The decision angered the Metropolitan Police Federation, and a council spokesman said that "There is no evidence that Peter the Painter killed the three policemen, so we knew we were not naming the block after a murderer. ... but he is the name that East Enders associate with the siege and Sidney Street."
然而这个决定激怒了大都会警察联盟（英语：Metropolitan Police Federation），委员会发言人表示：“没有证据表明画家彼得杀害了三名警察，所以我们知道我们并不是以一名杀人犯的名字命名这个街区......但他是与围攻行动及西德尼街有关联的东区人。