Public meeting on Chiswick policing

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Policing in the face of bugetary cuts

West London was in the national headlines this weekend for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Abdirashid Mohamoud in Isleworth on Friday night. This follows a number of stabbing incidents in west London in recent months, part of an upsurge in knife crime across the capital. In January a 34 year old Polish man, Kamil Malysz, was found stabbed to death in a house in in Alfred Road, Acton and a young man in his ’20s was left seriously injured after being stabbed in the street, also in Acton.

Superintendent Gary Taylor, Deputy Borough Commander for the tri-borough Basic Command Unit of Hillingdon, Ealing and Hounslow, will be addressing a meeting on policing this Thursday (28 March) starting at 7.30pm in Chiswick Town Hall. Doors open 7.00pm. He will be answering questions along with police based locally. To reserve a (free) ticket, book here. Chiswick’s councillors, who have organised the meeting, would like written questions emailed in advance to: office@brentfordandisleworthconservatives.org.uk

Superintendent Gary Taylor is returning to Chiswick after addressing a meeting in December, when he promised to come up with a plan of action to tackle the problem, but he said then that the Metropolitan police is also facing huge budgetary cuts. The reorganisation of the Met from 32 individual Borough Commands to 12 Basic Command Units was done to save £325 million.

You can see what Superintendent Taylor had to say in the December meeting on The Chiswick Calendar website.