Brockley police station to close, but Lewisham officer numbers up as Brockley faces police shake-up

The new London-wide Police and Crime Plan has confirmed that Brockley Police Station will shut as part of a closure programme for 60 police desks across the capital.Meanwhile, police numbers in the borough will rise by 2015,  although not by as much as originally indicated. The Mayor had originally claimed 54 new police positions would ...

Help find missing man

ThisislocalLondon reports: Police in Lewisham are appealing for help in tracing a man missing from Brockley.Barry Clarke, aged 34, was last seen on march 21 at 9.15am hours at Spalding House, Turnham Road. He is white, 6ft 1ins tall, of stocky build with brown shaven balding hair and was last seen wearing a black woollen hat, ...

Help find missing girl

ITV News reports:Police in Lewisham are appealing for help to find a teenage girl who has been missing since Tuesday. 18 year-old Tracey Ikeme was seen by staff at Haberdashers' Aske's School in Brockley but then failed to return to her home in Lewisham.She has never gone missing before and her disappearance is regarded as ...

May Day 2001: a police spy at the Elephant & Castle?

A guest post from "La Infanta de Castilla"The Elephant and Castle has been a bit of a hive of radical activity of late. The Self Organised London Social Space is still going a month after the initial occupation of Eileen House on Newington Causeway, a former Department of Health building scheduled for demolition. Nearby at 44-50 ...

Sgt Jon Biddle: Twitter Cop

Brockley's Safer Neighbourhoods Sergeant is taking part in a pilot project to use Twitter to connect wilth local residents. The police say:Called @MPSBrockleySgt, PS Jon Biddle will keep local residents informed of his whereabouts and that of his team, update the community with news, safety advice and preventative measures, promote police surgeries and events, re-Tweet any ...