4 January (Part 2) - Consultation fatigue
I stole a blog from the Sidcup Community Group
website on
19th December
after the SCG highlighted just how many consultations were going on right now. One was about changes
proposed for the police force. I say proposed when of course it’s almost
certainly pretty much sewn up already and if it is it will surprise nobody.
Bexley’s Borough Commander has already spoken publicly of
the likelihood of
senior officers being shared with Bromley and the Bexley consultation is to be
held in the Civic Centre at 6 p.m. on 29th January and is scheduled to last for an hour.
What sort of consultation is it that allows no more than a couple of hundred
residents from a borough population in excess of 200,000 to be given the low down on
police intentions? They probably recognise that apathy is widespread. Very few
seem to care about how their money is spent.
You have to register your interest at
http://www.london.gov.uk/events/policing-and-crime-consultation-events
if you wish to attend the meeting. Better get in quick if you are interested. I registered but
have not been sent any form of acknowledgement. Probably I’m banned for suggesting that the
problem with the Met. has little to do with how they are organised.
Actually I registered again 24 hours later. Still no response.