July 8th 2014

Back through Hyde Park this morning. I noted that a police van had parked up next to the 7/7 memorial following last nights vandalism. I'm not sure what that achieved apart from perhaps a further distancing between Muslims and the general population that finds any desecration of memorials, monuments or gravestones, abhorrent.
Still, the overnight population, usually seen at this time of the year ( see post July 3rd 2014 ), seemed lacking. There used to regular patrols by the Parks Constabulary but security was handed over to the Metropolitan Police years ago.
Are we getting to a stage where a permanent Police presence in Hyde Park should be reconsidered?
LCO