Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan consultation

Did someone mention how to reducin  Seriou  crime. 

Knife crime is getting over the top. 

Women are not safe, 

I remember this person ask the mayor of lLondon, he had a design , that can save the public from attack. A device that can save life..  

I heard it from American radio.  

I don't understand why Councils are not given financial support to keep youth schemes open when lack of youth support is recognised as a major factor in violent crime. In my own area several schemes have closed because of lack of funding, and the collapse of a charity- the only projects going now use the community fund which shouldn't be providing services necessary for policing- this lack of funding is unfair to poor and struggling communities which desperately need the small amount given by developers for other community projects. we already fund policing through council tax- this should pay for the anti knife crime programmes.

Do you feel that the money spent by the Mayor on Policing is money well spent, Do ratepayers feel that we are getting value for money?  If you are not getting the service you are paying for perhaps we should all withhold our rate  payments until the Mayor puts in place a plan to give us what we have paid for. Hold on isn’t that Fraud,  obtaining money under false pretences shouldn’t the police investigate.

I am fed up hearing the excuse that people from poverty or depravation are pulled into crime. I was not brought up with a silver spoon in my mouth but we knew we had to work to pay the bills and live within our means. Stop making excuses for lazy greedy people.

Get rid of NCHI overall and the Mayor must stop making ignorant, inflammatory and undermining statements about police incidents until all the facts are known (his statements - which were never retracted or had a later apology - condemning police action over Chris Kaba when he did not have all information were disgraceful).

The best fix is to get rid of those politicians who talk and talk but just maintain the status quo.

No progress in 5 years - time for a replacement.

We need to break the cycle.

The "Fight against drugs" is a joke when so much money is chasing drugs.

Better to do what you can than to keep failing to change the way the world is, and pretending you are better because you aim at the impossible.

Legalise and regulate - end of the black market in drugs - end of muggings, gangs, and most gun crime because the funding just went.

No more big budgets or important consultations for the politicians - OK forget that then . . . keep your drug gangs.

In most schools, the pupils are generally from a particular section of society.  Sometimes the pupils are from a particular religious community – Catholic, Church of England, Sikh, Hindu, Muslim and others.  Sometimes they are from a particular social group – largely white or mixed middle class, largely white or mixed working class.

It is rare for pupils to have opportunities to mix regularly with people from a different religious or social grouping.

As much as possible, pupils of all ages should have regular opportunities to meet people of other backgrounds.  This could be engineered through sports and creative activities.

Perhaps schools could be “paired” with a different type of school, and these two schools could regularly have sporting competitions or producer school play together and so on.

This form of integration might reduce the amount of violence that occurs between different social/religious groups

I have heard that statistically having a local visible police presence does not lower the risk of crime.  I wonder how those statistics were gathered. I can't believe it to be the case. I feel that local policing is a very all round approach and needs the same team to be visible on the streets, available at police station desks, going into youth groups (such as Scout groups or other youth activity groups) to get to know all of the young people in an area, show themselves to be a good role model and hopefully encourage young people to talk about bad things that they might be hearing about, maybe be encouraged to join the police themselves and feel like there are police officers that they might know and can talk to if they have something to say or ask.  The difference between what is right and what is wrong and the choices that they are being called on to make constantly (both at home, on line and in the community) when young are confusing and difficult at times.  Young people need praise and encouragement to do the right thing and make the right choices in life, and to get that from a serving police officer, especially on a regular basis would be very valuable indeed.  Most young people are really interested in what the police do, their work with dogs, river police, etc. etc. but they very rarely have any contact with them unless it's because they're in trouble.  Could we change this?

There must be a more robust criminal sentencing approach to act as a deterrent. There is no point in offering a carrot at the end of a stick, most youth of today have no real prospects except a fast buck from crime, therefore there must be a stronger deterrent.

Provide opportunities for young people (school age) to meet & interact with positive role models. Provision of after-school activities which promote self well-being & support local communities.