![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ex-police-officer-says-parts-of-london-akin-to-the-bronx-after-two-shot-dead/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6_Two-Men-Dead-After-Reports-Of-Gunshots-In-Brixton.jpg&description=Norman Brennan, who retired from the City of London Police in 2009, said a move away from community-focused policing has contributed to 'turf wars' and 'lawless violence'The two men were pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday evening A former police officer who spent more than a decade on the beat in London has said the latest gun attack in south London shows parts of the city have become 'akin to the Bronx'. Norman Brennan, who retired from the City of London Police force in 2009 after 31 years, said a move away from community-focused policing has contributed to 'turf wars' and 'lawless violence' on the streets. His comments come after a takeaway delivery driver and a drill rapper were killed in a gun attack just before 8pm on Railton Road, Brixton on Sunday night. Police have launched a manhunt for the killers. Deliveroo worker Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21, was dropping off his last order of the day when he was hit by a car involved in the drive-by shooting as it careered out of control. The other victim of the shooting is said to be a drill rapper known as Perm, who is believed to have been the target of the attack. Former London police officer Norman Brennan Former London police officer Norman Brennan, who now heads the Law and Order Foundation charity, said the incident showed that parts of London were "now akin to the Bronx", the once notoriously-violent borough of New York City, and attributed this to a shift away from community policing. 'So whereas 10 or 20 years ago when we had beat officers that were interacting in communities, housing estates, in our shops and on our streets, they are just not present," Mr Brennan told the Mirror. "It's turned into fire brigade policing, which means they go from one call, to the next, to the next." Perm, a popular drill rapper, has been named as one of the victims of the attack ( UkNewsinPictures) Guilherme Mesias de Silva, who was killed on his way to deliver a takeaway on his moped ( UkNewsinPictures) 'When the publi){kind=link}
Norman Brennan, who retired from the City of London Police in 2009, said a move away from community-focused policing has contributed to “turf wars” and “lawless violence”
A former police officer who spent more than a decade on the beat in London has said the latest gun attack in south London shows parts of the city have become âakin to the Bronx’.
Norman Brennan, who retired from the City of London Police force in 2009 after 31 years, said a move away from community-focused policing has contributed to “turf wars” and “lawless violence” on the streets.
His comments come after a takeaway delivery driver and a drill rapper were killed in a gun attack just before 8pm on Railton Road, Brixton on Sunday night.
Police have launched a manhunt for the killers.