Mayor should sit-down with tech companies to monitor counter terrorism

The London Assembly Police & Crime Committee has been investigating how prepared London is for possible future terrorist attacks. This includes examining the approach to counter terrorism of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police.

Today, the Chairman of the Police and Crime Committee, Shaun Bailey AM, has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

The letter makes a series of recommendations:

• To urge the Mayor to sit down with tech companies to combat online terrorism.
• To request increased investment in communications within the Prevent programme budget
• To ensure the revised Police and Crime Plan includes actions to engage with and promote referrals from friends and families of at-risk children and young people.

The Chair’s letter to the Mayor is below.