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  • Deaths and serious incidents in police custody report (2)

    • Reference: 2019/20749
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 December 2019
    In your answer to my question 2018/2546, on the deaths and serious incidents in police custody report, you told me that you accepted the recommendation to “end use of police custody for children detained under section 136 Mental Health Act”. Can you confirm that no children have been detained in police custody in London under the Mental Health Act since October 2018?
  • Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) use of ramming tactics (1)

    • Reference: 2019/20750
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 December 2019
    Under what circumstances do the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) use ramming tactics?
  • Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) use of ramming tactics (2)

    • Reference: 2019/20751
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 19 December 2019
    How many times have Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) used ramming tactics against suspects since December 2018, including (a) monthly breakdown, (b) the type of vehicle used by the suspect and, (c) the ages of the suspect who was rammed?
  • Judicial outcomes for collision investigations

    • Reference: 2019/20130
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Further to question 2018/0986, will the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) publish details on the judicial outcomes for all collision investigations on its website now, and on an ongoing basis?
  • Turnover of Commanders in Borough Command Units

    • Reference: 2019/20145
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Could you provide details about the turnover of Commanders in each of the Metropolitan Police Service Borough Command Units (BCUs), since new dedicated posts were introduced: a) the average length of service for a Commander for each BCU, b) the total number of Commander changes for each of the BCUs that have occurred, and c) the total number of post-weeks for which Commander posts in BCUs have been unstaffed?
  • Number of Roads and Transport Policing Command officers (4)

    • Reference: 2019/20147
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Thank you for your answer to my question 2018/2549. You previously told me, in September 2018, that Metropolitan Police officers working on roads and traffic will temporarily be moved to strengthen London's Violent Crime Taskforce. When will the Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) be restored to a full complement of staff?
  • Identity checks to Londoners crossing Lambeth Bridge

    • Reference: 2019/20148
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    On 15 October 2019, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) were stationed on Lambeth Bridge stopping members of the public and asking them to present identification. Since police don’t commonly have the power to ask for identification and the public don’t have a duty to show them any or even provide their name, what was the purpose of this, under which powers were these checks carried out, and who issued the order to officers to carry out these checks?
  • Follow up on PSCO enforcement on CS2

    • Reference: 2019/19679
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 17 October 2019
    Thank you for your answer to my question 2019/17406. My question was particularly about the actions by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). Other than the actions of the Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC), what work is being undertaken to ensure enforcement is fair and proportionate to the danger posed?
  • Safety of night time workers

    • Reference: 2019/19684
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 17 October 2019
    What progress have you made, while promoting the night time economy, in ensuring that London’s night time workers are safe while travelling to and from work?
  • Police use of 'domestic extremism' terminology

    • Reference: 2019/19691
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 17 October 2019
    When will the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) cease using the term 'domestic extremism', both directly and through their work on Prevent?