No cuts to Safer Neighbourhood Teams

Mike Tuffrey this week got the Mayor to make a categorical promise to Londoners not to cut funding for local Safer Neighbourhood Teams. Mike used the monthly Mayor's Question Time session to highlight concerns that senior police officers in London now believe that reductions could be made in local policing.Mike Tuffrey said:
"We are pleased that the Mayor has made this promise to Londoners but are concerns about his ability to stick to his word. Having spent £0.5 billion on implementing Safer Neighbourhood Teams, it would be scandalous for the Mayor and the Met to allow a reduction in officer numbers due to budget pressures.
"The Mayor is well on course to fail his 2004 election promise of cutting crime by 50% by 2008. This would further damage efforts to cut crime in the capital."