At least according to Sir Ian Blair, the PC PC and well renowned feckwit.
However, as some wag has already pointed out, leaving your front door open would invalidate your insurance in the unlikely eventuality that one of London's non-existent burglars (who presumably are now all in Haringey as I type) did decide to pay a visit.
Met chief makes 'open door' claim
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has said parts of London are returning to an era of neighbourliness and low crime.
He said residents in Haringey, north London, are now happy to leave their front doors open and unlocked.
Sir Ian said community-based Safer Neighbourhood Teams were making people feel as safe as they did 25 years ago.
He also likened neighbourhood police team leaders to "the sheriff" who dealt with matters in their area.
In an interview with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Sir Ian told of a recent visit to Haringey during which he met two officers who had "adopted" a tower block.
He said: "How long is it since the police patrolled the corridors of a tower block?
"It's as if, when the slums they replaced were flattened and they put that up, the police stopped patrolling, so it's quite an interesting concept, and people are opening their doors, leaving their doors open now, or leaving then unlocked, certainly, in a way they haven't done for 25 years, so there's some interesting things going on."
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has said parts of London are returning to an era of neighbourliness and low crime.
He said residents in Haringey, north London, are now happy to leave their front doors open and unlocked.
Sir Ian said community-based Safer Neighbourhood Teams were making people feel as safe as they did 25 years ago.
He also likened neighbourhood police team leaders to "the sheriff" who dealt with matters in their area.
In an interview with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Sir Ian told of a recent visit to Haringey during which he met two officers who had "adopted" a tower block.
He said: "How long is it since the police patrolled the corridors of a tower block?
"It's as if, when the slums they replaced were flattened and they put that up, the police stopped patrolling, so it's quite an interesting concept, and people are opening their doors, leaving their doors open now, or leaving then unlocked, certainly, in a way they haven't done for 25 years, so there's some interesting things going on."
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