I am pleased to advise that Tayside Police is again holding mobile surgeries for the area served by the Lochee and Ryehill Police Stations – the West End and Lochee. This is an excellent opportunity for local residents to speak with the police officers who serve our local area and raise any issues or concerns [...]
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Scott Street car vandalism
Posted: February 25, 2012 in Scott Street, Tayside Police, vandalism, Wave 102, West End LCPPResidents in Scott Street are rightly angry at the mindless vandalism of 16 vehicles in Scott Street overnight on Wednesday/Thursday. Our local Police Inspector Graham Young updated the West End Local Community Planning Partnership meeting on Thursday evening about this disgraceful vandalism of residents’ cars and gave assurances that the police putting resources into catching [...]
Last week, the Evening Telegraph highlighted crime statistics for 2010/11 across the city. This indicated the apparently high crime rate in parts of the West End Ward. Beat 26 which covers quite a large part of the West End Ward has been highlighted in the past for its high number of incidents reported to [...]
Yesterday afternoon, at the Ryehill Police Station, I met with PC Jim Mitchell, the new community police officer for the Perth Road area. Jim is a very experienced officer and is a great addition to the team of community police officers in the West End. We have a superb policing resource in the West [...]
Attack on young woman condemned
Posted: October 24, 2011 in Cleghorn Street, Lochee Road, Tayside PoliceAs reported in tonight’s Evening Telegraph, I have condemned the appalling attack on a young woman late on Friday on Lochee Road near the junction with Cleghorn Street. Attacks of this nature are thankfully unusual in the local area but it is vital that anyone who was in the vicinity between 10pm and 11.30pm last [...]
Wednesday meetings …
Posted: October 20, 2011 in Ancrum Place, Morven Terrace, Remploy Dundee, Tayside PoliceDundee Remploy factory Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of visiting the Dundee Remploy factory, to meet the Operations Manager and the GMB Shop Steward. Dundee’s Remploy factory provides employment for 43 local people, most with disabilities. They produce high quality materials, mainly for the Ministry of Defence and also for police, fire services, the Home Office, [...]
As reported in today’s Courier, I have condemned the assault on a 66 year old pensioner in the Nethergate early yesterday. I am shocked that this man has been attacked in the Nethergate and I do hope he is making a full and speedy recovery from what must have been a frightening experience. It [...]
The damage to vehicles at Barnetts Motor Group on Riverside Drive towards the end of last week was another unfortunate example of mindless vandalism that must be detected and stamped out. I have been in touch with Barnetts’ Managing Director to discuss the situation further and would again ask that any resident who has seen [...]
Residents are aware that I have previously expressed concern about a number of terrible instances of vandalism of graves in Balgay Cemetery. As reported in last night’s Evening Telegraph, I have condemned as appalling and mindless further recent vandalism affecting around 15 headstones. I have been again in touch with the Tayside Police local [...]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Inspector Graham Young, the new police inspector for the West End and Lochee. I had a very productive discussion with Inspector Young about local issues in the West End and we also talked about community engagement including police attendance at West End community events, including West End Christmas [...]
West End Community Council
Posted: April 13, 2011 in Tayside Police, vandalism, West End Community CouncilLast night, I attended the April meeting of West End Community Council at Logie St John’s (Cross) Church Hall. Following on from my meeting in February with John Logue, Tayside Area Procurator Fiscal, and Chief Superintendent Gavin Robertson of Tayside Police, at which we discussed tackling vandalism, John and Gavin spoke last night to the Community Council [...]
As reported in today’s “Courier“, I have expressed my concerns and those of West End constituents about the weekend fight near Sinderins in which around 30 people were involved and which left a 51-year-old man needing hospital treatment for a head wound. This is a matter of concern to residents, particularly as it took place in [...]
Concern over break-ins
Posted: March 8, 2011 in Marchfield Road, Peddie Street, Pitfour Street, Rosefield Street, Tayside PoliceLast night’s Evening Telegraph reported on a number of recent break-ins in Marchfield Road, Pitfour Street, Rosefield Street and Peddie Street, together with my comments expressing concern about this. Intrusion into people’s homes causes great upset and anxiety to householders, in addition to the theft of personal possessions. I have no doubt that Tayside Police [...]
Liberal Democrats campaigning for local policing
Posted: February 25, 2011 in Alison Burns, Alison McInnes MSP, Allan Petrie, Tayside PoliceAs featured on tonight’s STV News and on local radio, North East Scotland MSP Alison McInnes, together with myself and Dundee Liberal Democrat colleagues, today launched a petition outside Tayside Police’s Headquarters that invites the public to support the campaign to stop Scotland’s emergency services being centralised into Scotland-wide force. Alison then visited the Broughty Ferry [...]
As reported in tonight’s Evening Telegraph, both I and my ward colleague Richard McCready have condemned the shocking assault last Sunday on a 23 year old man who was hit by a vehicle at the junction of Shaftesbury Road and Seymour Street. He was unhurt in the initial collision but then suffered a broken nose [...]
As reported in tonight’s Evening Telegraph, I have expressed concern about the events in Lochee Park last Friday night in which up to a hundred young people were involved in anti-social behaviour in the park, causing disturbance to neighbouring residents. It is very concerning that a number of the young people involved were as young [...]
I was interviewed yesterday on the Wave 102 news about my concerns regarding the SNP government’s proposals for a single police force in Scotland :
I have today expressed considerable concern over Scottish Government moves towards merging Scotland’s eight police forces into one single force for the whole of Scotland, pointing out that this could lead to a diminution of local policing, centralisation focussing on the central belt and a loss of local police officers. I am very concerned at the [...]
Tonight’s Evening Telegraph covers the concerns about violent crime in the Tayside Police Beat 26 area – this includes parts of the West End Ward and extends down to ‘night-time economy’ areas adjacent to the City Centre. Any extent of violent crime in the area is of great concern and I am reassured that our [...]
Further to my recent update on the meeting I had with Tayside Police regarding the issue of break-ins in parts of the West End, I am pleased to note tonight’s report in the Evening Telegraph about the issue. See http://tinyurl.com/breakinstackled – the full story is in tonight’s paper. It is reassuring that Tayside Police is [...]
Following on from today’s news release from the Scottish Liberal Democrats about vandalism to police and fire equipment across Scotland (published below), I was interviewed on Radio Tay News this morning about the matter. Go to http://tinyurl.com/taynewssunday to listen. LIBDEMS REVEAL VANDAL TOLL ON POLICE AND FIRE EQUIPMENT Liberal Democrat Justice spokesperson Robert Brown has [...]
Last couple of days …
Posted: September 10, 2010 in Education, NHS Tayside, Tayside Police, University of DundeeYesterday, as well as attending the latest meeting of the West End Schools’ Project Board and my weekly surgery at Blackness Primary School, I had the pleasure of attending a civic reception at the City Chambers to highlight Dundee’s support for the Perth 800 celebrations and for Perth’s bid for city status. Both Dundee Lord [...]
Last night’s Evening Telegraph gave a comprehensive report on house break-ins across Dundee. Police Beat 26 (the area of the West End Ward at the east of the ward – running from Pentland in the north to Riverside Drive in the south but excluding the Perth Road corridor) had the most break-ins during 2009-10 – [...]
Following the graffiti vandalism to around 20 cars in the Forest Park Road area on Monday night, I was in touch yesterday with Tayside Police about the matter. Residents are naturally outraged at this sort of mindless vandalism and I would urge anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area late Monday night or in [...]
At the weekend, I wrote to the Chief Constable following the concern about a high-speed car incident last week in parts of the city, including across the West End. I have had an extremely prompt response from Tayside Police’s Central Division Road Policing Unit as follows : “Cllr Macpherson I refer to your communication received [...]
Dear Chief Constable I write following the high speed car drive across the city that saw the car speeding dangerously across parts of the West End Ward and further east, but including the busy Perth Road, and eventually being abandoned in Clayhills Drive. Following concerned residents contacting me expressing concern about the stupidity of the [...]
Police Community Letter Boxes
Posted: March 19, 2010 in Blackness Library, Mitchell Street, Tayside PoliceArising out of the recent Tayside Police Community Surgeries, including one at Blackness Library, the local Police are now introducing Community Letter Boxes to allow the public to raise non-emergency issues and any suggestions they may have. The library is the location for the one in the West End, although I have suggested to the [...]
Meetings tonight – and tomorrow
Posted: February 10, 2010 in Dundee West Transition Town Group, Education, Riverside Nature Park, Tayside Police, West End Community Council, West End Festival 2010It was good to see residents turning out at the Police Community Surgery at Blackness Library at teatime today. I spoke with a number of residents about local issues, including cycling matters, the begging concern, litter and parking. West End Community Council’s meeting tonight featured a useful presentation on the proposed Riverside Nature Park, as [...]
West End Latest!
Posted: February 9, 2010 in Hillside Place, Tayside Police, West End Community CouncilThis morning, the Courier covered my comments about the problem of wheelie bins sitting permanently on pavements in certain streets in the West End and action the City Council is taking to address the issue. Today’s Evening Telegraph covers the issue of begging in Perth Road and Nethergate and my discussions with Tayside Police about [...]
