Find out about our regular Q&A sessions and work on policing and crime in the capital.
Our Police and Crime Committee examines the work of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and investigates issues relating to policing and crime reduction in London.
Coming Up
The Police and Crime Committee's next meeting will be on 27 June. The Committee will be questioning Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh about a range of policing issues.
Our reports
See all London Assembly reports relating to safety and policing.
Contacts
View the Committee Membership or contact staff supporting the Committee at policeandcrimecommittee@london.gov.uk.
Recent work
13 June 2013
The Polcie and Crime Committee questioned the following guests about MOPAC plans to replace Community Police Engagement Groups with a network of borough based Safer Neighbourhoods Boards.
- Steve O’Connell AM, MOPAC
- Martin Davis, Trustee, London Communities Policing Partnership
- Jamie Wilcox, Head of Volunteer Services, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Watch the webcast of the meeting.
23 May 2013
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, Commander Christine Jones and and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh, issues raised included:
- The murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich
- The conclusions of the Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing
- Use of private detectives by Operation Yewtree investigation into child sexual abuse allegations
- Industrial dispute by Houses of Parliament security staff
- The accountability of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
Watch the webcast of the meeting or read the transcript..
28 March 2013
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh, issues raised included:
- Tackling gangs (questions to include the impact of the first year of Trident Gang Crime Command and future resourcing for tackling gangs)
- Police and Crime Plan (published on 25 March)
- Child sexual exploitation and abuse (HMIC report on the police response to the Savile allegations)
- Plans for community engagement
Watch the webcast or read the transcript of the meeting.
28 February 2013
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh and Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Craig Mackey, issues raised included:
- Integrity and trust in the Metropolitan Police
- Police and Crime Plan
- MOPAC structure and ways of working
Watch the webcast or read the transcript of the meeting.
14 February 2013
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Mayor Boris Johnson and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe about the Mayor's draft Police and Crime Plan.
Watch the webcast or read a transcript of the meeting.
31 January 2013
The Police and Crime Committee continued its review of the Mayor's draft Police and Crime Plan putting questions to the following guests:
· Jon Collins, Deputy Director, Police Federation;
· Martin Innes, Director, Universities Police Science Institute and Deputy Director for research, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences;
· Cllr Janet Daby, Cabinet Member for Community Safety, London Borough of Lewisham;
· Jo Davies, Campaign & Policy Office, MENCAP;
· Scott Watkin, Inclusion Advisor, MENCAP; and
· Kirsten Hearn, Chair, Inclusion London
Read a transcript of the meeting.
17 January 2013
The Police and Crime Committee began it's review of the Mayor's draft Police and Crime Plan putting questions to the following gueats.
- Marian FitzGerald, visiting Professor of Criminology, University of Kent;
- Mike Hough, Professor of Criminal Policy, Birkbeck, University of London; and
- Ben Bradford, Career Development Fellow in Criminology, University of Oxford.
- Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor, London;
- Heather Munro, Chief Executive, London Probation Trust;
- Vicki Helyar-Cardwell, Director, Criminal Justice Alliance; and
- Catherine Hennessy, Director of Development & Partnerships, Revolving Doors.
Read a transcript of the meeting.
20 December 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh about current policing priorities and the performance of the Metropolitan Police Service. issues raised included:
- Leveson inquiries recommendations for the MPS
- Future of community safety funding
- Violence against women and girls
- Project Daedalus
- Taser roll out to boroughs
Read a transcript of the meeting.
6 December 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned the following guests about the future for Community Safety Funding and Drug Intervention Programmes in London:
- Robert Greaves - Vice Chair, National Community Safety Network
- Alison Blackwood - Safer Future Communities London
- Marcus Roberts - Director of Policy, Drugscope
- Cllr Keith Prince, Leader London Borough of Redbridge
- Doug Flight, Head of Strategic Policy Group, London Councils
Read the transcript of the meeting.
29 November 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh about current policing priorities and the performance of the Metropolitan Police Service. issues raised included
- Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) staffing changes and impact
- Consultation on Local Policing Model and Estates Strategy
- Co-location of public services
- Police and Crime Plan Headlines
- Violence against women and girls
- MPS sponsorship
- Lack of financial monitoring information from MOPAC
Read the transcript of the meeting.
15 November 2012
The Police and Crime Committee examined progress in tackling violence against women and girls. Guests included the Head of Sapphire, the Metropolitan Police command dealing with rape and serious sexual offences, and representatives of charitable and voluntary groups who support the victims of such crimes.
Read the transcript of the meeting.
25 October 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey and MOPAC Interim Chief Executive Andrew Morley about current policing priorities and the performance of the Metropolitan Police Service. issues raised included
- MOPAC targets for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- Operation Terminus – A joint operation with the UK Boarder Agency to tackle crime committed by foreign nationals.
- Fraudulent use of MPS credit cards
- Proposed English Defence League march in Waltham Forrest
- Police registration of foreign nationals studying in London
- Deployment of undercover officers overseas
Read the transcript of the meeting.
11 October 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned senior officers from three London police forces about policing the London 2012 Games, the largest peacetime policing operation the UK has ever seen. The guests were:
- Chris Allison, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Serv
- Andrew Mellor, Chief Superintendent, City of London Police
- Stephen Thomas QPM, Assistant Chief Constable, British Transport Police
Read the transcipt of the meeting.
27 September 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh about current policing priorities and the performance of the Metropolitan Police Service. issues raised included:
- MPS property estate and vehicle fleet
- Vetting and supervision of officers
- Search procedures for potential crime scenes
- Anti-knife crime initiative
- Anti-gangs strategy
- Undercover officers
Read the transcript of the meeting.
19 July 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and Deputy Mayor for Policing Stephen Greenhalgh about a variety of current policing and crime reduction issues in London, including:
- Policing the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Stop and Search
- Police corruption
- MPS performance and detection rates
Read the transcript of the meeting.
5 July 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned the Deputy Mayor for Policing Stephen Greenhalgh and Assistant Commissioner Simon Byrne about plans for the restructure of territorial policing in London.
Read the transcript of the meeting.
21 June 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh about a variety of subjects including:
- Deputy Mayor's priorities for policing
- Failures in rape investigations by MPS Sapphire Unit
- Supervision of undercover officers
- Public order policing
- Lessons from policing the Diamond Jubilee
- Deployment and use of Tasers
read the transcript of the meeting or view the press release following the meeting.
14 June 2012
The Police and Crime Committee began a review of support for victims of crime in the capital. The Committee examined what the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is doing to improve care and support for victims. It also looked at the MOPAC's responsibilities for victims and how it proposes to deliver them.
The following guest attended:
- Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh, MPS
- Commander Nick Ephgrave, MPS
- Chief Superintendent Steve Ashley, Chief of Staff for Joint Agency Inspection, HMIC
- Javed Khan, Chief Executive, Victim Support
- Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Catherine Crawford, Chief Executive, MOPAC
read the transcript of the meeting.
31 May 2012
The Police and Crime Committee questioned the Mayor and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on a variery of subjects including:
- Racism in the Metropolitan Police (MPS)
- MPS workforce and neighbourhood policing
- Safer Neighbourhood Boards
The Committee also held a confirmation hearing into the qualifications and capacity of the Mayor's nominee for the post of Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Stephen Greenhalgh. The Committee voted uninimously not to object to Mr Greenhalgh's appointment.
read the transcript of questions to the Mayor and Commissioner or read the transcript of the confirmation hearing.