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Category Archives: Andy Tarrant
Croydon condemned for ‘cultural apartheid’ over music ban
One of the country’s most prominent black activists has condemned Croydon Council’s suppression of its own report into the town centre’s night-time economy. Lee Jasper has described Croydon police’s “bashment ban” – withholding licences from nightclubs that want to play … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Lamé Limited, Andy Tarrant, Business, Callton Young, Croydon Council, Dance, Jeff Boothe, Jo Negrini, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Music, Policing, Pubs, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lee Jasper, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Night-time economy, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman
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Police Borough Commander: ‘I won’t attend a CCC meeting’
Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, the first black officer appointed by the Metropolitan Police to be Croydon’s Borough Commander, has confirmed that neither he nor any other officers will be attending meetings organised by the controversial Croydon Community Consortium. Boothe is … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Hamida Ali, Jeff Boothe, Mark Watson, Policing
Tagged CCC, Conservative, Croydon Community Consortium, Elizabeth Ash, Hamida Ali, Jeff Boothe, Labour, Peter Morgan, Tory, UKIP
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Croydon could be about to get its first black top cop
Croydon could be about the get its first BAME top cop. According to information shared at a Safer Neighbourhood Team event this week, Andy Tarrant, the present Borough Commander, is to step down and be replaced by Chief Superintendent Jeff … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Jeff Boothe, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Andy Tarrant, Croydon, Jeff Boothe, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan
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Police warn minorities to ‘stay vigilant’ against hate crimes
Muslims and other minority groups in Croydon have been warned by the police to “stay vigilant” and report hate crime following a spike of racist attacks after the Leave result in last week’s EU Referendum. The Muslim Association of Croydon … Continue reading
Ex-UKIP candidate calls for vigilantes to wipe out ‘vermin’
A member of the Conservative Party, who was a General Election candidate in a south London constituency just six months ago, has called for mass vigilantism across Europe and for people to take up firearms and “pre-emptively cleanse the UK … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Andy Tarrant, Church and religions, Crime, Norbury, Policing, Purley, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Ash to ashes: unions boycott UKIP-dominated talking shop
Croydon’s trades unionists are being asked to boycott all future meetings of the “Croham Clux Clan” – what presents itself as a community talking shop sometimes also known as the Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium, or CCC. This follows an order … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Community associations, Croydon Council, Mark Watson, Peter Staveley, Policing
Tagged CCC, Croydon Council, Elizabeth Ash, Hyacinth Bucket, UKIP
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Borough police chief tells officers not to attend CCC events
Croydon’s police have been instructed not to attend further meetings of the controversial Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium. The order comes from the Borough Commander, Andy Tarrant, and has occurred in the midst of CCC being involved with a series of … Continue reading
Greenhalgh fronts police public meeting, Surrey Street, Nov 4
The Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police Service will be visiting Croydon on November 4 to talk about the progress made against the Police and Crime Plan and hear local people’s views on policing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Boris Johnson, Crime, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, MOPAC, Police, Stephen Greenhalgh, Steve O'Connell, Surrey Street
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