At an emergency plenary at City Hall, the London Assembly discussed the loss of police counters the MET want to implement and the implications it would mean to all Londoners yesterday. 

Now some of us in Marylebone and Paddington are use to this already, as the Church St Police Counter seems permanently closed since it was offered as a replacement of the Police Counter being closed in Paddington Green Police Station, a few years ago.  More recently the notice on the Police Counter along Church Street, redirects you to Charing Cross and Kensington Police Counter desks instead. Out of the two, it is proposed that Kensington will be closed now as well but l am not sure whether local people of the North of Westminster ever went to these two other Police Counters. 

Advocates for the closures like Brian Coleman would say that “…..the figures speak for themselves as 95% of crime is reported online or by phone . It is the same with Banks, Post Offices and Railway ticket offices . People vote with their feet or fingers on the internet. Much as we would like to we cannot stop progress” 

In response, Now l don’t think its too much to expect our Police Force to be multi-tasking the Counters!

For a full breakdown of the MPS Front Counter closure please have a look at the Update below;