Following the Romford Recorder story last week, with Five Conservative Councillors pictured in the CCTV control room, Havering Park (R.A) Councillor Andrew Mann has hit out at senior Conservative Councillors and Council Officers as being hypocrites.
Following the Recorders coverage of Cllr Mann visiting the CCTV control room in February of this year (pictured above), he was written to by Christine Dooley, head of Law at Havering Council to say he should not have been photographed in the control, this despite making a pre-arranged visit with the manager and asking permission to take a photo.
The letter from Mrs Dooley came following a complaint from a Conservative Councillor, he was told Councillors could not be pictured in the room, but then went back through the press archives and found various Councillors and M.P’s in the room over the last 2 years.
Now, only two months later (during a London Election) there are five Conservative Councillors pictured in the room, Cllr Mann said “Why does it need five of them, are they that worried about my press coverage, they complain that I am in the CCTV room, but then it is o.k. for them, this is typical of the two faced Administration we have at the moment”
As the overtly political photo was sent out during an election period, Cllr Mann has now lodged a formal complaint against the press office, Government legislation that controls Council press officers during any election states “In coming to any decision on publicity, the Council must have regard to the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity” Cllr Mann feels that this has not been followed in a proper manner.
That said, Cllr Mann is pleased that the CCTV Cameras have now been turned on and are working up in Collier Row and other area in the Borough.
No comments:
Post a Comment