The MPS is seeking 'flexibility for Olympic budgets in 2012' from the Home Office( Policing London Business Plan report to MPA November 2011). Specifically what flexibility is the MPS seeking and what risks will this mitigate?
There is a planned increase of 413 Safer Transport Command (STC) officers in time for the Olympics - where will these officers be drawn from; and post-Olympics how many of these additional STC officers will remain on the STC?
What financial savings will be realised from the abolition of the Metropolitan Police Authority and creation of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime?
Why is there such a wide variance of percentage increases and decreases in crime on buses across the London boroughs? To what extent does resource allocation contribute to this variance?
What conclusion should Londoners draw from the £30 million top-up of MPS funds in the final budget of the Mayoral term and the problems that it may be simply delaying?
Please give an update on how the MOPC will undertake community engagement? Will the current model involving bodies such as Community Police Consultative Groups continue, for example?