• Reference: 2022/2913
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1330. It was reported in The Times in July 2022 that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) was forced to get rid of a ‘racist’ case study in its Degree Holder Entry Programme for Detectives course after university lecturers refused to deliver it. A former detective who taught the case study, said: “The scenario explains why nothing is changing in the police. When I was at training school all suspects were black. As educators we cannot allow young minds to be contaminated with racism and discrimination.” In light of this, do you believe...

• Reference: 2022/2912
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In July 2022, West Midlands Police became the first UK police force to livestream video from its body worn video (BWV) cameras. Does the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have any plans to trial or implement livestreaming from body worn video?

• Reference: 2022/2911
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

A letter about the Prevent Programme from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Prevent Lead was sent to London’s parents ahead of the summer holidays about the risk of online radicalisation of young people. Are you able to confirm how many Prevent referrals resulted from the letter during August, as well as the number of referrals for August 2021 and August 2020 broken down by age brackets 0-10 and 11-18?

• Reference: 2022/2910
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Are you able to confirm if all schools in London received a letter about the Prevent Programme from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Prevent Lead this summer? If not, are you able to confirm: a) which schools received the letter, and b) the criteria used to select the schools that would receive the letter?

• Reference: 2022/2909
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

The uniform and dress code policy of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) states that the MPS don't wear badges advertising causes, beliefs, or charities, except in a few circumstances such as the Police Memorial Day badge, the red poppy of The Royal British Legion, and the Help for Heroes badge and wrist band. Despite this, I still regularly see officers walking around with the ‘thin blue line’ badges. Are these badges considered acceptable under the MPS uniform and dress code policy and if not, what steps are the MPS taking to ensure that these badges are not worn by officers...

• Reference: 2022/2908
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) update on 16 May 2022 following Operation Vespa on Ashwin Street and Kingsland High Street on 14 May 2022, the MPS said: “The operation was to target e-scooters and moped enabled crime following concerns of anti-social behaviour reported by the local community.” In your answer to my question 2022/1848 you said: “it is not possible to provide information for anti-social behaviour (ASB) at street level, nor specifically in relation to moped riders.” Could you provide the anti-social behaviour (ASB) reports for Hackney, broken down by: a) ward, and b) month from January 2020 to...

• Reference: 2022/2907
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

At the Police and Crime Committee meeting on 17 November 2021, the then Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) said that he expected the retrospective facial recognition technology system agreed in an August 2021 decision by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (PCD 1008) would be live and in use by the middle of 2022. Could you confirm whether this retrospective facial recognition technology system is currently live and in use and provide details of any consultation that took place with groups such as the independent advisory groups (IAGs) for race, disability and LGBTQ+, as well as...

• Reference: 2022/2906
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide the most recent figures for numbers of casualties relating to hit and runs in London in 2021, broken down by: a) road user mode of both parties, b) severity type by CRASH/COPA categories: Fatal, Very Serious, Moderately Serious, Less Serious, and Slight, c) borough, and d) whether there was a prosecution?

• Reference: 2022/2905
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

In January 2022 it was announced that the Young People’s Action Group working with London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) had commissioned research to better understand the impact on young Londoners of images seized by police that are published on social media. Could you update me on the progress of this research and when it will be publicly available?

• Reference: 2022/2904
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Could you provide data about whether an appropriate adult was present during each strip search or More Thorough Searches with Intimate Parts Exposed (MTIP) search of a child that took place in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021?