Navin Shah AM is encouraging residents and stakeholders to take part in an upcoming consultation on The Mayor of London’s draft Public Access and Engagement Strategy.
A public consultation meeting, organised by Metropolitan Police, will be taking place on 26th September at 6:30pm, at the Harrow Civic Centre, and Mr Shah is urging his constituents to attend and have their say on the future of policing in Harrow.
This will be an opportunity for residents to give their views and ask questions about a wide ranging issues affecting the future of Harrow’s policing structure. The Mayor’s consultation includes closing some police stations, front counters and Safer Neighbourhood Bases. The Mayor’s strategy promotes measures such as increased online reporting and increased police visibility through two dedicated PCs and one PCSO per ward to keep London and Londoners safe.
Mr Shah has previously written to the Mayor about policing in Harrow, and in his response the Mayor assured him that Harrow Police Station would remain open, including a 24-hour front desk.
Navin Shah AM said: “It is disgraceful government cuts have meant that police have to put in place cost cutting measures. London has already had to implement £600 Million cuts imposed by the government and further £400 million savings have to be found by the Mayor of London and Met Police to meet the government requirement.”
“In my view it is fundamentally wrong to subject emergency services like policing and fire to such horrendous cuts putting at risk the safety of Londoners. The plans to shut police stations and merge borough commands were spearheaded by former Mayor Boris Johnson. I’m pleased that Mayor Khan has given me a commitment to keeping Harrow Police Station open and have in place a team of three dedicated officers in each ward to strengthen local community policing by end of the year.
“It is very important that people attend the public consultation and fill out the Mayor’s questionnaire on his draft strategy. I urge all my constituents to make their voices heard.” It is not too late for Nick Hurd, local MP for Ruislip Northwood Pinner who is also Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service to withdraw the government cuts to London’s police service and keep London and Londoners safe.”
