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• Reference: 2022/4361
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

How many journalists have been arrested in the course of their work by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) since 2016 broken down by year?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 01 December 2022

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is for the Commissioner. In October 2022, when you first appeared in front of the Police and Crime Committee, we spoke about diversion as opposed to criminalisation for the possession of cannabis. One of the things you said you did in your time in Surrey back in 2011 was “to be one of the driving forces nationally in building a different approach with out-of-court disposals.” You described how that eventually became community resolutions. It is clear that you see the benefits of diversion for people who are stopped with cannabis...

• Reference: 2004/0414-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

In the event of it being necessary to carry out a mass decontamination do you envisage encountering difficulties due to lack of co-operation from casualties?

• Reference: 2004/0416-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Please could you explain the reasons for locating specialist vehicles, which would be required in the event of a major incident, outside the most likely areas for an attack and do you anticipate there could be problems in reaching the incident in the event of severe traffic congestion?

• Reference: 2004/0417-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Are you confident that LFEPA now has all the necessary vehicles, equipment and trained staff that would be required for a resilient response to concurrent attacks?

• Reference: 2004/0418-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

LFEPA, along with the police and ambulance services, has set up a multi-agency initial assessment team, on a trial basis, to provide a rapid initial assessment at catastrophic incidents. In the trial proves successful are you confident that Government funding will be forthcoming to allow the team to continue?