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• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 December 2015

Roger Evans AM: One of the benefits that we enjoy as a city in the United Kingdom (UK) is that very lethal weapons are less available to potential terrorists than they are in a lot of other countries around the world, but that does not stop people trying to commit acts with smaller weapons. Sometimes the police officers who get to those types of incidents are not armed with live rounds. Is it worth considering rolling out more Tasers to police officers on the beat so that they are able to neutralise that type of threat from a distance?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Roger Evans AM: If you consider the 13 appliances that you are considering taking away plus the ones that were removed before, I believe the saving is around £25 million. If by some miracle you were to have £25 million returned to your budget, Commissioner, would you ideally spend it on putting those appliances back or would you have other priorities that you think would keep London safer?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Roger Evans AM: I just wanted to add my support to Jenny’s suggestion that fire prevention people might look at flood prevention as well. I wondered if there was also a role for them to do some joint working with the MPS on crime prevention because at the moment we have fire prevention people who go out and tell people largely to provide more means of exit and entrance from their properties and then crime prevention people who go around and tell them to lock them up. Might it not be better if the two services worked together and more...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 02 December 2015

Roger Evans AM: Commissioner, the MPS is currently conducting some very positive trials with body‑worn cameras. Would you see any use for that type of technology within the LFB?

• Reference: 2015/3746
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Staffordshire Police is trialling a product produced by EE which boosts mobile connectivity within vehicles, making it easier to access the internet on tablets, smartphones and laptops. Does the Metropolitan Police Service intend to introduce similar such tools, and what assessment has been made of their effectiveness?

• Reference: 2015/3747
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Currently 95 per cent of major European car brands use keyless entry technology which automatically unlocks a vehicle when the person the owner is nearby with their remote. There are growing concerns about the ease in which such technology can be manipulated, making it easier for criminals to steal cars. What work has the Metropolitan Police Service undertaken to prevent keyless car theft, and what conversations has it held with manufactures about the tools available to prevent it?

• Reference: 2015/3748
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

What guidance is available to Metropolitan Police Service officers about the removal of ceremonial items, such as kirpan knives, from individuals when they are placed into custody?

• Reference: 2015/3749
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

On how many instances in the last three years have individuals arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service refused to provide passwords for confiscated electronic equipment, and what options are available to officers when this happens?

• Reference: 2015/3745
• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

It has been reported that Cambridgeshire Police will begin trialling a new system which enables the victims of crime to contact the police via video calling applications such as Skype. Does the Metropolitan Police Service intend to introduce similar such schemes, and what assessment has been made of their effectiveness?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 18 November 2015

Roger Evans AM: My constituency, Havering and Redbridge, is next door to the areas that Andrew [Andrew Boff AM] talked about. We did have some concerns that we did not win our Mini-Holland bid in Redbridge, but we are feeling a little bit of relief when we look across at what is happening in Walthamstow and the concerns of the residents there. Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): You will feel differently when it is finished. Roger Evans AM: That was actually the question I was going to ask you, Mr Mayor. Boris Johnson MP (Mayor of London): When it...