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• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 08 June 2011

Last month I was fortunate enough to tour Romford Town Centre with the Borough Commander, who showed me the work that has been done to tackle crime associated with the night time economy which is a serious problem for us in Romford. Regrettably last month we had a shooting which is quite unusual. Stabbings and violence is not unusual but a shooting is. Can you explain how you are going to tackle crime in places like Romford in the night time economy set against this background of austerity that we need to deal with?

• Reference: 2008/0017-1
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

How effective have your safer transport initiatives been at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour on public transport?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Some police officers within the service are definitely in danger of losing the roles that they do now. They are members of the Metropolitan Police Trafficking Unit whose funding has been stopped by the Home Office; some £2.3 million. We have a motion on the agenda later today asking for support for that unit and I believe it will get cross-party support. Will you, Mr Mayor, make sure the money is available in the budget to carry on the unit's good work? It is £2.3 million, which is not a great amount when you consider the overall budget of the...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 03 December 2008

Can I welcome the decision to set up an urgent review of what has happened so far, to report back within the next couple of weeks? Can I invite the Commissioner to share the terms of reference of that review with us?