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This page contains details of the MPA Gun Crime Scrutiny.
Warning: This is archived material and may be out of date. The Metropolitan Police Authority has been replaced by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).
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Gun Crime Scrutiny
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has conducted a scrutiny of gun crime in London intended to improve the way the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) responds to armed criminality. A series of evidence hearings enabled the scrutiny panel to take evidence from key witnesses. The role of the evidence giving sessions was for evidence/information to be placed before the scrutiny panel for it to consider and arrive at findings, conclusions and recommendations against the terms of reference.
- MPA Gun Crime Scrutiny report
Report presented to the Co-ordination and Policing Committee on 6 Feb 04
Terms of reference
The objectives of the scrutiny were to:
- clarify absolute and comparative levels and trends of gun crime in London as well as performance in subsequent criminal justice processes;
- describe the management structures used in, and resources available to, the MPS in relation to gun crime;
- assess the extent to which Special Notice 5-02 was implemented and, where implemented, the extent to which output/outcomes were cost effective;
- assess the extent to which recommendations from local inspection of Operations Trident and the Flying Squad have been implemented and have been cost effective; and
- consult with key partners, communities and individuals in London to inform the approach that should be taken by the MPA and/or MPS.
The scrutiny will focus on the MPS’ strategic response to gun crime rather than the immediate operational response to an armed incident. The procedures covering the role and deployment of armed officers for example, will not form a major part of the review. The scrutiny will also cover the link between guns and drugs to a limited extent. The scrutiny will not address the question of whether or not the police should be armed.
Gun Crime Scrutiny Panel meetings
- All scrutiny evidence sessions were open to the public unless the witness requested to give evidence in a closed session.
- Notice of open sessions were posted in the events section of this website and attendance was by prior appointment only.
- All meetings were open to the press and public except the last session on Tuesday 16 September with senior MPS officers from Brent.
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