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sonicdancer said:
I dont rate whitechapel as being safe at all.

I often have to cut through the housing estates from the tube to Arbour square alongside Comercial road.
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you mean the student halls of the city of london school of nursing
and the barts + london student halls?
its fine
the boxes arent that bad
they get triggered by movement + simply say
'motorists do not leave valuables on display in your car'
admittedly- during freshers week there were lots of muggings and one rape
but that was over in stepney
as i was leaving brixton today i saw the signs
one outside mass
one opposite the station
tbh i think its a good thing if it discourages the bastards
i remember they labelled central brixton a 'red card zone'
and i was offered crack about 6 times between the station and the ritzy
another time i was confronted about about 15 ppl asking for tickets as i was leaving the station :mad: :mad: :mad:
at least it looks like the police are doing something (even tho i suspect the reality is much different)

what does brian paddick have to say?
 
I remember when they always parked a police van in Electric Avenue during Christmas period.

One day, much to the amusement of people standing at bus stops, heard an announcement out of the police tannoy

"This is a police announcement. Please be aware that police pickpockets are operating in this area." :eek: Can't even trust the police these days :D
 
Actually, every time I went past the sign this weekend, it read, "PLIAN" CLOTHES OFFICERS OPERATING IN THIS AREA.

Shouldn't that read "PLIANT"? Brixton could do with some bendy constabulary.
 
isvicthere? said:
Actually, every time I went past the sign this weekend, it read, "PLIAN" CLOTHES OFFICERS OPERATING IN THIS AREA.

Shouldn't that read "PLIANT"? Brixton could do with some bendy constabulary.
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Was going to say something there but might be accused of being homophobic :o :D
 
felt the need to reply to the whitechapel post

ive lived in houses in mile end/ stepney, and on sydney square, between whitechapel and shadwell for past 4 years (having lived in brixton beforehand), and can vouche that though the area can 'feel' unsafe due to the bleak urban environment, de-tox outpatients and the large gangs of lads hanging about, i've never had a bad experience in my whole time there (touch wood)

the bangladeshi kids are invariably very, very polite and gracious when i have had interaction. they can be loud and boisterous, as shown in the local car culture, but remember these are teenage boys from the inner city, they are going to have front! i think its more the tabloid headlines and the sight of large gangs of lads that makes our poster feel scared?

generally, its an eerie part of town, that can feel quite desolate, but is actually very family orientated.

come east in peace!

(ps anyone looking for flat swap from hampstead, PM me!)
 
detective-boy said:
It's a bit of an ongoing debate. It has been frowned upon in the Met for many years, I think because the implication was that they were getting their food free / cheap. Periodically an individual local boss will try to reverse the trend but I am not aware of it being done on any large scale.

It always sounded a pretty good idea to me - it's so common in the USA that the managers of Macdonalds, KFC, etc. get "Emergency Services Food" built into their budgets! All seemed a bit strange to them when they first came over here!
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Having the police eat in the same places as evryone else is a good idea, imo. However, it would be profoundly stupid for them to recieve those meals for free (why should they when other workers don't?) and would only lead to resentment towards them from others who do have to pay.
 
I think that this is true. My friend, who I mentioned above, who felt intimidated living in Brixton, was so put off, he wouldn't walk anywhere..only drive. On the few occasions he did, he was convinced he was about to be mugged. One time, it seems he almost was. I couldn't help feeling that he was walking around inviting trouble... almost as if people could smell fear..
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I've never understood people that live/move to an area where they feel unsafe? :confused:
 
CK1977 said:
I've never understood people that live/move to an area where they feel unsafe? :confused:
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He was moving in with his girlfriend who loves and was living in Brixton. Now she lives with him in Twickenham.... apparently something to do with compromise...

oh and she is his wife now.
 
poster342002 said:
Having the police eat in the same places as evryone else is a good idea, imo. However, it would be profoundly stupid for them to recieve those meals for free (why should they when other workers don't?) and would only lead to resentment towards them from others who do have to pay.
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I dont really want to sit in the Phoenix with PC plod thankyou.They would inhibit the conversation.Im quite happy for them to eat in their sausage sandwiches in Brixton nicks canteen.
 
just_andrew said:
which is my point really. Isnt this sign a bit OTT? It kinda instills more fear into visitors than anything dont you think?
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I agree.Instilling fear into people is a good way to control them.Good TV doc on this recently --"The Power of Nightmares".

I was at a meeting last week where a Labour party GLA member started asking people about their "fear of crime".She specifically stated not actual crimes people but "fear".I just feel their a lot of upping of crime by politicians/police when in actual fact according to the British Crime Survey its fallen.
 
I did notice this on the bus the other day and it did jar.

Mind you, I saw this one in a pub near Victoria - they were all over the place:

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I have recently moved to brixton and dont feel that Brixton deserves the reputation it does. Although it doesnt help when routine car tax checks by the local cops entail one car pulling you over then another 3 cars appearing and for them to say.... 'do you know where you have moved to, dont walk by yourself, get a car alarm, dont leave the house after dark etc etc.... ' Its Brixton, not the bronx. Maybe they are suffering from the 1980's riots still. :)
 
A friend of mine went on a night out in Brixton and got attacked by someone pretending to be a mini cab driver. She got help from a bouncer on the door of Pizza hut, The one that was on the Coldharbour Lane corner.

I told her that when Pizza Hut have to employ bouncers, then perhaps its not the safest place to go for a night out.

:rolleyes:
 
DesignerVagina said:
A friend of mine went on a night out in Brixton and got attacked by someone pretending to be a mini cab driver. She got help from a bouncer on the door of Pizza hut, The one that was on the Coldharbour Lane corner.

I told her that when Pizza Hut have to employ bouncers, then perhaps its not the safest place to go for a night out.

:rolleyes:
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well that was a long time ago, pizza hut hasn't been there for years. it's been kfc for absolutely ages now.

got any more recent anecdotes to share with us?
 
DesignerVagina said:
A friend of mine went on a night out in Brixton and got attacked by someone pretending to be a mini cab driver. She got help from a bouncer on the door of Pizza hut, The one that was on the Coldharbour Lane corner.

I told her that when Pizza Hut have to employ bouncers, then perhaps its not the safest place to go for a night out.

:rolleyes:
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Have you ever actually been to Brixton, Vag? :rolleyes: indeed
 
Sorry, I've never seen a bouncer there and I live just round the corner. There may have been one in the past.
 
I think I remember that they used to have a bouncer there a few years back late on weekend nights :confused:

May well be wrong there as I would have been steaming (when we lived in Streatham OU)
 
The KFC does usually have a security guard there, but no "if yer name's not down yer not comin in" style bouncer.
 
probably because yours was a post of very little relevance or value here. i mean, a few years ago brixton did have a few problems but quite a bit has improved since then, so why bother touting old, old stories? you sound like one of the hundreds of people i have worked with who raise their eyebrows when you say you live in brixton yet have never, ever been here in their lives, they just simply remember old news, listen to scaremongering and hide safely in their prejudice. i wondered if you had been here, maybe you have but obviously not for quite some years.

btw, supermarkets in posh areas have 'bouncers'. they're call security guards.
 
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