Ken pledges to reverse Boris's police cuts in Hammersmith & Fulham

As burglary and motor vehicle crime increase in Hammersmith & Fulham (see below), Ken Livingstone is launching a major campaign on crime and policing. Our streets are getting less safe and the Tories’ answer is to cut frontline police officers.

Boris Johnson has admitted cutting 1,700 police officers. If elected, Ken pledges to reverse Boris’s cuts. He will also reinstate sergeants to all 600 Safer Neighbourhood Teams, including those cut by Boris and the Tory council in Hammersmith & Fulham. More of these teams will be beefed up to a minimum of nine officers. 

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In the last four years, Boris Johnson has raised transport fares to record levels, cut 1,700 police officers and had a £250,000 second job he describes as “chicken feed”. He has taken London dangerously in the wrong direction.

Ken wants to put this right. He wants to cut fares and put police back on the streets. 

Crime figures in Hammersmith & Fulham

Whole-year comparisons (2010 vs 2011)

Burglaries (residential): Up 11%   (1,845 in 2011 vs 1,668 in 2010)

Burglaries (non-residential): Up 14%   (685 in 2011 vs 599 in 2010)

Motor vehicle crime: Up 21%   (3,348 in 2011 vs 2,769 in 2010)

Monthly comparison (Dec. 2010 vs Dec. 2011)

Burglaries (residential): Up 14%   (169 in 2011 vs 148 in 2010)

Burglaries (non-residential): Up 8%   (63 in 2011 vs 58 in 2010)

Motor vehicle crime: Up 19%   (275 in 2011 vs 232 in 2010)

Source: Metropolitan Police