{"id":299,"date":"2015-07-17T11:16:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T11:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/scotland-yard-fire-sale-125-million-for-your-safety\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T08:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T08:48:33","slug":"scotland-yard-fire-sale-125-million-for-your-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/scotland-yard-fire-sale-125-million-for-your-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Yard Fire Sale: \u00a3125 million for your safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Joanne McCartney, London Assembly member for Enfield and Haringey and Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, is a single voice against the heavy current of support for the recent sale of 35 properties owned and operated by the Metropolitan Police. 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As such, Scotl<span id=\"urn:enhancement-8e99c467-6509-7a20-477e-a0625043a0ce\" class=\"&lt;span\" urn:enhancement-d1fa6513-ad33-a226-fcbe-2675e9c1f899=\"\">2ea77e3968&#8243; class=&#8221;textanpan&gt;not<\/span>ation&#8221;&gt;&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;and&gt;3ee7e9aa&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;-d1db-3eb4-c85bee07f60b&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt; Yardn&gt; put t<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Property\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >he hammer <\/a>to police stations in Clapham, Hackney, Richmond Upon Thames and Westminster to name a few, with plans to close as many as 63 of the 136 police stations operating in London, in exchange for wh<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"projects\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/public-housing\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/public_housing;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0184vk;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Public_housing\" >ich the <\/a>public will be serviced by 115 new public contact points and a dedicated 24<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Housing developments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-developments\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_developments;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.08l2x3;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_developments\" >\/7 station for every borough. The revenue is to be invested in frontline policing, IT infrastructure and maintain<\/a>ing the 32,000 officer strong police force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The properties themselves are to be repurposed into new housing developments and schools as well as a medical facility and a shopping centre. These projects are expected to create 2000-3000 new jobs and \u00a31 million in council tax. As part of Mayor Boris Johnson\u2019s 3-year MOPAC\/MPS Estate Strategy, these sales have been a real coup for his administration, saying: \u201cI pledged to deliver savings from the police estate in the face of unprecedented budget pressures and without compromising on resourcing for frontline policing [\u2026] we are freeing up tens of millions of pounds to maintain our police officer numbers and generate savings for the future.\u201d Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing echoed the Mayor\u2019s remarks, describing the capital gains as a \u201conce in a generation opportunity to equip our police with modern mobile technology needed for 21<sup>st<\/sup> century policing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/drum_basic_article\/107330\/main_images\/borisjohnson.PNG\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/drum_basic_article\/107330\/main_images\/borisjohnson.PNG<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\">&lt;sp&lt; span=&#8221;&#8221;&gt;an style=&#8221;font-size: small;&#8221; data-mce-st&lt;<span id=\"urn:enhancement-c53bc1c7-56a4-a867-d071-195c632fc072\" class=\"textannotation\">span id=&#8221;urn:enhancement-4a041212-5c0e-3310-6ea9-81a8efd70e3a&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;yle=&#8221;font-size: small;&#8221;&gt;<span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\">However, not everyone was so rhapsodic about this venture, fearing it would lead to a loss of touch between the police and the public. Speaking to <\/span><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\">the Standard&gt;span&gt;tyle=&#8221;text-in<span id=\"urn:enhancement-7341c529-5a83-9d5e-2&lt;\/span&gt;5c7-7984037ac978\" class=\"textannotation\">dent: 36pt;&#8221; data-mce-style=&#8221;text-indent: 36pt;&#8221;&gt;, Joanne McCartney, Assembly member for the Labour Party, commented: \u201cBoris says this money is going into front line policing, but police numbers are going down. Since 2010 w<span id=\"urn:enhancement-e39f2b0e-a413-cecb-0b8b-15bd297197b3\" class=\"t&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-3c80c29c-cde7-3=\"\" span=\"\" urn:enhancement-331d7758-0232-321b-4b9a-586d1d054083=\"\" urn:enhancement-1fbd57c5-bd51-f0c7-198c-3a75556c24ab=\"\">ann<\/span><\/span>otation&#8221;&gt;-5e99-8937-82<\/a><\/span><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\">81-f044c3d9a8c7&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;dd6-97b9-bdf72132697c&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;<span i=\"\" span=\"\">d=&#8221;urn:enhancement-216f4be2-f866-bec6-f932-1cdb6d915d83&#8243; class=&#8221;textann<\/span>otation&#8221;&gt;extannotation&#8221;&gt;e have seen a reduction of nearly 5000 uniforms in our neighbourhoods, violent crime is rising and the public are reporting that they feel a reduced police presence on our streets.\u201d McCartney went on to describe the alternatives being offered as \u201c[\u2026] underfunded, ineffective and in some cases non-existent. This is not the \u2018equivalent or better service\u2019 Boris promised Londoners.&#8221;<\/a>&lt;\/sp&lt;&gt;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >ss=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;ce-style=&#8221;font-size: small;&#8221;&gt;The public\u2019s call for bobbies over buildings has been controversial to be sure, but with the growing consensus being that police presence on the streets is sorely lacking, it may be time to let go of these redundant trappings if it means more safety where we need it most.<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/scotland-yard-made-125m-from-selling-off-police-stations-in-london-property-boom-9580779.html\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/span><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/abv8.me\/40m\" target=\"\">For more information visit the MOPAC website here<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;\">\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Joanne McCartney, London Assembly member for Enfield and Haringey and Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, is a single voice against the heavy current of 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