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Westminster Labour’s dismay at loss of six Safer Neighbourhood Police Sergeants
Westminster’s Labour Councillors have voiced their dismay at the loss of six Sergeants from the Safer Neighbourhhod Teams across the borough. In four residential areas, eight wards will have to share four Sergeants instead of having their own Sergeant. In addition, Councillors have been told that existing Sergeants will have to reapply for their jobs and even if they are successful they may be allocated to a new, unfamiliar Ward.
The loss of the six Sergeant posts will be in the following areas:
Business Safer Neighbourhood Teams
* Victoria Business Team – reduction of 1 Sergeant post
* Oxford Street/Regent Street/Bond Street – reduction of 1 Sergeant post
Community Safer Neighbourhood Teams
* Harrow Road & Maida Vale Wards – supervised by 1 Sergeant post
* Westbourne & Little Venice Wards – supervised by 1 Sergeant post
* Lancaster Gate & Bayswater Wards – supervised by 1 Sergeant post
* Warwick & Tachbrook – Wards supervised by 1 Sergeant post
Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Leader of thye Labour Group, said; “The Safer Neighbourhood Teams have been a huge success story and anything that diminishes their effectiveness is bad news for residents and businesses in Westminster. The loss of the six Sergeants from the Safer Neighbourhood Teams is a blow to fighting crime and anti-social behaviour right across Westminster and we call on the Police to pull back from making these cuts. Everyone wants to see more police on the streets and the Safer Neighbourhood Teams have been successful in restoring public confidence in neighbourhood policing. Reducing the number of Sergeants is a backward step and we have made our views known to the police very clearly.”
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