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<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#990000" height="16"><font size="1"><b><font color="#FFFFFF"><a name="holl"></a>Holland
Park incidents shock local residents - 28/02/02</font></b></font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"></font></td>
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<p><font size="1">Two seperate incidents in and around Holland Park
have shocked residents in the area.<br>
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<p><font size="1">The first incident took place last Tuesday morning,
when an 18-year old was attacked with an iron bar in what police
described as a "horrendous" attack. He was in Holland
Walk, near to Holland Park school, when the incident took place.
The victim, with blood pouring from his head, staggered towards
Kensington High Street where passers-by raised the alarm. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Police are seeking information, " If anyone
was in the area of Holland Walk by Campden Hill and Holland Park
School at the time of the attack then they should contact us. We
also want people who saw anyone entering or leaving the park either
before or after the attack to come forward."</font></p>
<p><font size="1">The victim who is still in critical condition in
hospital, is described by police as of oriental appearance with
short black hair. He was wearing a beige jacket, beige scarf, blue
jeans, green jumper, blue and white check shirt and Prada trainers.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Anyone with information is asked to contact DI Mike
Christensen on 020 8246 0156 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800
555 111.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">In the second incident on Wednesday, a man exposed
himself to two women who were forced to flee the park. The man approached
the women at 5.50pm with his shorts around his thighs. The man is
described as 28, black, 5ft 10ins, slim and wearing dark shorts
and a sweatshirt.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Anyone with information should call police on 020
8246 0173.</font></p>
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</font></b></font><font size="1"><b><font color="#FFFFFF"><a name="rise"></a>Council
Charge rises 10.6% - 27/02/02</font></b></font></td>
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<p><font size="1">The Royal Borough Cabinet last night has agreed
(25/2) a Council Tax of �762.03 for a Band D property, an increase
of 10.6% on last year. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The increase, part of the Cabinet's proposed budget
for the next financial year, will now go to a meeting of the full
Council in March for approval. The budget, if ratified, will leave
residents with the fourth lowest Council Tax in London, a feat achieved
despite the fact that the Council receives by far the lowest Government
grant per head in the Capital. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Government support in 2002/3 will be just �642,
in Westminster the figure is �839 and in Wandsworth �756. Just five
years ago the Government was providing 75% of the money it estimated
the Council needed to spend on services. Now it's only 63%, leaving
an ever larger chunk to be raised locally. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">A further strain on the council tax position is
the GLA. Had the Mayor not demanded a 15.2% increase in the money
it receives from the London boroughs to support the Greater London
Authority (�23 per band D property), Council Tax increases could
have been in single figures. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">"Council Tax at Band D is going up by a little over
�70 but over a third of that is down to the GLA," explained Council
Leader, Cllr. Merrick Cockell. "When you take out inflation from
the remainder it can be seen that the Council is doing a good job
of holding down spending. And that isn't being done at the expense
of services; check out our Ofsted reports, our recent social services
review, our Triple A credit rating and our best value inspections.
We have quality services, we have value for money but we also have
vision as well. "</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Our budget proposals this year includes the creation
of a new reserve to build funds that will help us address our residents'
key concerns. We're thinking of a new secondary school so that more
local children can benefit from our proven success as an education
authority and we thinking of a borough constabulary to give serious
support to our local police." </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The Local Initiatives Reserve included in the budget
would set aside �250,000 in this financial year and a further million
in 2002/3 to help meet start up costs for these flagship projects.</font></p>
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<p><font size="1">The harrowing stories of London street crime in
the media in the last two weeks has focussed attention on the growing
trend of homeowners hiring security firms to guard their homes and
bring them peace of mind.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Residents in Eldon Street in Kensington were amongst
the first communities in London to employ private security. Eldon
Street and two neighbouring streets, Stanford Road and Victoria
Road, are proof that the scheme works, with crime reduced to almost
zero in the year this secret pilot scheme has been running.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Residents pay up to £1000 a year, which pays
for a uniformed guard with an alsation to patrol the area, and access
to a 24-hour operations room to report any suspicious activity.
Crown Protection Services who run the security operation claim that
their staff can be on-site in less than 12 minutes. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Councillors in the centre of London are warning
that a two tier police service is emerging, with those who can afford
to pay for private security increasingly prepared to do so, while
those who cannot are having to wait for the increasingly overstretched
Met. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The Sunday Telegraph reported 'Simon', a resident
and spokesperson for the project:</font></p>
<p><font size="1">"The benefit was immediately apparent and now
we have a situation whener nearly 95 per cent of the residents are
on board".</font></p>
<p><font size="1">"The patrolman has an alsation and if he sees
anything suspicious he takes action. He has a civilian's power of
arrest which means if he apprehends anyone he can detain them until
the police arrive."</font></p>
<p><font size="1">The scheme was set up in consultation with Pc Spike
Townsend, the area beat officer.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"><b><a name="muted"></a>Police federation give muted
response (Sunday Telegraph) - 03/02/01<br>
</b></font><font size="1">Not all policemen support this type of
resident action. Nick Hartfree, the chairman of the constable's
branch of the Metropolitan Police Federation, interviewed in the
Sunday Telegraph, said it was "denigrating the role of the
policeman".</font></p>
<p><font size="1">" The Government has announced it wants to
introduce civilian auxilliaries under police control and also accredit
private security firms to patrol street," he said.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">"By the evidence of this scheme that has effectively
started already," said Mr Hartfree. "But by doing so,
they are taking away the role of th police officer as a professional
person and also getting policing on the cheap.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">"If rich communities can afford to do this,
it is unfair on those areas which can't."</font></p>
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