In 2018, the Met carried out over 150,000 stop and searches. More than 28,000 stop and searches were for ‘weapons, points and blades’, compared to just under 21,000 in the same period the previous year.
Stop and search is a controversial tactic. Some communities have felt demonised by its use, while others believe it is a useful tool to tackle violent crime.
The Police and Crime Committee will hear from Londoners about how stop and search has changed, the way in which the Met engages with communities, and the use of Section 60.
- Deji Adeoshun, Youth Leadership Manager, Hackney Council Voluntary Service (CVS)
- Oluwatosin Adegoke, Stop and Search Monitoring Group, Hackney CVS
- Derreem Huggins, GLA peer Outreach Team
- Jay Bance, GLA Peer Outreach Team
- Jason Xeni, GLA peer Outreach Team
- Neena Samota, StopWatch and Programme Director Criminology and Sociology and Programme Director MA Human Trafficking, Migration and Organised Crime, St Mary’s University
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 23 January 2019 from 10.00am in Committee Room 5 at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE via webcast or on our YouTube channel.
Follow us @LondonAssembly and take part in the meeting discussion using #AssemblyPolice and #StopandSearch
Notes to editors
- Read the agenda papers.
- Unmesh Desai, Deputy Chair of the Police and Crime Committee is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Police and Crime Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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