Questions for the Met on policing large scale events
- The annual Notting Hill Carnival took place on the bank holiday weekend of 24 August 2024.1 In total, there were 334 arrests during the event. Of these arrests, 49 were for possession of an offensive weapon, 37 for assault on an emergency worker, and eight for sexual offences. In total, there were eight stabbings and two fatalities at the Carnival.2
- Following a knife attack at a dance class in Merseyside in July,3 large scale disorder took place across the country, with a number of protests in the capital.
In its regular Q&A session, the Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow question the Deputy Mayor for Policing and the Met Police on how the Met manages public order policing at large scale events and incidents.
The Committee will also discuss the London Policing Board, a year on from it being established by the Mayor following a recommendation from The Baroness Casey Review, as well as the recent HMICFRS PEEL report on the Met.
Guests include:
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC)
- Matt Twist, Assistant Commissioner, Met Operations, Metropolitan Police Service
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 11 September 2024 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
- BBC News, Eight stabbed and 334 arrests at Notting Hill Carnival
- Metropolitan Police, Notting Hill Carnival - Update at 23:00hrs on Monday 26 August
- BBC News, Two children dead and nine injured in dance workshop stabbing
- 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.
- Read the agenda in full.
- 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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