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The upshot of the MOPAC consultation is that in the London Borough of Hillingdon,
we will shortly have only the one Police station, in Hayes, the extreme south of the borough.
At the public meeting, a map was displayed, showing estimated response times.
'This area will have a maximum 30 minute reponse time.
This area will have a maximum 60 minute response time' (cue gasps from the public).
'What about that bit of the borough to the north of the 60 minute response time?'
This bit of the map remained resolutely un-colour indicated. Evidently the software used had been set up for the possibility that a London Borough could have such an overloaded road system that the response time could exceed 60 minutes.
Nothing to do with the fact that the police stations in Ruislip, (built early '60s, approx 1/2 acre), or Uxbridge, (new in the late '80s/early'90s, again approx 1/2 acre) can be sold for housing much more easily than the site in Hayes.
Look out also for the 'Tri-Borough' plan, where Borough Commanders are down-numbered, and the remaining are tasked with policing three boroughs, (from one Police station?).