Monday, 15. April 2024.

I met Commander Conway for the first time in person and I am very certain he is a sincere and good police officer who actually believes what he says. See the Met’s X report on the meeting

At tonight's community conversation we discussed everything from tackling drug dealing in local estates, our commitment to engaging better with school aged children to understanding how crime data is shared with the local community. #CommunityConversation #mylocalmet pic.twitter.com/Y4M34M74XT

— Tower Hamlets Police (@MPSTowerHam) April 15, 2024

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Points of Discussion

• Statistics, are currently not available as Met Police are changing their IT systems and stats won’t be available ’til early summer.
• The Crossbow attack at Arnold Circus
• Serious Organised Crime in Tower Hamlets
• You said we Did

There is unease about the unavailability of statistics, Commander Conway said that the governmental stats usually come in 3 monthly instalments. We usually get them monthly via the Met website directly.

An X user made a valid point see his post here:

It would be the responsibility of the @metpoliceuk Crime Commissioner to ensure that this is working. @current @MayorofLondon has shut down office. It is possible that the stats are quite dire. We should have two separate posts for @MayorofLondon and #PCC elected at different…

— Johanna Kaschke (@KaschkeJohanna) April 16, 2024

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Reporting to Police

It is very concerning that voices how bad the Police have become are becoming quite popular on social media but they tend to put people off from reporting to Police and that is harming the fight against crime. Whatever your perception of police is, they are our country’s law enforcement and we must use it and not descent into lawlessness or vigilantism. The anti-police sentiment harms the community and must be repelled.

Beware of free WhatsApp groups who invite you to report crime to them instead of police. That is a very bad practise.

Attendance

Since the Pro-Palestine flags came down in Tower Hamlets, people seems to have lost the desire to involve themselves with the Met Police. Only one Councillor attended Cllr Abu Chowdhury, the lead councillor for community safety. Also Tasnime Akunjee was present but nobody from Labour, Greens or Conservatives is that a sign of things to come?

It was noticeable that also nobody from Tower Hamlets Neighbourhood Watch Association (THNWA) attended the meeting. The head of Tower Hamlets Community Safety has requested a meeting with us.

PS: We’re still awaiting a verified transcript of the police presentation to be able to publish this in detail.