THE NEW METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER,SIR BERNARD HOGAN -HOWE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN POST FOR OVER A FORTNIGHT AND GIVEN MANY FRANK ACCOUNTS OF THE CHANGES HE ANTICIPATES WITHIN THE MET UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.HIS UPFRONT ANSWERS BEFORE THE COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 11 AND REALISTIC APPRAISAL OF THE LONDON RIOTS HAVE RAISED OUR HOPES THAT HE WILL ACHIEVE SELF-SET GOALS AND GET THE TROOPS TO FOLLOW WINNABLE TARGETS---CUTTING CRIME AND COSTS AND ENSURING THAT THE MET RECLAIMS THE CONFIDENCE OF LONDONERS.HE IS KEEN TO REACH OUT AND MEET WITH LONDONERS SO THAT HE GAINS THEIR TRUST.THAT BODES WELL FOR ALL CONCERNED.WE HAVE MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
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THERE ARE MANY CHANGES AT THE TOP AT NEW SCOTLAND YARD,TO ENABLE A REFRESHED STYLE OF POLICING.THIS,IN TURN,HAS FILTERED THROUGH TO EACH OF OUR 32 LONDON BOROUGHS.CHANGE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME!PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE.OUR SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND IN TURN,WE WILL BENEFIT FROM INCOMING TALENT.REST ASSURED ALL BOROUGH COMMANDERS WILL STAY PUT AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE WELL-ANCHORED.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ASSOCIATION (MPA)WILL SOON BE HANDING OVER TO THE MOPC AT THE LONDON ASSEMBLY.THIS WILL INEVITABLY MEAN SOME CHANGES IN DELIVERY OF SERVICE.THIS IS A YEAR FILLED WITH CHANGES!GET SET FOR IT.
OF COURSE,WE HAVE HEARD ONLY TODAY OF THE RESIGNATION OF THE DEFENCE SECRETARY,LIAM FOX.NOTHING REMAINS STATIC.YOU WILL NOTICE THE LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOUR AND THERE IS A NIP IN THE AIR!EVEN NATURE IS CHANGING ITS GARB.
WE HAVE ALREADY CELEBRATED NAVRATRI, IN A VERY COLOURFUL WAY, AND ARE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE DIWALI ON OCTOBER 26.A VERY HAPPY DIWALI TO YOU ALL.MAY THIS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BRING MUCH JOY INTO YOUR LIVES AND DISPEL THE DARKNESS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO THE ZOROASTRIANS WHO CELEBRATED THEIR 150TH YEAR LAST THURSDAY,WITH AN EXCITING VISIT FROM THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,PRINCE PHILIP,MAYOR OF HARROW,BOROUGH COMMANDER DAL BABU,LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND MANY CELEBRITIES SUCH AS LORD BILLIMORIA.
HARROW IS BLESSED WITH TALENTED YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COVETED AWARDS AND ALSO MANY CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS GANDHIJIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY, CELEBRATING NON-VIOLENCE,THE NINE DAYS OF DURGA POOJA, AT THE HARROW ARTS CENTRE,NINE DAYS OF GARBA DANCING AND POOJA AT THE HARROW LEISURE CENTRE,TAMIL ELDERS FUNCTION,SEVERAL COMMUNITY FAIRS AND LOADS MORE.
WE HAVE AN ENORMOUSLY DIVERSE POPULATION AND SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS WE APPROACH THE FESTIVE SEASON.WE ALSO CELEBRATE DIWALI ON THE SQUARE THIS SUNDAY.DO GO AND HAVE A BLAST!CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HAS ALSO STARTED IN RIGHT EARNEST!NOW CAN YOU FEEL THE CHANGE??
ITS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE VALUABLE CRIME PREVENTION ADVICE BEING GIVEN OUT RELIGIOUSLY BY OUR POLICE.THEY ARE WAITING TO HELP YOU.DO ATTEND THEIR SURGERIES AND CONSULT THE WEB-SITE FOR YOUR LOCAL SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAMS.REMEMBER ALSO THAT THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER FOR POLICE IS 101.YOU ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER "SPECIAL CONSTABLE" AND HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
THE HARROW POLICE & COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE GROUP HAD AN EXCELLENT MEETING OF ITS JOINT WARD PANELS,ON OCTOBER 3,AND HEARD MUCH ABOUT IMPENDING CHANGES IN POLICING IN OUR BOROUGH FROM OUR BOROUGH COMMANDER,DAL BABU, AND HIS TEAM.IT IS SUCH AN ASSET TO HAVE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF PUBLIC GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE VALUABLE FEED-BACK FOR OUR POLICE ABOUT THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS AND,IN TURN,FOR THEM TO HEAR NEWS, HOT OFF THE PRESSES, FROM THE TOP COP.IT REALLY HELPS BUILD CONFIDENCE EVEN WITH SO MANY CHANGES IN THE PIPE-LINE.
A VERY HUMBLE REQUEST TO YOU ALL.WITH THE ADVENT OF THE HINDU NEW YEAR---DIWALI---OUT COME THE FIRE-WORKS.PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND ENSURE THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE ELDERLY,YOUNG KIDS,PETS AND MANY OTHERS WHO WISH TO HAVE A PEACEFUL NIGHTS REST.START YOUR FIREWORKSFAIRLY EARLY IN THE EVENING AND FINISH BY 10PM LATEST.PLEASE MAKE SURE THE FIREWORKS CODE IS FOLLOWED AND ALSO THAT ALL LAMPS(DEEVAS)ARE EXTINGUSIHED BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME.ALSO,BEWARE OF BURGLARS.THEY HAVE DONE THEIR HOME-WORK.WON'T YOU DO YOURS?PLEASE ALSO LOOK OUT FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE NEIGHBOURS AS THE DAYS GET SHORTER.BE A GREAT CITIZEN.
OF COURSE,FIRE-WORKS IS NOT WHOLLY RESTRICTED TO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY IN OUR BOROUGH.31 OCTOBER IS HALLOWEEN.KINDLY DONOT GO AROUND SCARING OR INTIMIDATING ANYONE, EVEN IN JEST.IT IS CRUEL AND A CRIME.GUY FAWKES FOLLOWS, HOT ON THE HEELS OF DIWALI AND HALLOWEEN, ON NOV 5.LATER, WE HAVE EID CELEBRATIONS.
HAVE PLENTY OF FUN BUT PLEASE HEED MY HUMBLE REQUESTS.WE ALL WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY AND CELEBRATE JOYOUSLY.
SPREAD JOY AND PEACE.BE KIND TO OTHERS.PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY.BE A WONDERFUL HARROVIAN.
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