About MOPC

London is leading the way by making the Mayor responsible for supervising the Met Police and replacing the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has been set up in response to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act (2011) which reforms the accountability of police services and replaces police authorities across England and Wales with elected individuals. The rest of the country will elect their Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in November 2012.

The MOPC is headed by the Mayor or, by his nomination, the appointed statutory Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. This means that the Mayor is directly accountable for policing performance in London. The MOPC makes this process and accountability clearer and gives Londoners a further voice in how their city is policed.

Through the MOPC the Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be directly accountable for police performance in the capital, setting the Met Police’s strategic direction and allocating resources. Operational policing will however remain the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe.

The London Assembly will scrutinise the work of the MOPC through a new body, the Police and Crime Committee (PCC).

The Police and Crime Committee (PCC)
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee (PCC) examines the work of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and reviews the police and crime plan for London. The Committee can also investigate anything which it considers to be of importance to policing and crime reduction in Greater London and make recommendations for improvements.