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It was supposed to be a day indoors writing up an article as to how the Met is currently in a sorry state based, in part, on an unpleasant incident that occurred at my local newsagents involving masked youths.
Police auditors were once independent observers who monitored police activity to ensure accountability. Today the term has been hijacked by people whose only intention is to antagonise officers for online clicks.
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Against a background of a Middle-East peace initiative, a further national Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) took place on Saturday; the question Met police planners were doubtless asking was whether this would decrease or increase the numbers attending.
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How long can London continue to sustain these relentless protests every weekend? And more importantly, what impact is this having on our frontline officers tasked with policing them?
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This summer has proven to be one of the most challenging in recent memory for our police officers who are repeatedly called to face impossible situations with very little support. Despite being one of the most used emergency services, policing today is one of the least appreciated.
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So next time someone feels the need to shout, “I pay your wages,” the response should be simple: Then pay them properly. Because the thin blue line is thinning out fast. And when there’s no one left to answer the call for help—what then?
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Tourists and visitors in the vicinity of Eros in Piccadilly, who could be seen chatting to and posing with smiling Met officers for ‘selfies,’ would assume that there was nothing untoward occurring in central London.
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Our local Neighbourhood officers are vital to tackling crime and building trust in communities. We are taking steps across London to limit the amount of abstractions they face from their local ward and to deliver the strongest ever approach to Neighbourhood policing.
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We are tired of police officers playing the now you see me now you don’t game because they are called to London for protests. Our businesses are suffering, we are facing huge financial losses because of prolific shoplifters.’
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Like Groundhog Day, central London witnessed the familiar sight of a pro-Palestinian protest which, on this occasion, concluded with speeches close to the Israeli Embassy.
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‘Shame on you!’ were the chants aimed at police officers by far right protesters as they hurled bottles and cans.
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On Saturday 11 November, Armistice Day-London will be faced with a tidal wave of protests. Holding these protests on Armistice
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Dagenham and Rainham Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Sam Holland today writes in the Havering Daily on Saturday’s protests in London on
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Different police forces deployed across London to assist the large protests taking place. Former Met Police officer Chris Hobbs today
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A Walthamstow man has been charged with causing actual bodily harm and will appear at Highbury Magistrate’s court today after
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Five people arrested during protests in central London on Saturday have been charged. More than 1,000 officers were on duty
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Are the protests in London taking a toll on our police force? Last weekend saw another protest in London with
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Local Democracy reporter Josh Mellor today writes: East London’s doctors and hospital staff protested in Whitechapel yesterday 20th September, on
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Just Stop Oil protests cost the Met Police over £4.5million.
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Tourists looked on at Londoners who gathered together at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 15 April to protest against the ULEZ
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