No easy answers when it comes to bobbies on beat

	Oct 5, 2021

	Good evening, Down in London the Met is adding hundreds of police officers to the streets in the next few months in an attempt to make women and girls feel safer. The force has announced an additional 650 officers will be put in place across the capital, with 500 officers being based permanently in busy neighbourhoods and 150 joining London wards as “Bobbies on the beat”. The move is - obviously - to cut down on violent crime, including domestic abuse and violence against women and girls, after the murder of Sarah Everard by police officer Wayne Couzens. But is it the answer? Or just a PR exercise? The murder of Sarah highlighted an issue which impacts every woman and girl, whatever their geography. And it is one that is endemic in society - the move feels like plastering over a wound which can’t heal because in this instance the attacker WAS a police officer. But more police on the beat can only be a good thing in theory as so many have vanished off our streets in recent years, they are a rare sight. But how can local forces even hope to replicate this without impacting other areas of the force? There are no easy answers. Have a great Tuesday - and stay dry! Nicola *nicola.adam@jpimedia.co.uk*


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