Mayor’s policing priorities for 2025-2029
The Mayor, as London’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has a statutory duty under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 to publish a Police and Crime Plan (PCP) within the financial year in which he is elected, setting out his policing priorities.1
The Police and Crime Plan 2025-2029 is structured around three key objectives that the Mayor wants MOPAC, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and all partners to work together to achieve:
- Reducing Violence and Criminal Exploitation
- Increasing Trust and Confidence in the MPS
- Improving the Criminal Justice System and Supporting Victims
Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, the London Assembly must review the draft Plan and make a report or recommendations to MOPAC. MOPAC must “have regard to any report or recommendations” made by the Committee in relation to the draft Plan.2
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will question policing experts on the Mayor’s draft Plan, and if the Plan will keep Londoners safe.
The guests are:
Panel 1: 10:00am – 11:15am:
- Professor Ben Bradford, Director of the Centre for Global City Policing, UCL
- Professor Jyoti Belur, Professor of Policing, UCL
- Sophia Worringer, Deputy Policy Director, Centre for Social Justice
Panel 2: 11:20am – 12:35pm:
- Ben Kernighan, CEO, Galop
- John Hayward-Cripps, CEO, Neighbourhood Watch
- Louise Holden, Senior Policy Officer, Inclusion London
- Nahar Choudhury, CEO, Solace
- Stephen Walcott, Senior Researcher, Runnymede Trust
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 15 January 2025 from 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Section 6
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Section 6
- Full agenda papers.
- Susan Hall AM, Chairman 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.
For more information, please contact Tony Smyth in the Assembly Media Office on 07763 251727 or [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.