Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police Authority

Met to appoint armed police chief as Borough Commander

Posted on June 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

A senior police officer who has served in the unit at the centre of the Plebgate row and which was also involved in the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan that led to the 2011 London riots will be the next … Continue reading →

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O’Connell: “I wouldn’t be so silly to take £500 per day”

Posted on October 4, 2012 by insidecroydon

Steve O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton once dubbed Britain’s highest paid councillor by the Daily Mail, has told Inside Croydon that “even I would not be so silly as to take £500 a day”, following a … Continue reading →

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Council cover-up fails to hide crucial missed riots meeting

Posted on May 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

Senior Croydon councillors – including council leader Mike Fisher and London Assembly Member Steve O’Connell – failed to attend a police strategy meeting on the morning of the Croydon riots on August 8 last year to organise and plan to … Continue reading →

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Council leader Fisher in denial over policing the riots

Posted on March 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

Questions about Croydon council’s leadership’s role in protecting the borough from riots last August are left unanswered after a Town Hall debate, says ANDREW PELLING Mike Fisher, the leader of the ruling Conservative group on Croydon Council, has washed his … Continue reading →

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South Norwood police station under threat of closure

Posted on March 8, 2012 by insidecroydon

South Norwood police station looks set to be closed, the latest in a series of blows for the fabric of Croydon society. After the axing of Croydon’s art activities, the possible “out-sourcing”asset-stripping of the borough’s libraries and the closure of … Continue reading →

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Police get tough – just in time for Boris’s election campaign

Posted on February 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Local criminals and gang members had better watch out this week – the latest election stunt will be the televised “splintering the doors” as policing is used as part of the Mayor’s political agenda, says ANDREW PELLING Chief … Continue reading →

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Boris bungles by leaving calling card for burglars

Posted on January 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

You would expect any proficient politician to use his or her incumbency to the max just ahead of an election. All within the rules of course. So after almost four years of virtual non-engagement with the people of Croydon, London … Continue reading →

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Police turn their back on Croydon’s riot review panel

Posted on October 17, 2011 by insidecroydon

‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, what’s going on ‘ere then? Not a lot as far as police evidence to Croydon’s riots review panel, ANDREW PELLING has discovered Croydon police appear to have opted not to help the borough’s riots review panel with … Continue reading →

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