For several weeks now I have been a regular caller to 999. A young woman who lives in my street has booted out her abusive boyfriend, but he keeps on coming back round even though she has an injunction against him. On four occasions, I have called the police when he turned up trying to […]

I attended the packed meeting at City Hall on Monday night which was held as part of the mayor’s consultation process on the Met’s plan to purchase three water cannons for potential use in riot situations. The case made by the Met was very unconvincing. Four videos of demonstrations where the use of water canon […]

Boris Johnson has proposed allowing the Met to use water cannons to quell riots. His police adviser, Stephen Greenhalgh says ‘Surveys have indicated strong support for the police to have every tool at their disposal to prevent riots. The professional view of police leaders is that water cannon would be a useful tactic to help […]

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe got it badly wrong in his recent comments about cyclists. The hapless copper said that he would not cycle because it was too dangerous. The obvious response to that is - why aren’t you doing enough to try to make it safer? What strategies do you have in place […]