MPA Press Releases: January 2011

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Metropolitan Police Authority: January meeting

05/11
25 January 2011

The January meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority will be held in The Chamber, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA at 10.00 a.m. on Thursday 27 January 2011.

The meeting is open to members of the public and press, and everyone is welcome to attend. There is access for disabled people and induction loops are available. 

Kit Malthouse, chair of the MPA, will give an oral update on any key issues or events since the last Authority meeting. Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin will present a report on policing performance and respond to questions from Authority members.

A petition has been received by the Authority from Zain Sardar (Young Greens National Coordinator) which seeks the MPA to ban the tactic of containment:

"We the undersigned call for the Metropolitan Police Authority to ban the tactic of containment (kettling) of demonstrations, where there is not the threat of violence between conflicting groups of protesters, as it damages the community’s trust in the police and confidence in the right to protest."

 A response to the petition will be provided at the meeting.

Amongst other items, members will discuss:

  • Policing London Business Plan: to consider the Policing London Business Plan
  • Policing and Social Responsibility Bill: providing members with an update
  • Treasury management half year review 2010/11
  • External Audit Annual Audit Letter

Notes to Editors

1. The full Authority committee papers are available on the MPA website at: www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2011/0127

MPA committee meeting: Finance and Resources Committee

04/11
19 Januuary 2011

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Finance and Resources Committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 20 January at 2.00pm.

Members of the committee will discuss, amongst other items:

Finance matters

Capital and revenue budget monitoring 2010/11 period 8: reports the revenue budget monitoring position for 2001/11 at period 7 (to the end of November)

Estate matters

Papers seeking the disposal of the freehold interest in the following former police stations: Penge, Bromley; Norwood Green, Ealing; West Street, Harrow; Collier Row, Havering; Upminster, Havering.

The committee papers are available on the MPA website at:  www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/finres/2011/0120

MPA Committee meeting: Strategic and Operational Policing Committee

03/11
11 January 2011

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Strategic and Operational Policing Committee will be held on Thursday 13 January 2011 in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY, at 2.00pm.

Amongst other items, members of the committee will discuss:

  • Headline Performance report
  • TP Development Programme
  • TP Performance report
  • Stop and Account update

Notes to Editors

The full committee papers are available on the MPA website at: www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/sop/2011/0113

MPA hosts National Symposium multi-point entry into the Police Service

02/11
6 January 2011

The MPA will host a national symposium to explore multi-point entry into the police service in London’s Living Room, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA on Wednesday 12 January 2011, from 9.00am to 3.00pm

In July 2010, the Race and Faith Inquiry, commissioned by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, reported its findings. One of the main recommendations was that the benefits and practicality of multi point entry for police officers should be further explored.

Mayor Boris Johnson will review the key issues of the day and close the symposium at 3.00pm. The Right Honourable Nick Herbert, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice will deliver the opening speech to the symposium at 10.10am.

The symposium will be hosted by Kit Malthouse, Chair of the MPA, and Cindy Butts, Independent member of the MPA and Chair of the Race and Faith Inquiry, with key speeches by:

Tim Godwin – Acting Commissioner MPS
Peter Fahy – ACPO lead for workforce development
Major General Stephen Andrews – Strategic Change Director, Ministry of Defence
Martin Beecroft – Deputy Director Organisational Development, National Offender Management Service

The symposium is open to members of the press. Delegates to the symposium are by invitation only.

Notes to Editors
 
The Race and Faith Inquiry was chaired by Cindy Butts, Independent member of the MPA. The Race and Faith Inquiry report can be found at: www.mpa.gov.uk/scrutinies/racefaith

It was the view of the Inquiry that, in order to deliver our strategic priorities, the Met needs to ensure that it has a talented, skilled and diverse police service at all levels of the Service. Given the current workforce mix, if police officers could join the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at ranks higher than constable the MPS could change its profile radically; multi-point entry would afford an opportunity to challenge the prevailing cultural norms within the organisation, bringing in experience and expertise from outside.

MPA committee meeting: Communities, Equalities and People committee

01/11
5 January 2011

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority’s Communities, Equalities and People committee will be held in Meeting Room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY on Thursday 6 January 2011 at 2.00pm.

Amongst other items, the committee will discuss:

Items for decision

  • Update from Head of Equalities and Engagement (oral report)
  • Partnership working across the MPS - update
    Report to consider the MPS current partnership commitments and explore the risks to delivery should any of those fail in the current economic climate
  • Restructure of Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate - update
  • Metropolitan Police Service staff survey
    Report setting out the background and analysis of the ‘Your views count’ staff survey.

Items for information

  • Retention of Police Officers and Special Constables
  • Safeguarding adults and anti-social behaviour

Committee papers for this meeting are available on the website at: www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/cep/2011/0106

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