It is reported that the Met carried out 43,000 stop and searches in May 2020, compared to 21,000 in May 2019, and 30,608 in April 2020 compared to 20,981 in April 2019.
Young black men were stopped and searched in London more than 20,000 times, the equivalent to more than a quarter of all black 15- to 24-year-olds in the capital [1].
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Police & Crime Committee will question the Met Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) on the use of stop and search across the capital.
Other topics to be discussed include:
1. Policing of protests
2. Disproportionality
3. Exploitation during COVID-19
4. Radicalisation during lockdown
5. Live Facial Recognition
6. Questions on policing during COVID-19
The guests are:
Panel 1:
- Sir Stephen House QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Diana Luchford, Chief Executive Officer, MOPAC
Panel 2:
- Ken Marsh, Metropolitan Police Federation
- Simon Ovens, Metropolitan Police Superintendents’ Association.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 from 11.00am. In line with government advice, this meeting will take place virtually.
Media and members of the public can watch the meeting live here.
Notes to editors
- Home Affairs Committee, 8 July 2020.
- Full agenda papers.
- Unmesh Desai AM, Chair of the Police & Crime Committee is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Police & Crime Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more details, please contact Aoife Nolan in the Assembly Media Office on 020 7983 4067. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit, Greater London Authority, on 020 7983 4100.