Scotland Yard is eliminating 1,700 police officers, personal and community support amid a budget deficit of £ 260 million, was announced earlier this month.
He is reviewing the future of the Royal Parks Police Unit, which works within Hyde Park, Recent’s Park, Primros Hill, Kensington Gardens, Green Park, Richmond Park, Bushy Park, Greenwich Park and other open spaces directed by the beneficial organization of Royal Parks.
The Primrose Hill Watch pressure group alerted its followers about the plans with posters in Park Gates and on the social media site X.
He wrote: “Met’s plans to dissolve the dedicated police of real parks will surely mean a less regular police presence in our parks.”
He caught attention to a robbery reported in February, in adolescents with a machete that allegedly surrounded four park attendees and threatened them.
A 16 -year -old girl was raped in Primrose Hill on April 11, and adolescent Harry Pitman was stabbed until death in the park on December 31, 2023 while celebrating the new year with friends.
Primrose Hill Watch urged followers to write in the City Council and the Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, adding: “We need to feel safe in our parks.”
The group told Ham and tall That police officers are often tasks outside the shifts to help marches in downtown London.
They added : “If the Parks Police are gone and the County Police sent to another place most of the time, who will monitor this from the congested park?
“We are very worried that the Royal Parks police dissolve; we need more surveillance in our parks, no less.”
A Royal Parks spokesman said they were “waiting for complete details” of the decision to dissolve the unit, including the deadlines, of Scotland Yard.
They added: “The Royal Parks (OCU) operational command unit and its predecessors have been a massive part of the rich history of the parks in London for more than 150 years.
“We are deeply grateful to our police wheat bone so committed to their work to protect our incredible green spaces and guarantee the safety and well -being of the millions of visitors to the parks.
“The safety and well -being of all those who use the real parks is our highest priority, and we want to assure the public that we are working with the police to establish a plan that maintains the security of public safety once this court enters into force.
“Only the Metropolitan Police service can enforce the park regulations.”
R With the spokesman he said: “We have a clear leg about financial challenges.”
“As expected, we are carefully planning any difficult choice that we have to do to ensure that we live within our mutors, and as part of that we are working closely with the partners to ensure that they are conscious and prepared.”
