Nine police stations may close in London

[Rusty99]

Nine police stations may to be sold off by the Metropolitan Police in an effort to save money.

Barking, Sidcup, Willesden Green, Orpington, South Norwood, Ealing, Highbury Vale, East Ham and Richmond stations are under threat.

The Conservatives say many stations are inefficient or underused - but Labour pointed out some police counters are overly busy.

A firm plan on which police stations are to close is expected by the autumn.

Review 'overdue'
Mary MacLeod, Conservative MP for Brentford and Isleworth, said: "We don't know yet whether they're going to close or not.

"This [review] is overdue, because we do have 800 buildings on the police estate and many of them are under-utilised, inefficient, not suitable for modern-day policing."

More here:BBC

[Ch00]

Nice and upto date yet again BBC!! Sidcup has been closed and boarded up for about 2 months.

[busterbloodvessel]

From a political point of view this makes no sense. There are so many areas where savings could be made, but closing police stations is hardly a vote-winner!

[Rusty99]

Nice and upto date yet again BBC!! Sidcup has been closed and boarded up for about 2 months.

Maybe the SMT are not aware !

[GymRat]

They can close mine if they like... I might get some days off then.

[busterbloodvessel]

Or have to commute to Uxbridge every day!

[GymRat]

Hmmmmm WTF is Uxbridge? (And, do I get free travel that far?)

[NeilTheCop]

From a political point of view this makes no sense. There are so many areas where savings could be made, but closing police stations is hardly a vote-winner!

Look at the locations.
They are all in some of the highest priced areas for housing in London and the suburbs.
Now look how many MP's have ties with the construction/mortgage/housing industries

Just saying

[busterbloodvessel]

Not sure about Barking, Willesden and East Ham though!