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Give PCSOs fire and medical training to combine community safety
London’s 1,667 PCSOs could provide preventative fire safety and first-response medical care
PCSOs should be given fire safety and first-response medical training to become Tri-Service Safety Officers, suggests a new report by Conservative London Assembly member Tony Arbour.
The report, Tri-Service: Broadening the role of London’s PCSOs, suggests officers could provide initial support before the arrival of paramedics, as well as offering preventative fire safety advice in their communities.
Use City Hall savings to fund card payment machines for London’s Black Cabs
£1.6m could be freed from the Mayor’s Budget to pay for new taxi tech
Changes to the upcoming Mayoral budget should be used to bring card payment machines to over 11,000 cabs without this technology, according to Gareth Bacon, GLA Conservatives budget spokesman.
New card payment machines could be funded by City Hall back office efficiencies but also by scrapping the over generous TfL “nominee pass”, which allows free travel for flatmates and lodgers of staff.
Kickstarting London's self building revolution
GLA Conservatives Londonwide Assembly Member Andrew Boff discusses opening up the newly available public land, such as Old Oak Common, to self builders and other small developers.
Better reporting needed to eradicate FGM in London
– Mayor challenged to act after ‘appalling’ number of cases in capital
Social workers, medical professionals and teachers need to help identify young girls at risk of FGM after an ‘appalling’ number of the crimes were reported in London.
Assembly Member Andrew Boff will be challenging Boris Johnson to take decisive action after it was reported that London accounted for more than half the number of FGM cases nationwide.
Between July and September last year, 758 new incidents were reported to the Metropolitan Police, compared to 1,385 nationwide.
Mayor must act as domestic violence incidents surge by 9,000
– Staggering 15% increase in 2015 requires swift action by police
Domestic violence incidents in London surged by over 9,000 in one year, show figures highlighted by Kemi Badenoch AM.
During the 12 months to November 2015, there were 70,682 reports of domestic abuse reported to the Metropolitan Police Service, an increase from 61,471 the previous year.
Kemi will be raising the issue with Boris Johnson at Mayor’s Question Time on Wednesday.
Phone companies 'should blacklist hoax 999 callers'
– Hoax calls to the Met police tripled last year and cost the fire brigade £1.6million
The Mayor of London should encourage mobile phone operators to consider blacklisting hoax emergency callers that are costing the taxpayer millions of pounds, says Conservative London Assembly member Tony Arbour.
Hoax calls to the Metropolitan Police tripled over the past three years and cost London Fire Brigade £1.6million in 2015, showed figures obtained by Assembly Member Arbour in a recent written question to the Mayor of London.
London Fire Brigade attended more than 1,257 malicious false alarms last year, wasting over 2,387 attendance hours.
The Met meanwhile received 3,671 hoax calls by October 2015, a near 300 per cent rise from the 1,259 it handled in 2012. The statistics also showed 811 hoax calls cost the London Ambulance Service £152,000 in 2014.
London’s homeless left out in the cold after A&E visits
Better signposting and support needed to prevent readmissions
London’s homeless need better support when they are discharged from A&E units, says Conservative assembly member Andrew Boff.
A recent special inquiry from HealthWatch England found homeless people are often not given the appropriate support and signposting on discharge to prevent readmission.
The research also identified a lack of co-ordination between hospitals and housing services, making homeless people less able to access appropriate follow-up care or housing after a stay in hospital.
Individuals living on the street use A&E services five times more than the general public, and are 40 times more likely not to be registered with a GP , research shows.
Gunfire detectors could reduce London casualties in Paris-style terror attack
– ‘Soft targets’ like museums, shopping centres and stadiums should be equipped
Gunfire detectors should be installed in London’s museums, shopping centres and stadiums to shorten police response times in the event of a Paris-style attack, Kemi Badenoch will tell the Mayor of London today.
The inexpensive, smoke alarm-sized devices detect gunfire through sound and heat, and can cut emergency response times by alerting the appropriate authorities to a live incident in real time.
The US-trialled equipment costs between £13k and £65k, depending on the size of the building, and enables armed officers to track and follow gunmen during a terror attack .
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