PCSOs play a key role not only in reassuring communities through a strong visible presence, but also in greatly increasing community intelligence through being “eyes and ears” on the ground.
Losing them will negatively impact on our ability to engage with communities and also to understand the risks and threats facing them.
If you feel strongly about this there are two things you can do:
1) Sign the online petition against the drastic police cuts here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-neighbourhood-policing-in-london
2) Email the Police Commissioner (bernard.hogan-howe@met.pnn.police.uk) and Mayor Boris Johnson (boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk) with the text below:
Dear Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Mayor Boris Johnson
I am a Brent resident living in Fryent Ward, Kingsbury and object to the removal of any PCSOs or police resources for the borough of Brent. Brent has high crime levels and serious social problems that are well documented in police crime statistics and publicised by the counter terrorism team.
We seek reassurance that existing resources will not be removed from Brent including any reduction in the number of PCSOs and police officers. In addition I now formerly request that additional resources be allocated to this multi-cultural borough that has diverse and complex crime patters that require skilled community engagement and policing on the streets to protect what is a vulnerable community.
Yours sincerely,
Name & Address
This is your opportunity to make sure that the PCSOs are saved, and that our community does not lose this valuable resource that works so hard towards securing a safer and crime free area for us all.
Please take a couple of minutes to do this. Imagine life without PCSO on the streets of Fryent, answering our calls, and making our area a safer place to live.
Fryent Councillors
