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I have tried to establish the reason for the police/dog activity as several people in the thread wanted to know WHY. First I called the Met Police, they gave me the no. for British Transport Police, the chap at BTP said the following: "It's happening at several stations in the area, we are trying to maintain a presence and make people a bit more aware that we are around, hopefully people will feel safe in the knowledge that we are around and hopefully we can deter petty crime". The chap did say there was no specific intelligence on ED station or suspected activity there itself. If you have a problem with this (as some people here seem to) and want to know more or argue the case (as some people here seem to) call BTP on 0800 405040 and let us all know how you get on. So it seems they are attending certain stations in South London for a while then will probably move on elsewhere.

Great news. If the burgars were now all put away for a long stretch that would be perfect, based on (at least one of) their criminal records it would not be a day too soon.

Timster - I don't think I am any more 'self assured' than the next guy so I fail to see why you refer to the police being "threatening looking " or "standing threateningly outside ". What was the threat you percieved ? I can understand the arguments touted around 'waste of police time' or 'too many police deployed' or 'why have police supporting ticket inspectors / revenue collection', but I have seen these police/dogs as many times as anybody who travels regularly from LB and have not experienced this threat. I sincerely believe this sensation of being 'threatened' is the beholders perception, or I am clearly missing something very obvious to the rest of you.

Or 'just carrying an 1/8th' (from work for chrissakes !!!!!!!!!!!)

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Are you near a speed bump ? Do lorries go past sometimes ?

I really don't have major issues with walking past policemen, whether on my way home from work or when shopping or out and about at night, I don't feel fear just by being near them or seeing them approaching. They have not the spare resource to place a significant no. of policemen / dogs in one place for absolutely no reason. As somebody said earlier, more police around will eventually mean less 'criminals'. If I could see a copper on every street corner I'd have no issue with that, imagine KNOWING you were safe in the street every day rather than HOPING you will be. I get the impression there would be less complaints if there was regularly a dozen drunken Millwall supporters lining the exit tunnel from ED station jeering and leeering at the passengers as they left the station !! It's too cheap just to label the police as baddies blindly carrying-out the state's corrupt and Stazi-esque controls. Be glad they are there - if it doesn't suit your particular choice of lifestyle, that doesn't mean they should not be there does it ?

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Yeah I has the police dog sniffingmy cahones earlier, but managed to avoid it covering me in dog snot. First time I have seen them there with no ticket collectors, this was just about what's being carried (drugs or whatever dogs are trained to sniff). There must be a reason they are doing that like there's some 'traffic' coming down through there and they got a tip-off or had busted someone who mentioned it. They ain't there for nowt.

Yeah but they say 'Mike' or 'Dave' and are not prepared to give any further identification, so remain anonymous. Now THAT irritates me because I have called back to speak to Mike/Dave to be told (of course) that there are loads Mikes and Daves.

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There's a running shop on Longacre, Covent Garden, it might be worth giving them a bell, they do quite a bit of analysis and (for me anyways) videoed my footfall as I ran on a treadmill so they could recommend the appropriate shoes. I been lucky and never had blisters hardly ever from distance running, including some 20 mile + runs, so perhaps yours are due to the shape of your feet, perhaps the arches in the shoes you use are too prominent and therefore rubbing ? anyways just a thought they may be able to help.

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