Sir Mark Rowley took up his post as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service on 12 September 2022.
The Met had been rocked by a series of recent scandals including the murder of Sarah Everard, the strip-search of Child Q and officers caught exchanging highly offensive messages.
Ahead of his first day, the then Home Secretary Priti Patel MP wrote to the Commissioner stating the need to restore trust and confidence and for a transformation of the Met [1].
The Commissioner published a draft of the Met’s Turnaround Plan in January, and the New Met for London Plan was published in July, setting out how the Met is “putting communities back at the heart of policing as it delivers more trust, less crime and high standards” [2].
One year on, what is the Commissioner’s top achievement? Is there anything he would have done differently?
How satisfied is the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime on progress made to reform the Met and deliver “more trust, less crime and high standards”?
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will meet tomorrow to discuss this and other topics with the Commissioner and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, including:
- London Policing Board
- Culture change
- Discrimination
The guests are:
- Sir Mark Rowley QPM, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 6 September 2023 from 10am, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- Home Office, Priti Patel letter to Sir Mark Rowley, 5 September 2022
- MPS, New Met for London Plan, July 2023
- Read the agenda papers.
- Caroline Russell AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Police and Crime Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more information, please contact Emma Bowden in the Assembly Media Office on 07849 303897. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.