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Report 4 of the 26 January 2006 meeting of the MPA Committee and presents two petitions, one in relation to Hampstead Police Station and one calling for more police on the beat in Chipping Barnet.
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Petitions
Report: 4
Date: 26 January 2006
By: Chief Executive and Clerk
Summary
Two petitions will be presented to the Authority, one in relation to Hampstead Police Station and one calling for more police on the beat in Chipping Barnet.
A. Recommendation
That Members receive the petitions.
B. Supporting information
Hampstead Police Station
1. A petition signed over 100 people is to be presented to the Authority by Mr Ed Fordham in the following terms:
“‘We the undersigned oppose any plans to reduce the level of policing located and based in Hampstead Police Station and reject plans to close or scale down the current station.“
Police in Chipping Barnet
2. A petition signed by 1,460 people is to be presented to the Authority by Mrs Theresa Villiers MP in the following terms:
“We the undersigned call on the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London to put 120 more police officers on the beat in Chipping Barnet.”
Mrs Villiers is keen to present this petition to the MPA as the Authority directly concerned in determining the number of police officers allocated to Barnet.
3. A response to these petitions will be made at the meeting.
C. Race and equality impact
No direct implications in relation to the process of presenting petitions.
D. Financial implications
No direct implications in relation to the process of presenting petitions.
E. Background papers
None
F. Contact details
Report author: Simon Vile, Head of Secretariat, MPA.
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