#community-policing

#community-policing

Since its launch in April, the Q-Teams have handled over 23,400 quality-of-life calls. This includes issues like illegal mopeds, open drug use, and noise disturbances.

If the number of counters is reduced from 37 to 19, it will break Scotland Yard's pledge to have one accessible 24 hours a day in each of the capital's 32 boroughs.

The operation follows a steep rise in offending across England and Wales. Theft from the person more than doubled between December 2022 and December 2024, while shoplifting rose over 60 percent.

Supt Biju Premnath stated that frontline police services will be protected; however, support units like mounted police, dog units, and forensics face significant cuts due to funding shortfalls.

The chief said that all resources of the department will be utilized every day to prevent that from happening this year.

Every death of a garda is a tragedy for our society. Our police force is a rarity because the vast majority of our officers are unarmed... an attack on a garda remains regarded as an attack on society.

Sometimes enforcement is the answer, but sometimes it's not.