The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow question Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Stephen Greenhalgh and Deputy Metropolitan Police 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 will include the following subjects:

• Integrity and trust in the Metropolitan Police
• Tackling gangs
• Police and Crime Plan
• MOPAC structure and ways of working (for which the Chief Executive of MOPAC, Helen Bailey has been invited to attend)

The Police and Crime Committee meeting will take place on Thursday 28 February 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 for 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.