Neighbourhood Policing: the experience of young Londoners

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has published its report - Neighbourhood Policing: the experience of young Londoners – calling for MOPAC to commission and publish an annual, London-wide survey of children and young people on their sense of safety in and around schools, and their experiences of and confidence in policing.

Other recommendations in the report include:

• The Met, with the support of MOPAC, should produce a charter on how it will conduct its interactions with children and young people.
• In 2026-27, the Met, working with young people and specialist youth organisations, should co-design and co-deliver parts of police training on child first and youth engagement.
• By September 2026, the Met should commission an independent evaluation of the delivery of its Child First training to monitor its effectiveness and impact in improving the Met’s policing and interactions with young people.