- Reference: 2019/20084
- Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
- Meeting date: 31 October 2019
At a meeting of Merton Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on the 11th September Sally Benatar, the Basic Command Unit (BCU Commander, stated that there are five key performance indicators for the South West BCU, one of which is ‘Stop and search – increase the amount we are doing’. Are you concerned that such simplistic performance indicators might be counter-productive and undermine public confidence in the police?