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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
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Creating (irrational) fear
Thanks to the leaflet the Met popped through my door the other day I know exactly what to look out for to prevent terrorism. I’m reassured that I’m playing my part, looking out for people who have “bought or hired a vehicle in suspicious circumstances.” or who hold “passports or other documents in different names
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Police innovation…
This sign, one of many that have appeared around Clapham Junction after the recent murder there, caught my attention. It struck me as a surprisingly innovative approach to witness appeals, especially as the police (with good reason) place a lot of faith in traditional, tried and tested, approaches. A few thoughts, positive and negative, occurred
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Balance Your Bobbies
North Wales are running a ‘Balance Your Bobbies’ website for well-over a year, so I’m disappointed I only found out about it last week, because it looks like a really interesting site. It’s similar to the ‘You Choose’ budget simulator that several councils are using to involve residents in budget decisions, but instead asks people
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SNT ward meeting
AMENDMENT: I was trying to be informative, but I was misinformed (or possibly just incompetent)! The meeting is tonight at 7pm, but at the Devas Club on Stormont Road, although I don’t have a nice image of that. The Shaftesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team hold their regular public meeting this evening. Starting at 7pm in Battersea
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Posted in Community Safety, Shaftesbury
Also tagged crime mapping, safer neighbourhood team, SNT
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SNT of the year
Congratulations to Northcote Safer Neighbourhood Team who picked up their SNT of the Year award from the Mayor of Wandsworth last night. While there was some stiff competition, their nomination was impressive for showing a wide range of engagement with not just local residents but also local businesses and schools. I know how big a
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Crime mapping returns!
After all the fuss about my old crime maps and the crime briefing the council would send out to Neighbourhood Watch coordinators the government are the ones to ride in and save the day with their new crime mapping system. You can read about the sad history of my crime maps in a post I
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Your thoughts on making Wandsworth safer
We’re currently going through our annual process of reassessing our community safety priorities, and as part of that consulting on what they should be and any issues you might have. Rather than re-write, the council’s text, and details of how you can take part, are below: HELP MAKE WANDSWORTH A SAFER PLACE Each year the
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How openness helps everyone
One of my concerns about the rush towards spending transparency for councils (Wandsworth publishes spending by vendor by month) are the unintended consequences. The We Love Local Government blog raises the question of whether it is actually more likely to lead to bad, rather than good, spending decisions. The rationale is fairly simple; because there
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Lambeth police to buck the trend?
Lambeth police, never worried about doing things differently, seem to be bucking the usual pattern that policing follows. An article in the Streatham Guardian details their plans to move more police into neighbourhood policing. Traditionally the police have had a cyclical approach to policing alternating between a response and a neighbourhood focus. To give a
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Environment, Culture and Community Safety OSC
Yet more democracy in action last night at the Environment, Culture and Community Safety OSC. I was there for the community safety and town centre parts of the meeting which come under my portfolio. In many ways it was a relatively straightforward meeting. There wasn’t anything particularly contentious on the agenda, although as the deficit
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Posted in Community Safety, partnership, Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged CCTV, domestic violence, failure, Leverson Street, Neighbourhood Watch, OSC, policing, town centres, white paper
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