Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh will be attending the consultation in Westminster

Londonwide Assembly Member Murad Qureshi said:

"The Police and Crime Consultation will only last one hour and Boris’ Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime intends on packing in two of these sessions every night. This is a complete sham and doesn’t give residents enough time to digest the plans and comment on all of the areas that will be covered.

"This is a deliberate strategy to push through plans that the Mayor has already made ““ to close 4 front-counters and reduce the number of officers in Westminster. This has already happened with a loss of 252

　

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Murad Qureshi AM is a Londonwide Assembly Member

along with Londonwide Assembly Member Murad Qureshi AM. The Police and Crime Consultation will be published on 7 January 2013. The first consultation session is taking place in Lambeth and Southwark on 9 January, giving residents only two days to get accustomed to the plans before being consulted by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. officers since May 2010. There is still no information on how residents will be able to find out what the plans are for Westminster policing are before the meeting, which is not good enough.