This meeting took place on 17 March 2016. Read the transcript here.
The Metropolitan Police Service may only meet one of the targets set for it by the Mayor in his Police and Crime Plan 2013-16 - to reduce costs.
The plan, published in March 2013, set three headline performance challenges for the Met with a deadline of March 2016:
- Cut police-recorded crime by 20 per cent in seven neighbourhood crime types (known as the MOPAC 7) including: burglary, criminal damage, theft from the person, robbery, violence with injury, theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle.
- Increase public confidence by 20 per cent.
- Cut costs by 20 per cent by delivering savings of £500 million.
It is likely the Met will miss its target to increase public confidence by a significant margin and it may also fail to meet the challenge to reduce the key seven neighbourhood crimes by 20 per cent.
The plan also set three challenges for the criminal justice system. Of these, only one is likely to be met.
In a final public Q & A session tomorrow, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will question the Met Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe about the performance of the force during the current Mayoralty.
The guests are:
- Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
- Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, (MPS)
- Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
The Committee will also question guests on the following topics:
- The Met’s effectiveness in solving crimes
- The flat lining crime rate
The meeting will take place on Thursday 17 March from 10.00am 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 to editors
- Police and Crime Plan 2013-16, March 2013.
- Full Agenda papers.
- Joanne McCartney AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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