Reducing violent crime

Just a few points folkes:

1) A friend of mine pointed out a crack house to police who said 'yeah, we're aware of it' 6 months later nothing done

2) I was walking down Sloane Square with a few friends 1 evening and got stopped twice by plain clothes asking where I was going. 

3) Would resources be better placed in areas with high crime frequencies? Bobbies on the beat please and not just in the well to do areas

4) Is the night tube paying for itself yet? More cyclists are needed as they look lonely traversing these expensive cycle lanes inconvieniencing everyone else. Perhaps money could be better spent elsewhere? 

5) When I look at that guy who hid in the embassy (Assange) and the cost of policing him (£10M), I wonder how anyone could justify this amount. 1 officer in the front, 1 at the back with a change of shift. Someone should really look into this. How many officers on the beat would that have covered? When you see teams kicking down the doors of these criminals, does it really need 15-20 officers when they have been monitoring the address and know there is only 1 or 3 people at the address?

The measures above look great, as long as people are not made more afraid of crime; it would be good to help people feel more empowered to live fulfilled and safe lives..

 Everybody I know I would willingly pay more to have a police force that is fit for practise, Why, if he is worried about crime in London,  has he cut the police force so they cannot perform well, and shut police stations Also given us a silly telephone number where we cannot get through to the police for ages instead of the normal numbers we used to be able to contact them at the Police Station or even walk in there report crime. Most people know that if they commit relatively minor crimes they will get away with it,  the police admit they do not have the manpower to deal with it. I’ve noticed also people’s driving on the roads is getting worse, jumping red traffic lights, wheelies on mopeds, speeding and undertaking when one sticks to the speed limit and that is in the last couple of days. I have no idea how much money was spent on putting a cycle lane in Enfield in Green Lane but I rarely see a cyclist on it,  I do feel the money would be better spent on the police force. He is supposed to be concerned about the air quality in London also but is allowing hundreds of flats to be built where everybody has cars and the pollution and the traffic is just getting worse. Rant over.

This all sounds positve but first can we see what the budget is now and what is required for this initiative? All we hear is that we need more cuts so how can this be successful? Can we start by having a more open, clear demonstration of where the responsibilities and budgets divide between the government, the mayor and the local council? 

In order to get Londoners involved you need to provide the officers and specialists first.

I agree with many of the comments already made. It's so obvious that the police funding has to be restored and maintained at proper levels, and the top brass should get on with policing and not politics. Seems too obvious for words that community policing is a vital element as well as proper sentencing. Why do we never hear of new prisons being built or proper dealing with criminals? Sentencing of a few months achieves nothing as there's no time to make any progress with rehabilitation, re-education or indeed any proper punishment.  Also seems the prison service staff need support and proper leadership.   In my mind, those at the top have a lot to answer for, as they've presided over the gradual mess we now find ourselves in....and that includes Mrs May who was at the Home Office.  As with so many things, politics are the main cause of so much of our woes.   Why can't we examine those countries or cities who do policing well and copy them?

The police cannot do their job properly while they are faced with constant budget cuts. Even the 101 service doesn't work. It asks you to log the incident online. Give them the budgets they need to do their jobs. We pay our taxes and we have a right to expect a good service.

All smoke and mirrors! We need more police officers, more foot and mobile patrols of our neighbourhoods and we need our local police stations reopened. 

A new Violence Reduction Unit? we had one once, back then it was called a Police Force.

Violent Crime Taskforce? wasn't that The Flying Squad?

The questions " Do you think that it is important to bring together different services and involve communities when designing solutions to tackle violent crime?  What can Londoners, families and communities do to help prevent violence?" shouldn't need to be asked in the first place. The answers are simple - More Police Needed!

Problem is crime grows as it’s allowed to. Police now ignore ‘minor’ drug offences, and weren’t bothered when I reported these, so crime will grow like a cancer.

police need to crack down on minor stuff to stop th8ngs developing. 

YES, AND WHEN ARE THE POLICE GOING TO DO THE JOB FOR WHICH THERE HIGHLY REWARED FOR AND ACCUTALLY PREVENT CRIME. I SIRLEY DONT KNOW, BECAUSE IF THIS IS SO CALLED MODERN POLICE, IM A DUCTHMAD, ALL I SEE IS CRIME IS UP AMD POLICE DO LESS & Less.       DPJ777.

I would like to ask the Mayor the following questions about this:

1. How would this initiative be funded?

2. How many "dedicated" police personnel would you have available for this initiative at all times?

3. What would be their actual mandate (rules of engagement)?

We would love to see the police:

1. To be active in the community; going on patrols around the streets.

2. Instead of chasing rough sleepers, stop crimes.

New packaging for formerly failed ideas.  Talking shops equal no action only papers.  Get out there and nick'em.   

Think attention needs to be given to the existing police teams working together internally and with local communities.

When considering the significant decline in effective Neighbourhood Policing I believe the starting point is to address this before adding another layer which will just cause greater ambiguity on what each police team are actually responsible for.

We did without the GLC 1986 - 2000 before deciding to have a mayor and all the other add-ons that involved e.g. buildings, assembly members etc. We could probably have a bigger police force without meddling from a mayor - any mayor of any big city in the UK. Why do we need police commissioners too who often have no experience in policing? How about taking on what used to be the standard Bobby - someone who wanted to do good for the community who certainly didn't have to be a graduate. Both my father, brother and cousin would have not have been eligible  but served loyally for 30 years each.