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• 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?

• Reference: 2019/20085
• 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 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’. Is such a policy being followed by any other BCUs within the Metropolitan Police Service?

• Reference: 2014/4966
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 December 2014

What is the forecast spend in 2014/15 on training officers to use the Water Cannon?

• Reference: 2014/4967
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 December 2014

Please publish a summary of the responses you have received from the Hospital Trusts you wrote to regarding the implementation of the Cardiff Model in London.

• Reference: 2014/4968
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 December 2014

The current model for policing Richmond and Bushy parks is not working. Shift patterns do not match visitor or incident patterns and there are no specific environmental policing considerations in the current model. Would you commission research into how this model could work better for the effective policing of the parks?

• Reference: 2014/4969
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 09 December 2014

Environmental policing is not part of MPS culture and receives low priority in the MPS; wildlife crime as defined by the MPS does not cover the type of policing needed by Bushy and Richmond Parks. What additional training do the officers receive who are assigned to these parks?

• Reference: 2012/0070-2
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 20 December 2012

I wanted to pick up first on Project Daedalus and then moving forward on that. Obviously in the detailed evaluation report that we have had it showed the reoffending rate for those leaving the Heron Unit was 53%, whereas the national reoffending rate was 70%, but that was only for the first cohort. I am wondering, are you going to be looking at the later cohorts to assess what their reoffending rate was - which would mean we probably would not get the final details until the end of next year?

• Reference: 2012/0061-2
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 29 November 2012

I want to ask about, and we have touched on it a little bit, the consultation that is going to be taking place and is taking place on the Local Policing Model, the Estate Strategy and the Police and Crime Plan. We have heard so many different things about this, perhaps, Stephen, if we could just start off with you, if you could just clarify to us exactly what will be consulted on in January. I think you said 7 January. What is going to be in it in terms of will there be options around the estate, will there...

• Reference: 2012/0047-2
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 27 September 2012

I just want to pick up that with the big redevelopment of your training facilities up at Hendon, I was just wondering, there are huge challenges there I think over the next three years. You are going to have to take staff and trainees off that site while it is rebuilt. A very brief update - you might want to send more details in writing - on progress so far. For the Deputy Mayor, do you think you have the relevant staff within your Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime to manage a project on this scale? I am wondering...

• Reference: 2012/0026-2
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 June 2012

I had wanted to ask the Commissioner about police stations following what Stephen had said about how he was going to look at reviewing potential closure of police stations and the Mayor confirmed a change to his front counters policy, to find out what work is going on. But, Stephen, in your three weeks you have been there, what work have you discovered that has been going on in terms of selling the police estate across London?