Top Labour MP checks on policing
A senior Labour politician went on the beat to find out if or how Government spending cuts are affecting police.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper spent time with officers in Spinney Hills, Leicester.
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Ms Cooper, who had earlier made a private visit to an organisation which supports victims of domestic violence, said after her walkabout: "Police forces are working really hard to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour but their lives are being made harder by the scale of the cuts."
She said Labour was opposed to forces bringing in private firms such as G4S to perform traditional police roles.
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She said: "Lessons have to be learned from the Olympics.
"When people see the police, they want to be sure they are doing their job in the interests of the community, not a private contractor."
Ms Cooper was in the city on Monday to support the campaign by Councillor Sarah Russell to become Leicestershire's first elected police and crime commissioner in the poll on November 15.
Comments
by the-market
Friday, September 21 2012, 5:23PM
“Cosy visit.Did not visit Highfields.Why not?
Did not visit Belgrave area.Why not?
Me thinks just a pete puppet getting a bit of mercury space.
No comments on the gang fights and drug dealing in the area.
Pete Puppet.
Actualy the mercury does not mention the issue either.Maybe "crime reporter fagin(!)" is too busy .”
by Rajjan
Friday, September 21 2012, 4:54PM
“What does russel know about policing?"
She knows how to get £75.000 year, She think she is God gifted power lady.”
by the-market
Friday, September 21 2012, 9:23AM
“What was the outcome of the visit ?
Did they speak to the police?Surely a missed photo shoot.
What does russel know about policing?”