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Alison Philp
on 11 April 2009 at 19:54
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26/09
11 April 2009
The MPA is responsible for the appointment and discipline of
senior MPS officers including the Commissioner, the Deputy
Commissioner and all other Association of Chief Police
Officers (ACPO) ranks.
With oversight and strategic responsibilities for the MPS,
the MPA ensures that all MPS ACPO officers are highly trained
and experienced staff who are able to deputise for senior
colleagues should posts fall vacant. But the MPA appointments
process is well underway to address current vacancies.
Our top priority last autumn was to appoint the new
Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, who took post in January
09 and since then the MPA and the Commissioner have been
working closely together to bring about a reinvigorated top
team of senior officers.
By the end of June the MPA will have appointed the
Assistant Commissioner Olympics and Paralympics. By mid April
the timetable will be in place to appoint at least one and
possibly two Assistant Commissioners, who we anticipate being
in post by the beginning of July.
In March we appointed four Deputy Assistant Commissioners,
two of whom are already in post and we are also about to
interview for a Deputy Assistant Commissioner post to take up
the role of Senior National Co-ordinator for
Counter-Terrorism.
The MPA has to ensure the posts are filled by officers with
skills and experience commensurate to the responsibilities of
the posts, some with a national remit. The appointments
process is therefore detailed, thorough and by implication
lengthy.
We anticipate that the new Deputy Commissioner will be
appointed by the beginning of July. This is a royal
appointment on the advice of the Home Secretary, as is the
Commissioner's. In the selection process for the Deputy
Commissioner the Home Secretary will interview the final
candidate(s), and make her final recommendations for the post
to HM the Queen. All ACPO appointments are run in
conjunction with the Home Office Senior Appointments Panel,
with Home Office representatives involved in selection
processes.
The MPA is continually re-assessing its strategic oversight
of ACPO recruitment and in 2007 carried out a comprehensive
scrutiny, 'Talent Management and Succession
planning', to investigate the issues around
succession planning and career development. Our
responsibility is to conduct a balanced, rigorous and
effective oversight of the Met's performance and address
the needs of the Metropolitan Police Service in the 21st
century. We will ensure the abilities of those officers
coming forward in the future continues to be of the high
calibre we are used to seeing and Londoners deserve.
Notes to Editors
1. Concerns about 'retirement bulge' are not
founded. There is no retirement bulge in the Met following
Edmund-Davies in 1978. Higher numbers are a result of more
police officers, an issue which potentially will return in
25+ years following significant increases in numbers since
2000. There is in any event no difficulty recruiting.
Celia Prentice
on 28 July 2008 at 14:21
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43/08
28 July 2008
The Metropolitan Police Authority's Professional
Standards Cases Sub-committee met this morning to consider a
report from the Director of Internal Audit which related to
the award of a contract by the MPS in 2003 and to the extent
of the involvement of Sir Ian Blair, then Deputy
Commissioner, in the procurement process.
The Sub-committee has decided to ask the Home Secretary to
appoint an investigating officer to ascertain whether the
Commissioner's conduct met the required standards as per
the Police Code of Conduct (Police (Conduct) Regulations
2004).
Reshard Auladin, chair of the Sub-committee, said:
"This decision does not imply any finding of wrong
doing by the Commissioner, but is made to ensure that all
the facts are independently and thoroughly
investigated."
Notes to editors
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Under the Police Code of Conduct (Police (Conduct)
Regulations 2004) it is for the Home Secretary to decide
who should carry out an investigation and formally appoint
the investigator (Reg 8(5) Conduct regulations).
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Celia Prentice
on 31 March 2008 at 15:16
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15/08
31 March 2008
Young people from all over London gathered to put their
questions to the Commissioner at a meeting held by the MPA on
27 March 2008, and to share their experiences of policing in
the capital.
The event was the culmination of a series of consultative
activities organised by the MPA with young people over the
past six months as part of the MPA youth scrutiny.
Richard Sumray, MPA member and youth scrutiny chair said:
“This was a great opportunity for young Londoners to put
their views about policing in our capital directly to the
Commissioner. Many adult practitioners, professionals and
commentators are currently airing their views on why young
people become victims or perpetrators of crime but we
rarely hear the views of young people themselves.
“The information gathered through these events will be
published in a report, which will be going to the Authority
meeting on 29 May. The MPA will then continue its work on
the youth scrutiny by making sure its recommendations are
implemented by the Met in their youth strategy and on the
ground in day-to-day policing.”
The Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said:
“This kind of meeting is very important – it enables us as
police officers to hear first hand what London’s young
people expect and need from us.
”Building positive relationships with all our communities,
especially young people, is integral to successful policing
in London and this was a major step in the right direction.
Young people are an asset to London and it is clear that
this event was well attended by police officers so they
could listen to and learn from what the audience was
telling us.”
Issues discussed by the group included how to stop young
people getting involved in gangs, how younger people are
forced into drug dealing by others, and the lack of adequate
youth provision.
Further media information
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MPA
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