In article ,
Paul Corfield wrote:
... that finds the deployment of *20* Met Police / Community Support
Officers and a drug sniffer dog at Walthamstow Central Tube Station to
"check" passengers something of a waste of resource?

Walthamstow Central is something of a crime hotspot; these operations
are significantly reducing crime in the immediate area.

Or so said the borough commander a month ago.

I've no problem with a small police presence to support a proper revenue
control check but we get these police overload checks far more
frequently than a ticket check. Do criminals now solely travel by tube
train?

No, but there are an awful lot of people passing through the station, so
it's a good place to start looking.

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