• Reference: 2017/3298
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

What is your view of the police using a "tactical contact" (e.g. ramming) with suspects on mopeds?

• Reference: 2017/3297
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

As part of your public access consultation for the Met Police, have you considered locating contact points in other public buildings, such as local libraries, which might save the Met money, generate revenues for Councils and provide more "one stop shops" at public buildings?

• Reference: 2017/3296
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

In the Pathfinder (Camden & Islington) Borough I understand that can be around 100 outstanding urgent calls at any one time with the response team. I have had reports that when member of the public calls 999, the police do not always respond to their call. Is this correct?

• Reference: 2017/3295
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

In the Pathfinder (Camden & Islington) Borough there appears to be a disconnect in that ward priorities are not aligned with the emergency policing team priorities, for example if a caller dials 101 to report anti-social behaviour that was an issue on the ward, the Response teams would not attend as they had I & S grade priorities. What is being done about this?

• Reference: 2017/3294
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

I am getting reports from Camden residents and ward panels that the Pathfinder (Camden & Islington) Borough has resulted in a deterioration of services provided by the MPS, including in particular the poor standard of investigations into crime allegations. What is being done to correct this?

• Reference: 2017/3293
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

I have been informed that there are continuing problems with police Airwave radios for response teams--specifically that a response team is expected to maintain one channel while responding to an incident. This apparently means that other teams cannot listen in--one example given to me was that a team requiring assistance might not be able to communicate with another team nearby who could help. Is this correct? Is this a product of the borough pathfinder merger? If this is happening, what is being done about it?

• Reference: 2017/3292
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

How will you make a more diverse night time offering attractive if you don't find a way of dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime that come from the alcohol led nature of the current night time economy post 23:00?

• Reference: 2017/3291
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

Do you disagree with Westminster Council's view, that there is a distinction between an evening economy, which is about culture, entertainment and food, and the night time economy, which is more about alcohol and clubbing?

• Reference: 2017/3290
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

You have talked about the 'Agent of Change' principle in planning, which requires the party making a change to take steps to mitigate its impact. If you are successful in intensifying the night time economy, how do you see this principle applying in the grant of alcohol licences for later hours?

• Reference: 2017/3289
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 10 August 2017

50,000 people visit Camden Town each Friday and Saturday evening. This is equivalent to the crowd at a Premier League football match. Camden Town have a dedicated Police team of 6 officers on duty as well as the usual SNT team. At a "category A" football match with 50,000 fans in London there would typically be 150 police officers. There would also be 200 stewards. Football crowds are usually easier to police. The majority of fans are home fans who know what the best routes are and what the police will worry about. They follow the same routes every 2...