These youths were openly smoking cannabis in a park in central London in broad daylight. I was in a hotel opposite the Argyle Square where this was happening - the smell of the marijuana was very strong. They are seen in the video sitting on the bench passing spliffs to each other. The guys on the basketball court were acting suspiciously. All this was happening in broad daylight, in public at about 4.30pm. They clearly had no fear of the police and no respect for the community of society they live in. Or any respect for the passer-by or residents who had the smell of strong drugs forced on them. I rang the police twice about this and the 999 operator refused to handle the call. Why not? These people were committing a crime in public. This was on the same day that would-be London mayor Shaun Bailey spoke in the local media about how he would employ a zero-tolerance approach to tackling London’s crime epidemic. What’s seen in the footage is a clear example of Bailey’s view of the ‘broken windows’ theory of crime, that suggests ignoring one broken window is a recipe for more panes to be smashed. Employing a zero-tolerance approach to any kind of crime was employed in New York and helped to reduce their murder rate by 90 per cent. ”We are going to relentlessly pursue criminals and gangs on the streets,” Mr Bailey said. ”They are making it dangerous for everyone — black, white, gay, straight — and we need to remove that pressure.”