The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow question Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey.

Questions to the Deputy Mayor and Deputy Commissioner will be informed by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) monthly report to the committee and are likely to include the following subjects:

• 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

The Police and Crime Committee meeting will take place on Thursday, 27 September from 10am in the Chamber at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).   Media and members of the public are invited to attend.

The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.

Notes to editors: 

1. Full agenda papers.
2. The Police and Crime Committee is responsible for examining the activities of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and investigating matters it considers to be of importance to policing and crime reduction in London.
3. The Police and Crime Committee is established under s32 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
4. The Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, Joanne McCartney AM, is available for interview, see contact details below.
5. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.