• Reference: 2024/0563
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

The Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire recently said that the Home Office is investing in new technology that will: “enable people to be scanned for knives as they walk down high streets” using ordinary cameras combined with "electromagnetic infrared waves and a unique computer algorithm" to detect weapons hidden beneath clothing. What discussions has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) had with the Home Office about this technology and has the MPS conducted any analysis of the privacy impact this technology would have?

• Reference: 2024/0562
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/4829. Since the launch of Project ADDER by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), could you tell me: a) how rates of drug related deaths in the Project ADDER area have changed, and b) how rates of drug related hospitalisations in the Project ADDER area have changed?

• Reference: 2024/0561
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/4829. Could you tell me, as part of Project ADDER by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS): a) how many people were in treatment at the start and end of each of the years of Project ADDER, b) how many safeguarding referrals have been made since the Project began, and c) how many of these were prosecuted?

• Reference: 2024/0560
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Since the launch of Project ADDER by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), could you tell me: a) how many community resolutions were issued for drugs and what, if any, conditions were attached, b) how many cautions were issued for drugs and what conditions, if any, were attached, and c) how many Community Protection Notices (CPN) or Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBO) have been issued?

• Reference: 2024/0559
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Since the launch of Project ADDER by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), could you tell me: a) how many people have been identified as in need of treatment by the MPS, b) how many people have been referred for treatment and in what circumstances, e.g. referrals where there was no offence and referrals where there were offences, broken down by ethnicity, and c) how many referrals have been made via Drug Testing in Custody (DToA)?

• Reference: 2024/0558
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Could you tell me how Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Project ADDER officers signpost concerns and offer safeguarding measures to Londoners?

• Reference: 2024/0557
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) considered the privacy implications of using drones in London? Could you provide any Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) or Privacy Impact Assessments the MPS has conducted on the use of drones and provide any published guidance on their use?

• Reference: 2024/0556
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/4822. The authorised professional practice (APP) guidance published by College of Policing on public order and public safety (POPS) states that: “If a chief officer determines it necessary to deviate from the ‘must’ requirements in this APP and issue separate instructions, due to the operational context or legal provisions appertaining in a specific jurisdiction, they should ensure that this decision aligns to their POPS strategic risk assessment (SRA) and that the rationale is recorded.” In 2023, how many times and for what reasons did the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) deviate from the...

• Reference: 2024/0555
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

I was relieved to see a recurring £3 million included in your recent Draft Consolidated Budget for toilets on the TfL estate. Could you provide a breakdown of how many: a) new toilets will be constructed, and b) existing toilets will be refurbished and/or repaired through that new funding?

• Reference: 2024/0554
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

In my question 2023/0296, I requested an update on your pledge to: “look at how we might monitor information on public toilets” for future large-scale developments open to the public, so the loss of any public toilets was proactively considered. Since more than a year has now passed, could you provide me with an update on steps your office has taken to monitor information on public toilet loss or gain in relation to projects considered under London Plan Policy S6?