• LORD Stevens as Met police chief in 2000 addressed a public meeting in Hampstead and called for a royal commission into policing, suggesting that the service was in crisis.

Two months ago police chiefs banded together to slam the emasculation of British policing under Theresa May.

The London Mayor’s disastrous policy of merging Camden and Islington police has resulted in Camden inheriting Islington’s high crime rate to become the second worst London borough for murders.

We need teams of burly security guards armed with batons to patrol the streets at night because these days cops are out of sight out of mind.

JAMES REDMOND
NW1