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Image and reputation of young Londoners

  • Reference: 2016/4163
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
Events such as the recent Knife Crime Summit could serve to reinforce a negative image of young Londoners, even though only a very small minority are involved in any violence at all. What are you doing to ensure a balance in Mayoral communications and promote a positive image of young Londoners?

MPS statements posted on social media

  • Reference: 2016/4162
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
Images of police statements by young victims and witnesses of violent crime are increasingly being circulated on social media. This seems to be a method of harassment and intimidation. What is the Metropolitan Police Service doing to combat online intimidation of this kind?

Young women and violence

  • Reference: 2016/4161
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
Considering that a quarter of all victims of youth violence are young women, what measures are MOPAC and the Metropolitan Police Service taking to tackle the causes of this problem?

Young people and the Police and Crime Plan

  • Reference: 2016/4160
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
What techniques will you and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime use to ensure that contributing to the development of the Police and Crime Plan is something that is accessible to all young people in London?

BAME police recruits who fail MPS vetting

  • Reference: 2016/4159
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
What proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) recruits who apply to the Metropolitan Police are rejected as a result of the vetting process? Please present this answer in a table for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 including a comparison with a) non-BAME police officer recruits and b) police officer recruits as a whole?

Female police recruits who fail MPS vetting

  • Reference: 2016/4158
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
What proportion of female recruits who apply to the Metropolitan Police Service are rejected as a result of the vetting process? Please present this answer in a table for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 including a comparison with a) the proportion of male recruits and b) police officer recruits as a whole?

BAME police recruits finishing training

  • Reference: 2016/4157
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
What proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) recruits who start Metropolitan Police officer training leave without completing the course? Please present this answer in a table for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 including a comparison with a) non-BAME police officer recruits and b) police officer recruits as a whole?

ANPR images and the Met

  • Reference: 2016/4156
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
What plans are there to include driver images from Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in any identification systems used by the Metropolitan Police Service?

MPS Facial Recognition System (2)

  • Reference: 2016/4155
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
Does the Facial Recognition System used by the Metropolitan Police Service contain any images that are not from custody or arrested persons' images? Is the MPS developing any new systems that would use images from other sources for facial recognition?

MPS Facial Recognition System (1)

  • Reference: 2016/4154
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 16 November 2016
Further to this Freedom of Information response from November 2015: http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/disclosure_2015/november_2015/2015050… How many images are now stored by the Metropolitan Police Service on its Facial Recognition System and how many different individuals does this include?
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