector in good practice for employment guidelines
14 DECEMBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Policing spokesperson and member of the MPA, today challenged the Mayor to adopt the recommendations made by Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary for restrictions to be placed on the private sector jobs that senior police officers can take up after immediately leaving the police service.
Responding to Dee’s question today the Mayor rejected the need for such guidance.
Commenting after today’s Mayor Question Time Dee Doocey said:
News from Dee Doocey: Tasers in every Met car would undermine community policing across London
24 NOVEMBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the MPA, commenting on today’s comments by the Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe that every police car in London could be fitted with a taser said:
"To move from a relatively small number of highly-trained police officers being armed with a taser, to a situation where 6,500 police cars in London routinely carry them on everyday patrols would do irreparable damage to the reputation of our unarmed police service, which is the envy of the world."
News from Dee Doocey: Met's threat to use plastic bullets is a disgrace
9 NOVEMBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the MPA, commenting on the revelation that the Met had authorised the potential use of plastic bullets as a ‘last resort’ for policing of student protests today said:
"Plastic bullets have no role in policing demonstrations in London. Their use in Northern Ireland has led to seventeen lives being lost, including eight children. How can anyone believe plastic bullets deliver security when their record is so horrific?"
News from Dee Doocey: Questions now must be answered over the Met’s record of undercover policing
20 OCTOBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly policing spokesperson and member of the MPA commenting on the delay on the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report into undercover policing said:
“It is almost beyond belief that an undercover Met police officer went through the criminal justice system pretending to be someone else.
“This makes a mockery of the judicial system which works on truth and justice.
“Some very serious questions now need to be answered:
“Was the officer authorised by his superiors to lie to the court about his identity?
News from Dee Doocey: Mayor needs to get a grip on transport challenges facing London during the Olympics
12 OCTOBER 2011
Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Olympic spokesperson, commenting on the Mayor’s response to her questions at today's Mayor Question Time about conflicting figures about transport journeys that will take place in the capital during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games said:
