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• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 12 September 2012

It is obviously going to be a very, very difficult time for the Fire Authority, for brigade staff and others. Can we have your assurances that we will not have the sort of combative conflict-driven style that characterised the previous Chairman's approach so much, and often made difficult decisions and difficult negotiations even more difficult than they need be?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 07 September 2011

I think most Londoners are absolutely full of praise for the way police handled this from Tuesday 8 August onwards, and the policing was proportionate, it was appropriate, it was effective, the right numbers were there and we did not need to have the Army coming in or plastic bullets or water cannons or anything like that. It was appropriate, effective policing that restored order. However, the widespread perception on the Sunday and the Monday is simply that the policing operation was not effective either in terms of tactics or in terms of the numbers on the street. Could those...