Petition details
Install CCTV and increase police patrols in Spey Street
Spey Street is made up of a wonderful community of people who are
hardworking, caring and ambitious. It is not fair on the residents
to feel unsafe and insecure in their homes, especially when they
are spending a significant amount of money to live here.
We would like to start this petition to increase levels of safety in this area and to deter criminals from viewing Spey Street as a haven to commit their crimes, whether it be ASB, drug dealing or robbery. The solutions that would be the most useful have been listed below. We would greatly appreciate it if our request can be considered and are anticipating a good response.
Listed solutions;
1. To install CCTV in the parts of Spey Street with the highest footfall - This would not just capture these areas, but due to the numerous tunnels connecting Spey Street, will ensure that any criminal who attempts to get away with a crime has their image captured before they leave Spey Street by one of these cameras.
2. Improve lighting - Currently, there is adequate lighting in the tunnels, with the rest of Spey Street being dimly lit. If a crime were to take place, it would be difficult to identify the faces of people involved as the street lighting is very poor. There is also just a general feeling of unsafety because of the dimly lit streets.
3. Install turnstiles in the tunnels - Some of the dealers / their customers use bikes to move freely through the tunnels in Spey Street. Installing these turnstiles will in the very least slow them down and inconvenience them, and hopefully deter them from conducting their crimes in the area.
4. Increase police patrols - The residents of Spey Street, as well as Zetland and Ullin Street have not seen the presence of police officers or police cars in the area. We are aware that there is a Safer Neighbourhoods team, but have not seen them around and would not be able to identify them by name/face if we saw them in other parts of Poplar. It would be appreciated and welcomed by residents if the team were to do frequent patrols, as well as introduce themselves.
This Petition ran from 31/05/2024 to 14/06/2024 and has now finished.
Nobody signed this Petition.