AFTER reading about the event in Hampden Road, I was amazed at the amount of police presence, nearly 30 officers to restrain a man with a knife. Surely with all the combat training, stab vest etc it really should have taken two policemen to disarm this man.

My partner very conscientiously doing his duty as night watchman comes across many yobs of Malvern fuelled by drink and drugs. Sunday, October 16, was no exception when my partner had to call police for his own safety. Twenty minutes later one policeman arrived, not his fault if they are understaffed.

One policeman in Malvern on a Sunday night is not acceptable in these violent times. What an earth do we pay high Council Tax in Malvern for?

BARBARA KNIGHT, Somers Park Avenue, Malvern.