Plumstead police station’s front counter has been saved from closure – but will no longer be open 24 hours a day after the Metropolitan Police partially rolled back its plans for cuts. The Met announced plans to close the counter in August as part of a proposal to save £7 million from a Metropolitan Police […]
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Closing police front counters a pragmatic decision, Sadiq Khan says
Closing almost half of London’s police station front counters – including the one at Plumstead – is a “pragmatic” decision that will improve safety for Londoners, Sir Sadiq Khan has said. The London mayor claimed that the Metropolitan Police’s proposal to cut the number of front counters from 37 to 19 would see more funding […]
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Extra police to patrol Woolwich in City Hall summer crime crackdown
More police will be on duty in Woolwich town centre this summer as part of a City Hall crackdown on crime in the capital. Woolwich town centre has been identified as one of 20 top-priority areas for dealing with antisocial behaviour, theft and street crime. Lewisham High Street and Catford will also get a more […]
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Greenwich Park bosses kept in dark after Royal Parks police axed
The dedicated police unit covering Greenwich Park is to be disbanded under a round of cuts at Scotland Yard – with the charity that runs Royal Parks still waiting for details about how it will be policed.. The Metropolitan Police’s Royal Parks Operational Command Unit will be closed and its responsibilities transferred to neighbourhood officers […]
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Greenwich Park could lose its dedicated police unit in Met cuts
A dedicated police unit that patrols Greenwich Park could be disbanded as Scotland Yard tries to close a £450 million funding gap. Closing the Royal Parks Operational Command Unit, which is based in Hyde Park, was put forward in budget proposals by the Metropolitan Police to City Hall last year. Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, wrote […]
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Kidbrooke Village to get police base, two years after Sabina Nessa’s murder
The Kidbrooke Village development is to get its own police base, two and a half years after the murder of schoolteacher Sabina Nessa in a nearby park. Greenwich Council has agreed to allocate £782,000 of money received from Berkeley Homes, which is building the estate, towards the office. Between 16 and 25 officers could be […]
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Admit you are racist and sexist, Greenwich Council leader tells ‘broken’ Met Police
The Metropolitan Police needs to accept that it is institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic, Greenwich Council’s leader has said after the damning Casey report into the force’s failings. Anthony Okereke said that the Met “cannot continue to exist” without the reforms recommended by Baroness Casey, who found that the force had lost the trust of […]
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Quiet Hallowe’en in fenced-off Woolwich – but firework fights hit Greenwich Peninsula
Hallowe’en passed off quietly in Woolwich last night – a year after the worst disorder seen in the town centre since the riots of 2011. But while all eyes were on the area after the installation of a fence to seal off General Gordon Square last week, trouble broke out three miles away on the […]
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