Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor’s announcement today about crime statistics on public transport and his claim to be providing extra policing on to the transport network said:
“The Mayor should take great care when boasting about crime statistics on London’s transport network, especially as the overall fall in crime seems to hide some very disturbing rises in bus crime in about a third of London boroughs.
“Most significantly the Mayor’s proposals on tackling crime on public transport seem to be based on robbing Peter to pay Paul. While the Mayor wishes to draw attention to some extra police officer posts he conveniently forgets that he is slashing in half the number of sergeants covering Safer Neighbourhood Teams in the next two years. It seems the Mayor does not understand that bus stops, stations and public transport cover every neighbourhood in London.”
You can read more about this on the BBC website and in the Evening Standard.