I HAVE just read in the Chronicle that Hounslow Police held a 'Polish surgery' on August 15 at the Duke of Cambridge pub.

I am English born and bred, born in 1947.

I have had to call the police several times and if I was lucky enough to get through no one turned up when I reported incidents.

Indeed, on March 31 I was advised to leave a message on our local neighbourhood response team's mobile phone as the local police 'may take more than an hour to respond'.

This I did and I am still awaiting a reply.

ROY WICKS Burns Avenue, Feltham.