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• Reference: 2024/0504
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown by year of how many Met officers have been investigated and of those investigated how many have been dismissed (employment terminated) for each of the following over last five years plus the current year to present (present referring to when the answer is being drafted): inappropriate physical touching, sexual assault, stalking and harassment, domestic abuse

• Reference: 2024/0479
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown of the total number of burglaries of community buildings reported for the last five financial years including the current year to date. If the Met holds the data, please also include a breakdown of location by borough.

• Reference: 2024/0505
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Please provide a breakdown by year of how many Met officers have been investigated for bullying, and of those, how many have been dismissed (employment terminated) for each of the following over last five years plus the current year to present (present referring to when the answer is being drafted).

• Reference: 2024/0356
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

As part of the new estate strategy that is being developed, are you considering police hubs, i.e. a police presence in particular locations such as former police stations, to bring back a police presence in local communities after the loss of many police stations across London?

• Reference: 2024/0362
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

The New Met for London Plan committed to deliver a Stop and Search Charter by October 2023. What progress has been made on this?

• Reference: 2024/0363
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

A joint report by HMICFRS, the IOPC and the College of Policing has been published recently on the Criminal Justice Alliance’s super-complaint on Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which raised serious concerns on the use of Stop & Search. How has this report impacted your work to improve the Met’s handling of Stop & Search and will it change the Stop & Search Charter?

• Reference: 2024/0366
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

How many police officers have you had to draft from police forces outside London to support policing during the recent protests? Please break down by 1) original police force and 2) by month since August 2023?

• Reference: 2024/0367
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

A recent article in the Guardian stated that the police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the Government. Does the Met intend to take up facial recognition searches using data from driving licenses should the law change go ahead? Do you support this use?

• Reference: 2024/0372
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

The December 2023 London Policing Board Performance Update shows a significant increase of 20% in Robbery, the largest increase across England & Wales (increase of 11.4%). What measures are you taking to tackle this issue which seems to be specific to London?

• Reference: 2024/0373
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

The London Policing Board meeting included a document “Reforming the Met’s Response to Tackling Violence against Women and Girls”. It mentions an anonymous anti-corruption and abuse hotline that allows the public to call with reports of misconduct and abuse by police officers and staff. Since setting up the hotline in 2022, please advise how many calls have been received on 1) misconduct and 2) abuse, and how many calls were upheld? Please also specify the sanctions involved in cases where the accusations were upheld.