What do you think about this? London businesses are increasingly turning to private security because they claim the Met won't attend shoplifting incidents.
But is My Local Bobby more effective than the Met Police? How does it work? And what do businesses and locals think?Johnny Dyson is the director of The Junction BID, which represents about 400 businesses.
"I think the prominent thing is they're just spread so thinly - I did speak to them about it and the paperwork aspect alone is just overwhelming."Watch: Bobbies speak to local businesses and members of the public while on the beat in Battersea My Local Bobby was co-founded by former Met Det Ch Supt David McKelvey in 2016 and operates "public realm" security services across BIDs in the capital.
Once deployed in BIDs, the Bobbies work with businesses to tackle issues such as anti-social behaviour and shoplifting, and offer help to residents and shoppers. Although staff have reported thefts in the past, she said the team "very rarely get a response" from the Met Police. Ben Sheldrake, senior contract manager at My Local Bobby, said his team deals with "hundreds" of incidents on a weekly basis in the area - but it's not just food being stolen."The Bobbies stay in the area they're allocated to, and the big tactical advantage of that is that they're more responsive.
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