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Police issue witness appeal after car crash in South Croydon
The police have issued an appeal for witnesses to an incident last Monday night in South Croydon which has left a pedestrian with a serious head injury. Police were called shortly after 9pm on January 5 to reports of a … Continue reading
Man, 57, arrested on suspicion of rape in South Norwood Rec
The police have arrested a man on suspicion of rape in South Norwood Rec on Sunday. In a statement issued yesterday, the Metropolitan Police said: “A 57-year-old man remains in police custody after he was arrested on Tuesday, July 22, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon parks, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Police, Rape, South Norwood, South Norwood Recreation Ground
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Surrey Police make arrest after stabbing at Whyteleafe pub
Surrey Police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing in Whyteleafe last week. Police said they were called to the Whyteleafe Tavern at 5.30pm on Wednesday. The victim, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital with stab … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey
Tagged knife crime, Police, Surrey Police, Whyteleafe, Whyteleafe Tavern
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Man in ‘life-threatening condition’ after Oakbank shooting
A 28-year-old man is in a “life-threatening condition” in hospital after a shooting in Oakbank, New Addington, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The Metropolitan Police was called to Oakbank, just off Fieldway, at around 4.30am on June 22, … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, New Addington South, Policing
Tagged Metropolitan Police, New Addington, New Addington shooting, Oakbank, Police
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The Police and Courts Bill is an assault on basic British liberty
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Boris Johnson’s government is about to change the law to clamp down on peaceful protesting, handing powers to the police that are more Draconian than those used by the Chinese to shut down democracy campaigners in Hong Kong, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Liberty, Police, Priti Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Steve Reed OBE, Unlock Democracy
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Council having second thoughts over its ‘busybodies’ charter’
WALTER CRONXITE on how attempts to give special powers for the police and private security guards in central Croydon have stalled Five years on from rioting, arson and looting breaking out in West Croydon, there are signs that the borough’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Environment, Hamida Ali, Policing, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Hamida Ali, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Police, PSPO, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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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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Police question time, at LNK, Centrale, Sep 17
Posted in Centrale, Lives Not Knives, Policing
Tagged Centrale, Lives Not Knives, Metropolitan Police, Police, Policing
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Don’t persecute cyclists as they are forced off the roads
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Earlier this week, another cyclist was killed on the roads of south London, this time after a collision involving a local authority dust cart. When it comes to traffic control, KRISTIAN GREGORY, pictured left, believes the police have … Continue reading
Stopped and searched? Contact new monitoring group
A new group, the Croydon Stop and Search Community Monitoring Group, was formed in May to provide independent oversight of stops and search conducted in the borough. If you wish to get involved or to talk about a grievance you … Continue reading
Crystal Palace neighbourhood police ask residents for help
The Crystal Palace Triangle Neighbourhood Team is looking for local residents to volunteer to work with their ward panels and in its key individual network. The Triangle Neighbourhood Team was formed in October 2013, and consists of police officers and … Continue reading
Park Hill Park meet the police session, June 27
The South Croydon Community Association is staging a “Meeting the Police” event in Park Hill Park this Friday, June 27, at 6.30pm. “As part of the ongoing work to improve Park Hill park, we are meeting with the police to … Continue reading
More murders and rapes in what Tories say is “safer borough”
Evening all. WALTER CRONXITE points his flashing blue light at another of the major issues for voters to consider before Thursday’s local elections Issue No3: CRIME THE ISSUE: Unanimity among the political parties on crime: they’re all agin it. Crime … Continue reading
Youth knife crime: the most vicious of vicious circles
The latest, and probably the most serious, scandal to blight Croydon has been this year’s spate of youth stabbings. SHANIQUA BENJAMIN, pictured, investigates what is driving young people to carry weapons Two teenagers stabbed in the Whitgift Centre. A 12-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Eliza Ribeiro, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives
Tagged Crime, Croydon, knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Police, Shaniqua Benjamin, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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Palace fans accuse New Addington councillor of persecution
Crystal Palace fans are accusing Tony Pearson, a Croydon councillor who represents New Addington, of conducting a persecution campaign against them and the club, after a favourite match-day pub, the Portmanor on Portland Road, has been threatened with losing its … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, New Addington South, Policing, Selhurst, Sport, Tony Pearson
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Eagles, Holmesdale, Holmesdale Fanatics, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Palace, Police, Tony Pearson, Tory
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Mitchell-supporting MP calls police when 11 constituents visit
“Sir” Tricky Dicky Ottaway, the Tory MP who dislikes his Croydon South constituency so much he has spent more than 20 years living outside it (nonetheless while making expenses claims for the majority of that time amounting to hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South, David Musker, Policing, Purley, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged Andrew Mitchell MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Member of parliament, Metropolitan Police, Pleb, Plebgate, Police, Purley, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Tricky Dicky
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It’s a fair cop: we need more police officers on our streets
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Closing police stations would be fine if London Mayor Boris Johnson really did put the money saved and raised into officers on the streets, says DAVID CALLAM It’s a fair cop, Mr Mayor: time to come clean about … Continue reading
Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts
London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, Mayor of London, Policing, Val Shawcross, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Police, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Cuts put public at “unnecessary risk” says serving policeman
Swingeing police budget cuts introduced by the government are putting the Croydon public “at unnecessary risk”, Inside Croydon has been told by a serving officer. It is fair to say that the Conservative party has long cherished its reputation as … Continue reading
