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Gunfire detectors in ‘soft targets’ could slash armed response times and save lives

Posted Posted by GLA Conservatives in NewsshareShare
Jan
20

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National pilot of kit in 50 undisclosed, high-footfall national sites would cost less than 1pc of annual anti-terror budget

‘Soft’ terror targets such as hospitals, museums, train stations and shopping malls should be kitted out with gunfire alarms, according to GLA Conservative Roger Evans.

Currently trialled in the US, the smoke alarm sized detectors use heat and sound to detect gunfire, automatically alert police, and enable armed officers to track and follow gunmen within a building.¹

Estimated to cost between £13k and £65k², depending on building size and layout, the kit could cut response times and save lives in a shooting incident.

Currently, the Met police expects armed officers to respond to incidents in about 12 minutes, whilst armed response took 14 minutes to arrive during the 2013 Woolwich terrorist attack.³

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Hidden Hate

Posted Posted by GLA Conservatives in CampaignsshareShare
Aug
28

Survey states: 85% of disabled encounter some form of verbal, physical or financial abuse

Posted Posted by GLA Conservatives in NewsshareShare
Aug
28

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· Over half of survey respondents unsatisfied with way police handled case
· Six in ten don’t even report incidents to police

A new report “Hidden Hate” has uncovered widespread dissatisfaction with how the criminal justice system deals with hate crime against people with disabilities. New specialist research of 131 disabled people in London carried out for the report showed that 85% of respondents encountered abuse, 59% of those failed to report the incident to authorities and over half had been unsatisfied with how the police had handled the case.

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30k criminals let off with cautions including robbers, drug traffickers and arsonists

Posted Posted by GLA Conservatives in NewsshareShare
Jul
22

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· Hundreds of crooks avoid court on multiple occasions
· ‘Written explanation of decisions will answer to victims’

London: 29,560 cautions were handed out to criminals by the Met, the UK’s biggest police force, in 2013/14¹.

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29K criminals escape with a caution including robbers, rapists and drug traffickers- And that’s just in London

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May
13

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28,998 cautions were handed to criminals in private by the Met (the UK’s biggest police force) in 2012/13 – a quarter* of all solved crimes in London. Almost 500 robbers, rapists and drug traffickers escaped justice.

According to Met figures exclusively obtained by London Assembly Member Tony Arbour;
· 5,843 criminals have been let off by the police for violent attacks with injury
· 180 cautioned for GBH/wounding
· 131 robbers have avoided punishment with a caution
· 318 offenders have escaped justice for drug trafficking
· 165 cautions have been handed out for sexual offences
· 5 rapists were handed a caution

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Roger Evans on ANPR Camera's in London

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Feb
28

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Roger Evans: "As I have discussed in the past I think Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology has great promise and yesterdays Metropolitan Police action was more proof of that"

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Victoria tells the Commissioner; “Let the public control police through an App!”

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Nov
29


Today at the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, Deputy Mayor Victoria Borwick asked the Commissioner to introduce a Smartphone app ‘Met Police Beat’ which allows you to follow, contact and rate your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT).

Commenting Victoria Borwick said,

“This app could prove to be a ground-breaking way to re-connect communities with their local police.

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James Cleverly says: there are no excuses left, we must introduce police body cameras into the Met

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Sep
27

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James Cleverly AM has asked Stephen Greenhalgh to introduce police body cameras into the Met.

Commenting, James Cleverly said,

“If we want to reduce paperwork and increase convictions we need to think creatively about ways to do this. Police body cameras have demonstrated that they can achieve both of these aims.1
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