• Reference: 2020/2177
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Has every Metropolitan Police (MPS) officer who has been equipped with a taser also been trained in methods and tactics to de-escalate any confrontational situation?

• Reference: 2020/2176
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What training do Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers complete in de-escalation tactics? Could you detail: a) all the training courses available related to this topic, b) the time taken to complete this training, c) how many officers have completed this training, and d) how often officers are expected to attend refresher courses on these tactics?

• Reference: 2020/2175
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

I understand that during the Certificate of Knowledge in Policing (CKP) course, students complete a mandatory one-hour National Centre for Applied Learning Technologies (NCALT) training session on mental health. Is a one-hour training session enough to learn how to respond to Londoners with complex needs, learning difficulties or autism?

• Reference: 2020/2174
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What evaluation of the risks to public health was obtained by senior officers in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) before deciding to continue and accelerate high rates of stop and search during lockdown?

• Reference: 2020/2173
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Regarding the high level of stop and search evident during lockdown, what personal protective equipment (PPE) do Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers employ to protect themselves and the people they are searching during this pandemic?

• Reference: 2020/2172
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

The latest data from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) shows the highest level of stop and search in more than eight years according to an article in The Times ( https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/metropolitan-police-stop-and-search-…). How was such a high level of stop and search reached while we are all in lockdown, and what was MPS policy regarding conducting stop and search in lockdown?

• Reference: 2020/2171
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

After the section 14 order issued by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), which covered the time from 9 pm on Monday 14 October to 6 pm on Friday 18 October, was ruled unlawful, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) acted immediately to drop the cases of people arrested under the order. Have all the people the MPS released under investigation (RUI) following arrest under the unlawful order now: a) had this status rescinded, and b) been contacted to tell them that their status has been rescinded?

• Reference: 2020/2170
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Could you tell me: a) how many drill music videos the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has removed, or successfully requested be removed, from social media sites, and b) what the policy (formal or informal) is that the MPS uses to determine whether or not a drill music video should be removed?

• Reference: 2020/2169
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Could you tell me: a) the number of arrests the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has carried out for the publication of drill music, b) the reasons for these arrests by appropriate crime category, c) the number of charges brought forward for the publication of drill music, and d) the number of on-going investigations into the publication of drill music?

• Reference: 2020/2168
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

A constituent has raised an incident in which a young Black Londoner with brittle bone disease, Oliver Charles-Christian, spent five days in hospital following contact with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), where it appears an officer tipped them out of their wheelchair. Will you look into this case as a matter of urgency?