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Police Bases (2)

  • Reference: 2025/3037
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
As noted in MQT 2025/1304, the Met made a commitment to ensuring that Designated Ward Officers (DWOs) are based a 20-minute journey from their ward boundary. Will this commitment continue to be upheld?

Police Bases (1)

  • Reference: 2025/3036
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
We have long been awaiting the Met’s Estate Strategy, which has been severely delayed. Will any police stations be sold as part of this strategy?

Emergency Services Interoperability (5)

  • Reference: 2025/3035
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What measures are in place to record incorrectly routed phone calls to the emergency services in London and the surrounding county forces?

Emergency Services Interoperability (4)

  • Reference: 2025/3034
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How many calls are accidentally routed to the Metropolitan Police from surrounding forces? Please provide a breakdown from 2021 to 2025.

Emergency Services Interoperability (3)

  • Reference: 2025/3033
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What considerations have you made regarding the co-location of emergency services in the same buildings? What are some of the challenges and opportunities that you have identified?

Emergency Services Interoperability (2)

  • Reference: 2025/3032
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
One of my constituents recently highlighted that calls are being routed to Kent Police and Surrey Fire and Rescue for residents in the TN16 postcode rather than the Metropolitan Police Service, costing valuable seconds in an emergency. What are you doing to ensure that calls are routed to the correct emergency service?

Emergency Services Interoperability (1)

  • Reference: 2025/3031
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What efforts have you made to improve the interoperability of radio communications between key emergency services like the London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police Service?

Ninja Sword Surrenders (4)

  • Reference: 2025/3030
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How have you gauged the effectiveness of the 'Zombie Knife' surrender scheme in London?

Ninja Sword Surrenders (3)

  • Reference: 2025/3029
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What records does the Met keep on the type/origin of weapons recovered from stabbings and stop and search?

Ninja Sword Surrenders (2)

  • Reference: 2025/3028
  • Question by: Thomas Turrell
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How many ‘Zombie Knives’ were surrendered to the Metropolitan Police Service from the 25th August to the 23rd September 2024 as part of the previous schemes, compared with ninja swords?
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