12/09/00

"Police must come down hard on lawbreakers" - Edward Davey

Local MP to call for crack down at meetings with senior police officers

Home Secretary asked to guarantee that future illegal raves will not be permitted in the Borough

Lib Dem MP, Edward Davey will be attending high level meetings this week at New Scotland Yard and the British Transport Police HQ, in the wake of the recent illegal rave at Tolworth and recent 'steaming' incidents on the Chessington South Branch line when gangs robbed passengers. The meetings were called previously to follow up on his wider police campaign, but will raise all the latest developments with London's most senior police.

Commenting prior to his meetings,  Mr Davey said,

" People should not be able to flout the law and get away with it. That's why the illegal rave party at Tolworth angered me so much.

"It is appalling that hundreds of residents endured a weekend of noise violation and disruption.

"The organisers must be found and prosecuted. The current investigation by detectives to identify and charge these criminals is key."

Edward added,

"There is another key lesson here. The police need better information gathering, so they can prepare to defend our community, in advance. This was a carefully organised criminal act, by people who, allegedly, were involved with anarchist riots in the City.

"So I am meeting experts at New Scotland Yard on "ePolicing" - using the InterNet for proactive policing. For the police's own credibility, they need hi-tech tools to defeat hi-tech criminals. And I will be asking the Home Secretary and Mayor of London to back the police on this. We cannot let anarchy rule.."

News releases

Articles in the Informer

Campaigns