Meeting:
MQT on 2015-07-15
Session date:
July 15, 2015
Reference:
2015/2191
Question By:
Tony Arbour
Organisation:
GLA Conservatives
Asked Of:
The Mayor
Category:
Question
Research has suggested that in some areas of the UK, new dispersal powers are being issued to deal with individuals committing serious crimes, rather than just the low-level anti-social behaviour which they were intended for. Examples included one person in South Yorkshire who was issued with a dispersal notice after being found in possession of a ClassA drug, rather than being arrested. Since their introduction, how many dispersal notices have the Metropolitan Police Service issued, and what processes are in place to prevent them being used when other more serious sanctions would be appropriate?