The security level at Civic Hall has also remained at ‘heightened’ for several months
According to a report going before the city council’s executive members next week, there’s been a rise in the number of councillors using a personal security app, provided by a company which has a contract with the local authority.So how safe do councillors feel conducting their duties in the current climate and are they facing more aggression or not?
“I think people are at least more aware now of how offensive it is and how threatening it is and people agree it’s unacceptable,” she adds. “But it does still happen.” “The big concern for me is someone coming to my house and being threatening or violent when I’m out and it’s just my wife and kids in.”
She adds, however, that since then she’s been “fine” and that her residents are “very respectful”, and that as long as there’s no name-calling she’s generally happy to “roll with the shouting and raised voices”. Another councillor, whose time in politics began before the social media age, does not use the security app and believes the issue of abuse is “no better or worse than it’s ever been.”“I think for most people, if you’re careful about what you put out on social media you tend to get a measured response coming back.
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