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PM shares success of Kiln Steet
• THREE cheers for brave Mrs Jackie Draper of Kiln Place, Gospel Oak, for standing up for her right to quality of life, free from intimidation and menace. And thanks for her kind words praising the work of the Gospel Oak Safer Neighbourhoods police team (GOSNT).
The “story behind the story” is that GOSNT reacted promptly to complaints from Mrs Draper and other residents about serious youth disorder in and around Kiln Place by liaising with Council Housing and Community Safety Departments to secure extra funding for late-night and weekend police patrols over a number of weeks.
As a result, the problem was brought firmly under control.
In this, GOSNT was responding as it should to the community’s demands for a safe environment and for proactive local policing.
It was no coincidence that the “high-level visit” by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary was to Kiln Place – not because of the problems there, but precisely because the measures taken to deal successfully with them show community policing in action at its most positive.
Chris Fagg
Chair, Gospel Oak Safer Neighbourhood Citizens’ Panel
What? No Brown nosers?
• I WAS surprised that it was only announced at the last minute that the guest politician to visit Kiln Place was the Prime Minister.
Normally when a well known politician visits, the local party enlists “rent a mob” to turn up, wave banners and cheer enthusiastically.
One is forced to conclude that the only reason for this unorthodox approach was that the Labour Party could not find any supporters in Camden.
Jonny Bucknell
Chamberlain Street, NW1
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