Police Ward Panel

Last night all three of us attended an open meeting of the Maida Vale police ward panel in the Maida Centre.

The police panel is made up of our local Safer Neighbourhoods Team and ten local residents (including Jan) - and is one of the ways our local community monitors the success of the police and helps to set priorities for the next few months.

We had a fair turnout with residents from Randolph Avenue, Lanark Road, Elgin Avenue, Grantully Road and Carlton Vale coming along to discuss their priorities. The police highlighted their recent successes in Paddington Rec (which has been very quiet all summer) and Tollgate Gardens (where youths from Brent had taken up occasional residence in the stairwells).

A vote was taken at the end on priorities for the police team in the next few months. An emerging issue which looks set to be tackled is anti-social behaviour in and around Elgin Parade and Lanark Road - which the police are already aware of.

If you would like to discuss police priorities in Maida Vale, don't hesitate to get in touch (maidavale@maidavaleconservatives.com).

Alastair, Jan and Lee