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• Reference: 2012/0039-2
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 19 July 2012

Returning if I may to the effects, Commissioner, of the G4S ineptitude on the boroughs. I am pleased to hear your professional judgment that you expect perhaps no further draw or demand upon those resources, but clearly that remains to be seen as it plays out. However, I respect your opinion on that. Something that worries many residents is around the pressure on the Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNT). The Mayor has given a commitment that the Safer Neighbourhood Teams will be staffed during this period. But remember they are starting from quite a low base at the moment, already the...

• Reference: 2012/0035-2
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 June 2012

Moving on to particularly burglary and robbery. I mentioned earlier directly to the Commissioner that these are crimes that affect many, many people and often are the crimes that touch many people in the sort of areas that I represent, be it burglary of their homes, often robbery which often affects their young people in town centres. It is often a disproportionate affecting crime. It does worry me somewhat that the figures on robbery and burglary do seem to be going in the wrong direction over a period of time, both pan-London and in particular one of my boroughs. I...

• Reference: 2012/0036-2
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 June 2012

You will know it is the Mayor's Manifesto to introduce the sentencing unit and I think we are very interested to see how that plays out and how that forms. I would be interested in your comments. Something that I think has brought this very much to all of our attentions is about and we had DAC Kavanagh here the other week talking about confidence levels. Something that we did say was that it is all very well the police getting their act together but the communal process is more complex than just the police and sentencing is one of...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 21 June 2012

Steve O'Connell (AM): Chair, mine is along the same lines that John [Biggs AM], unsurprisingly, was talking about, was the budget, so I will try to blend it slightly away from repeating John particularly. The budget is a challenge and you pointed it out and you have answered those questions around that. However, it does have broader issues, and I am particularly thinking about the effect on things like morale on the ground. If you do talk to as we all do studiously often local cops, cops tend to moan because that is part of the deal. But, if we...

• Reference: 2012/0021-2
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 31 May 2012

Joanne McCartney (Chair): Yes, I think we are going to have to move on now. Mayor, another pledge you made was to set up safer neighbourhood boards which was on a borough basis and you were going to amalgamate community police engagement groups, the Independent Custody Visitors Schemes and the Metropolitan Police Service Independent Advisory Groups. Steve, you wanted to ask some questions on this. Steve O'Connell (AM): This is a subject that is interesting a lot of people out there. Many of us spend probably too many hours on consultative groups and panels and the questions being asked by...

• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 31 May 2012

Steve O'Connell (AM): Thank you. Following on from Navin, a very good question actually, many of us have a problem with our Safer Neighbourhood strengths, and it is not just in Navin's ward. Your offer, Mr Mayor, for that information could well open up floodgates, so be careful what you wish for.

• Reference: 2012/0016-2
• Question by: Steve O'Connell
• Meeting date: 08 March 2012

Steve O'Connell (AM): Turning to resources, I know recently you have written to the Chair with an update on your thoughts around PCSO numbers and improvement and that letter has been copied to us, so thank you for that.