Action Plan - Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing
Date published: 13 November 2020
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published an Action Plan to improve trust and confidence in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and to address community concerns about the disproportionality in the use of certain police powers affecting Black Londoners.
The Action Plan was developed following a series of consultations with more than 400 individuals and groups that either work with or within Black communities. The work was undertaken in response to concerns raised about the disproportionate use of police powers, including stop and search, the use of force and Taser. Communities told the MPS and City Hall that they wanted to see increased transparency in police actions, decisions and communications; a police service that better reflects the city it serves; and improved community monitoring and involvement in reviewing the disproportionate use of police powers and complaints.
Taking action
The Action Plan – which the MPS has welcomed and has committed to take forward actions specific to the police service - focuses on:
- An overhaul of community monitoring structures to ensure that London’s diverse communities are better represented
- Stricter oversight and scrutiny of the ‘smell of cannabis’ used as sole grounds for stop and search
- Research into stop and search using Body Worn Video (BWV) footage
- Greater public scrutiny of the Met police and police use of force
- Reviewing vehicle stops and calling for mandatory data collection
- Developing community-led training for police officers
- Challenging aims for Black police officer recruitment
Read the Action Plan
You can read the Action Plan as a .pdf publication or as an online publication.
Read the news release and quotes about the Action Plan.
MOPAC has also produced an Equality Impact Assessment for the Action Plan.
You can see the latest data on the issues tackled by the Action Plan in this interactive dashboard.
The Action Plan is complimented by our plan for tackling ethnic disproportionality in the youth justice system. Read it here.
Latest updates
Action Plan updates
- March 2024 update
- October 2023 update
- June 2023 update
- March 2023 update
- September 2022 update
- June 2022 update and correspondence between the Mayor and the Acting Commissioner on the MPS' progress to date.
- December 2021 narrative and detailed updates on the delivery of the Action Plan.
- November 2021 interim update.
- September 2021 narrative and detailed updates on the delivery of the Action Plan.
- August 2021 update from the second quarterly public update meeting on the delivery of the Action Plan and outcomes of a survey by MOPAC and the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) of those members of the public who had submitted a complaint to the MPS over a 12-month period.
- June 2021 summary of progress and detailed update on the delivery of the Action Plan.
- March 2021 summary of progress and detailed update on the delivery of the Action Plan.
Action Plan External Reference Group - Meeting Notes
MAP ERG minutes January 2022
MAP ERG minutes April 23
MAP ERG minutes July 23
MAP ERG minutes November 23
MAP ERG minutes February 2024
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