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Report 4 of the 12 June 2008 meeting of the Planning, Performance & Review Committee providing an update on the work being carried out by the MPS in the area of criminal Justice.

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Criminal justice update

Report: 4
Date: 12 June 2008
By: Assistant Commissioner Territorial Policing on behalf of the Commissioner

Summary

This report provides an update on the work being carried out by the MPS in the area of criminal Justice.

A. Recommendation

That members note the report.

B. Supporting information

Performance to date

Sanction Detections and Offences Brought to Justice (OBTJ)

1. The data for the Performance Year 2007/08 is as follows. The number of Total Notifiable Offences (TNO) is 862,032 compared to 921,779 for 2006/07 giving a reduction of 59,747 (6.5%). The number of Sanction Detections (SD) was 216,214 giving a SD rate of 25.1% against the target of 24%. Last year the rate was 21.1%. The MPS exceeded its target for OBTJs obtaining 209,107 against a target of 197,200.

2. Performance measures for the financial year 2008/09 have changed. SD & OBTJ are being measured in three tiers. Tier 1 is Most Serious Violence and Serious Sexual Assaults, Tier 2 is Serious Acquisitive Crime and Tier 3 is ‘Other’. Boroughs have bespoke targets within Tier 1 and 2. For some offences targets are based on SD rates, whilst for others it is based on the reduction in the number of offences. Tiers 2 & 3 have overall SD rate targets.

3. There is no OBTJ target. The percentage rates of OBTJ within each Tier are being monitored by the MPS and London Criminal Justice Board. However, there are issues with obtaining accurate data for convictions from Crown Courts that can be broken down to offences, Tiers or borough level. There is also an issue of the length of time between offences being committed and convictions being obtained at crown court. These matters are being addressed through liaison between MPS / LCJB and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Persistent Young Offenders (PYOs)

4. The latest arrest to sentence data gives a three-month average of 72.6 days for the MPS against the National Pledge of 71 days (Nov 07 to Jan 08). This is an increase on the last report. It has been identified that some lengthy timescales for a few cases going through Crown Courts are having a significant negative effect on performance. For the quarter stated above the averages are 54 days (621 cases) in the Magistrates Court and 226 days (75 cases) for the Crown Court. These Crown Court cases also include four cases over 500 days, two of which were over 900 days. LCJB is co-ordinating multi-agency work to address this. Currently a data comparison exercise is being undertaken to ensure that the monitoring of live PYO cases is improved.

Effective outcomes within an agreed timescale

5. The London target to reduce the level of ineffective trials is 19% in Magistrates Courts and 14% in Crown Courts. The number of MPS trials in the Magistrates Courts for the 2007/08 Performance Year was 27,395 of which 5,020 have been ineffective. This gives an Ineffective Trial Rate of 18.3%. The Ineffective Trial Rate in Crown Courts for London was 14.0% (PY 2007/08)*
*Source: LCJB. Data relates to cases at the Crown Courts in London regardless of prosecuting Force or agency.

Youth Justice

New Approaches to Youth Justice: LCJB Update on Progress

6. The London Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) established a Youth Working Group to improve the response of London Criminal Justice agencies to youth crime. It is chaired by the Chief Executive of the LCJB. The MPS is represented by the Commander, Criminal Justice. Five workstreams have been established (including a workstream on young victims). The update on progress is as follows: -

Performance

7. Research has been commissioned and Matrix Consultancy are in the process of compiling a report on what success looks like in relation to the Criminal Justice Service (CJS) response to youth crime, looking at what this means to young people as well as the usual CJS measures of timeliness, diversion and outcomes. This would result in a youth CJS performance dashboard (at present the only youth measure is the PYO pledge). Matrix will also be conducting an evaluation of the Toolkit and Triage in Greenwich and Lewisham. (See Para. 9 below)

Workstream – Risk Assessment

8. The ACPO Youth Toolkit: The development phase of this project commenced on the 7 December 2007 and involves development and implementation of the ACPO Neighbourhood Policing Youth Toolkit in the two pilot boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich (following the pilots in Waltham Forest and in Essex). Both boroughs are applying a partnership approach to the Toolkit from the outset and setting police data alongside children’s services and YOT data to ensure that those young people most at risk of offending and / or victimisation can be identified at the earliest opportunity.

9. The two pilot Boroughs presented plans to the LCJB during March 2008. They are now finalising arrangements and scoping out numbers and filters. Both have requested some additional analytical/co-ordination resource to assist with implementation of the model from May 08.

10. Triage: The second project concerns Triage, which aims to bring the YOT expertise and intelligence into the custody arena at the point of charge. This is to identify those young people who may be suitable for diversion out of the CJS, as well as assisting with information on those more prolific and serious offenders.

11. Both boroughs have identified that a (small) additional resource is required to deliver this ‘proof of concept’ model.

Court process – safety – speed – impact

12. There are five components to this workstream and work is expected to start from April 2008:

  1. CJSSS (Youth). This was piloted in Balham Youth Court and will now be rolled out across London youth courts in 08/09.
  2. Safe Courts: Work to focus on ensuring that the court environment is safer and more accessible for young victims / witnesses. This will involve dedicated PCSOs at six Youth Courts beginning with Camberwell. It will look at physical environment of the court, separate access for victims, waiting areas and the services provided to victims and witnesses.
  3. Special Measures: a survey has been carried out on Lewisham and Greenwich Boroughs, including Camberwell Green and Greenwich Magistrates courts, regarding the use of ‘special measures’. As a result, the LCJB Working Group is designing a training package for police officers. A report is being submitted to Training Board later in May 2008. A briefing package will then be designed for Lewisham and Greenwich BOCUs for delivery by the local training units.
  4. Extending Court Hours: building on the positive response to extended hours at Camberwell Court with virtual courts there is now exploration of extended hours and Saturday courts so that schooling is not missed due to court appearances. This will have resource implications that will be costed.
  5. Court experience: Looking at the encounter at court, and the `gravitas’ for more serious offences. Discussions have started with Judge Leveson on exploring use of Crown Court Judges for youth work.
Young victims

13. With regard to ‘Young Victims’ the work plan recognises that there is a strong correlation between young people who are victims and those who go onto commit offences. With this in mind, work is progressing with Victim Support London to identify the core components of a quality young victims project. It is then proposed to pilot an ‘end to end’ approach to working with young victims, including improved reporting, better facilities in court, improved access to support etc. We are hoping to do this through links to Youth Crime Action Plan.

Positive Engagement

14. This workstream aims to provide a platform to recognise the participation of young people in the CJS and increase confidence of young people in the CJS. This will link to work around Community Justice and Restorative Justice.

Additional Comments

15. The work plan will aim to respond to key recommendations and findings of the MPA youth scrutiny and will seek to address issues of disproportionality of black young people in the Youth Justice System throughout, with particular focus on responding to recommendations of the select committee report.

Non-LCJB project

16. The MPS youth strategy has additional work streams including:

Restorative approaches

17. Four MPS boroughs are piloting a concept called restorative approaches in neighbourhoods (RAiN). One element of these pilots is to increase the use of restorative approaches to prevent youth re-offending. In addition, a Home Office, Ministry of Justice and YJB project will use a restorative disposal for young people in certain less serious offences. This street based disposal will be recorded as a disposal but will not be counted as a detection.

Warrants

18. Table 1 shows the MPS met the LCJB 2007/ 2008 ‘Owning borough’ Fail To Appear (FTA) Warrant target but missed the ‘Residing borough’ target. At the end of March 2008, the MPS had 5825 'Owned' FTA Warrants, against a target of no more than 6500 and 5631 'Residing' FTA Warrants, against a target of 5500. In the 2007/ 2008 performance year, the MPS booked in 16,557 FTA Warrants, executed 14,865 FTA Warrants and withdrew 2,710 Warrants. For the 2008/ 2009 performance year the LCJB has set a target for 'Owned' FTA Warrants only. The target is a 5500 for London with an MPS target of 5300.

Table 1 – Warrant related performance 2007 08 (See appendix 1)

19. The FTA warrant execution rate targets for 2008/09 are set out below.

  • 70% of Category A FTA warrants be executed within 14 days of receipt
  • 65% of Category B FTA warrants be executed within 21 days of receipt
  • 55% of Category C FTA warrants be executed within 28 days of receipt.

20. In order to improve our performance, a number of measures are being taken. Firstly, an increased focus on the targets by Borough Commanders through inclusion of data in the new TP Borough Scorecard and more detailed performance data is available through the log-on page of Emerald Warrants Management System (EWMS). The EWMS audit process has been streamlined to focus on the receipt and tasking of Grade A warrants. A proposal to centralise warrant management within the MPS is also being explored.

Integrated Warrants Management Team Project (IWMT)

21. On the 22 April the LCJB held a workshop on ‘Enforcement in London – Meeting the Performance Challenge’. IWMT formerly called the London Joint Enforcement Team Project (LJET) was presented as one of the six key performance solutions. This workshop was used to identify issues around IWMT. The business case will be presented to the LCJB on the 20 May. If approved this will be the trigger for in-depth scoping work to commence.

Licence Recalls

22. In February the MPS achieved 58% of emergency recalls within 48 hours and 72% of standard recalls within 96 hours. These are both below the targets set by National Offender Management Service (NOMS) (75% emergency, 80% standard). However, the overall 70% achievement is an improvement against January's overall 57%. The MPS is now undertaking a number of internal measures to further improve performance. Work is also planned to establish the extent of the impact of pre-police processes upon reported MPS performance, as well as seeking further detail as to how this performance is measured.

UPDATE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROJECTS

Community Justice Boards

23. All three pilot areas are progressing well and stakeholder commitment and enthusiasm is high. Work continues within the three project boards to continually refine processes both within the Court and ensuring offenders are correctly bailed to the Community Courts from custody.

24. Early wins within the pilots have been the direct engagement between offenders and magistrates and the judiciary have reported benefits of being able to challenge offenders and get to the bottom of issues.

25. The following is a good example of the problem solving process from the Newham Pilot: A youth offender had major anger management issues (highlighted at court). She was not engaged with the education system and initially came to court without parental support. Four weeks later, she had re-engaged with the education system and her mother was in attendance in a supporting role. A further four weeks later the individual had managed to get a job.

26. Key to the success of the project is the quantity of cases referred to the community justice boards. TP Emerald continues to engage with the pilot sites and is working with them to increase the amount of cases referred to the Community Justice Boards.

Victim Focus Units (VFUs)

27. All units continue to operate well and the project team are currently disseminating good practice.

  • Work has begun on historical cases that the units were unable to deal with at point of establishment, and this has made a noticeable improvement to borough performance.
  • Westminster Victim Focus Unit has just begun to expand its remit into the area of witness contact. The project team will be monitoring the impact and performance over coming weeks.

Beacon site – Westminster

28. The MPS is working as part of the London CJB to deliver the Beacon programme. The Beacon programme is a national initiative led by OCJR that seeks to support local criminal justice boards to drive criminal justice change and reform in their area and to deliver improved local services. London CJB agreed last year that London should be one of ten national Beacons and that Westminster should be the case study site.

29. Westminster has made good progress on the projects within the Beacon programme. They have implemented: CJSSS in the magistrates' court; Streamlined Process; Conditional Cautioning and Witness Charter. They are also making good progress to develop a cross agency Community Engagement strategy. At London level the London CJB team have completed the waterfall analysis (a tool to identify opportunities for process improvements) required by OCJR and shared this with Westminster colleagues.

30. Over the next year OCJR are asking Boards to consider how they will roll out Beacons and London are considering the opportunities to spread the good practice gained in Westminster across other boroughs.

Witness Charter

31. Awareness raising has commenced with front line investigators and staff. TP Emerald has introduced a process change to the Victim Focus Unit, which will see them begin to expand their remit into witness contact.

32. A local multi agency Victim and Witness Sub Group has been established with the task of monitoring compliance and troubleshooting any issues arising. They have scheduled a public launch date of 12 May 2008 as part of Southwark Crown Court’s Open Day.

33. TP Emerald are exploring options with our Performance Unit to gather information on how many witnesses have been identified as eligible and to also monitor the level of contact made.

Integrated Prosecution Teams (IPT)

34. Property Services Directorate (PSD) and TP Emerald will complete a review of all BOCU accommodation on 13 May 2008. Only Barking and Merton BOCUs offer no accommodation for an IPT within the anticipated delivery to London by March 2010, alternate solutions will be explored for these two BOCUs. A structured authorisation process to confirm IPT accommodation will take place to enable the Project Board to endorse a rollout plan. This process will be completed by 11th June, which will then allow the project team to circulate the roll out schedule to all staff by way of a structured communication plan.

35. Early adopter sites at Bexley and Barnet BOCUs will commence implementation activity through Local Implementation Teams in May, with full business transfer scheduled to be completed by October 2008.

36. Camden and Islington BOCUs will commence implementation activity in May with delivery of business processes scheduled for completion in December 2008.

37. The three pilot sites at Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest have been signed off by the Project Board as performing business as usual with regards the criminal justice processes. Work will now commence through the LCJB to confirm the business benefits. Consultation with the unions with regards Health and Safety conditions within the CPS IPT office have continued and consideration for full sign off of the pilot sites will be progressed in May.

38. Performance data at the three pilot sites shows positive trends at each site for ineffective trials, discharged committals, attrition and discontinuance rates and guilty pleas.

Virtual Courts Update

39. The OCJR Virtual Courts business case was delayed by one month and went to the Project Board on 1 May 2008. The principles were agreed but more work was required over funding from different agencies. A model has now been agreed between agencies and the final details are being calculated by the OCJR. These details are in the process of being finalised across the agencies and this process is to be completed by 15 May 2008.

40. The business case and funding arrangements were agreed by the OCJR Business Change Board on the 15 May 2008.

41. The London Criminal Justice Board vision for the pilot remains unchanged from the March 2008 PPRC report, namely to conduct the pilot from 15 custody sites across 9 Boroughs. Work is now near completion across the agencies regarding assumptions around benefits and options for an operating model.

42. Following the outcome of the business case the MPS business case will then be amended to reflect the model, agreements reached and revisions around the benefits, before further submission via Investment Board, to the MPA.

Simple, Speedy, Summary Justice (CJSSS)

43. CJSSS has now been implemented fully across London and signs of significant improvement are being seen. The London Criminal Justice Board has completed reviews on each borough.

44. Key Findings of LCJB reviews:

  • In the majority of courts across London, pleas are entered in an increased number of cases with an increase in guilty pleas, together with an increase in the number of cases sentenced on the day
  • A reduction in the number of adjournments and the number of hearings in contested cases
  • Better identification of issues and witness requirements has led to a reduction in the number of police officers who have attended court without giving evidence and anecdotally, a reduction in the number of officers generally required.
  • Reduction in post-hearing paperwork and less churning of cases within system
  • In some areas, the committal rate appears to have increased and this is being monitored both locally and centrally to see if there is an increase in defendants electing Crown Court trial. This may be due to factors other than CJSSS, in particular legal aid issues
  • Whilst improvements have been experienced in the quality of gate keeping, there remains issues to be addressed by boroughs e.g. police charge cases, file overbuild, anticipation of plea, availability of dates to avoid. The implementation of Streamlined Process will address a number of these points.

45. Each borough has been provided with a list of outstanding issues and actions to address at local level, responsibility being held by the LCJG.

46. CJSSS has now been formally closed as a project. Letters have been sent on behalf of the LCJB congratulating local groups on the successful implementation of CJSSS

Directors’ Guidance - Streamlined Process

47. The Streamlined Process is being tested in seven separate CJS areas including the MPS. The other areas are Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Humberside, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The MPS will rollout the Streamlined Process in three waves at ‘early adopter sites’, namely:

  • Wave 1 - Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham
    Live from: 31 March
  • Wave 2 - Barnet, Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon (including Heathrow)
    Live from: 28 April
  • Wave 3 - Westminster (including British Transport Police) and City of London Police
    Planned go live: 27 May

48. The first two waves of the roll out plan are now live. Early indications are very encouraging with no apparent negative impact on performance. Support and close monitoring continues centrally through MPS TP – Emerald and London CJB. This has enabled any arising issues to be identified and addressed at the earliest possible stage. Response from the defence community has so far been positive.

49. The planned go live date for Westminster is running to schedule. Baseline data is currently being gathered from Westminster and ‘live’ data from the first two wave sites. The data will continue to contribute to a national evaluation.

50. The expected outcomes of the Streamlined Process are:

  • A reduction in the amount of time it takes for an officer to complete a case file;
  • A possible increase in the number of cases where police make the charging decision and a reduction in the number of unnecessary approaches to Duty Prosecutors;
  • A decrease in the number of persons bailed to return;
  • A reduction in administrative work and the amount of supervision time required;
  • No adverse impact on first hearing and trial outcomes in terms of guilty pleas and adjournments;
  • A consistent standard of case file completion across the MPS.

Update on custody projects

Project Herald

51. Project Herald has three strands, Designated Detention Officer (DDO) Inputters, Forensic Medical Provision and Early Forensic Intervention.

Designated Detention Officer (DDO) Inputters

52 The pilot at Forest Gate has been running for one year in April 2008. Work is ongoing with TP Organisational Development Team to collate and present the evaluation data to Commander Criminal Justice. Due to the natural turnover of staff at Forest Gate the Project Team are due to shortly hold local presentations to reinvigorate the pilot.

53. Building renovations to accommodate the increase of staff for the second pilot site at Chingford is now complete. Following a recent training programme there are sufficient DDOs to implement the model across two of the four operational teams.

54. The Feasibility Study of all MPS Custody Suites is now complete. A report is due to be submitted to the Property Services Department recommending any building renovations required to the physical environment in order to implement this new staffing model. A report will be submitted to the MPA in June 2008 seeking authority to progress the rollout.

Forensic Medical Provision

55. The MPA Coordination and Policing Committee approved the rollout for Custody Nurse Practitioners in March 2008. An external recruitment campaign is due to be published by the end of June 2008. Benefits Realisation work is currently being conducted and baseline data is being recorded.

Early Forensic Intervention

56. The pilot at Colindale Police Station has now reached the end of a six-month trial. Early indications have shown that, although officers had contacted forensic staff for advice, this has not had a significant overall impact in increasing forensic sanction detections or a reduction in spoilt DNA or LiveScan samples. A full evaluation is expected at the end of June 2008.

Borough Based Custody Centres (BBCCs)

57. Progress on the provision of BBCCs continues and it is anticipated that the first BBCC will be operational in 2010. Briefly, progress at each site is as follows:

  • Merton – Planning approval was granted in November 2007. As the scheme is dependent on the provision of a patrol base at Deer Park Road in order to decant existing services, work is continuing to reduce the impact of this.
  • Haringey - A planning application for the scheme at Wood Green, submitted on 10 January, has been withdrawn, as the planners are sympathetic with local critics of the scheme objecting to the demolition of the building frontage. An alternative scheme is under consideration.
  • Waltham Forest – Approval for the planning application for the scheme at Leyton was granted on 19 February 2008. The scheme is now in the detailed design phase.
  • Barking & Dagenham – Full planning consent for Fresh Wharf was granted on 20 December 2007. The scheme is now in the detailed design phase.
  • Croydon – Changing requirements have led to amendments to the business case. It will be presented to the MPS Investment Board in July 2008 and MPA Finance Committee in August 2008.
  • Lambeth – In March 2008 the Borough Commander identified Brixton Police Station as the preferred site of the Lambeth BBCC. Feasibility of this scheme will now be conducted.
  • Greenwich – The feasibility study has been completed on the patrol base at Warspite Road. The Environment Agency are concerned because of flood plain issues. Action is being taken to address these concerns.
  • Enfield – The site for the Custody Centre at Edmonton meets with the operational needs of the Borough. The scheme will be submitted to the MPS Investment Board in Summer 2008.
  • Hammersmith – The Custody Directorate have approved the provision of two custody sites due to the anticipated policing demands of Westfield Shopping Centre and the existing football commitments. A main BBCC will be sited at Hammersmith with a reserve site at Shepherd’s Bush.
  • Wandsworth - The scheme is at an early stage and although a decision as to the location has not been reached, it will probably be Wandsworth Police Station.

National Guidance on Safer Detention

58. The implementation of the guidance continues across all areas. Particular areas of work are:

  • Custody staff handover – a briefing paper, nearing completion, recommends a corporate custody staff handover to ensure that all relevant information that needs to be passed on during shift / staff changeovers.
  • Ligature cutters – to improve safety, ligature cutters are now issued to all custody staff to ensure they are readily available.
  • Faith Issues - A policing diversity Intranet site, including information on the six diversity strands and the 12 prominent faiths now includes information on custody issues.
  • Cell Telephony - The Custody Directorate is investigating the use of cell telephony and intercom systems with the Directorate of Information for use in Borough Based Custody Centres.

Operation Safeguard

59. The MPS continues to assist the Prison Service by providing an average of 50 cells each day at overflow custody. To minimalise the impact on police operations and maintenance work, various custody suites are used; at this time of this report, six sites are in use for this purpose.

Custody Inspections

60. In January 2008, the Custody Directorate, working with the Safety & Health Risk Management Unit (HR5) began a thematic review of custody to improve safety of detainees, staff and other custody users. Where appropriate, recommendations are made and a corporate support structure put in place. At the time of this report, 12 BOCUs have been inspected (21 custody suites). HMIC and HMIP are currently involved in joint custody suite inspections at Hillingdon, Islington and Southwark; the results of which will be highlighted in the next PPRC report – CJ update.

CT Provision

61. Current custody provision for the detention of persons for protracted periods under the prevention of terrorism legislation (TACT) has been subject of external and internal critical comment. The external concerns amount to the criticisms of the conditions in which detainees are held in terms of cells and exercise facilities.

62. The MPS user requirement is not being met in terms of investigative space and custody processing accommodation. In addition, although there is Home Office guidance for the provision of PACE custody facilities, there is currently no guide for the longer-term detention of terrorist suspects.

63. The Custody Directorate currently have the lead on providing suitable TACT facilities, working closely with the Home Office to formulate a design guide.

64. The inaugural Project Board meeting, to be held on the 16th May 2008, will consider options for the progression of this work.

National Strategy for Police Information Services Custody and Case Preparation (NSPIS CuCP)

65. NSPIS Custody is rolled out across the MPS.

66. The date for completion of the Libra roll out, together with the delivery of an effective interface between NSPIS Case Preparation and Libra, remains the end of 2008. The MPS NSPIS project team has commenced a revised deployment schedule and to date 24 boroughs have been deployed with Case Preparation and Libra on 15 boroughs; the latest for both deployments being Haringey on 13 May 2008. The remaining boroughs will be deployed during 2008 with expected completion by November.

Libra rollout

67. Hounslow, Camberwell Green, Ealing and Greenwich all successfully migrated to LIBRA over the previous eight weeks. Bexley will go live on the 6 June followed by Highbury Corner on 4 July. There will then be a break until the 19 September when City of Westminster will go live. The roll out is still on schedule and due to conclude in November 2008.

68. The speed of resulting cases to the Police National Computer (BR7 10 day performance indicator) under LIBRA is still not on target. However there has been a significant improvement in HMCS performance in this area over the previous month. Regular performance meetings continue to be held with the HMCS and it is hoped that this performance can be maintained.

Glossary of terms

BBCC
Borough Based Custody Centre
BOCU
Borough Operational Command Unit
CJS
Criminal Justice Service
CPS
Crown Prosecution Service
DDO
Designated Detention Officer
FTA
Fail To Appear
HR5
High Risk Management Unit
IPT
Integrated Prosecution Team
IWMT
Integrated Warrants Management Team
LCJB
London Criminal Justice Board
LJET
London Joint Enforcement Team
MPS
Metropolitan Police Service
NES
National Enforcement Service
NSPIS CuCP
National Strategy for Police Information Services Custody and Case Preparation
OBTJ
 Offences Brought to Justice
OCJR
 Office of Criminal Justice Reform
PSD
Property Services Directorate
PYO
Persistent Young Offender
RaiN
Restorative Approaches in Neighbourhoods
SD
Sanction Detections
SSSCJ
Simple Speedy Summary Criminal Justice
TNO
Total Notifiable Offences

C. Race and equality impact

All Criminal Justice projects have their own Race and Equalities impact assessment completed. Race and Diversity issues are therefore addressed within each individual project.

D. Financial implications

There are implications in regard to NSPIS, Asset Recovery, NES, VFUs, IPTs and Virtual Courts. Each of these initiatives is to secure greater effectiveness and efficiency. Each has benefits to be realized, making them cost neutral or indeed capable of generating savings, (with the exception of Virtual Courts where the gains are around improved effectiveness and efficiency of the CJS). Where appropriate individual projects are brought back to the MPA via the relevant committee.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author(s): Chief Superintendent Joanna Young, Territorial Policing, MPS

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

Supporting material

Appendix 1 [PDF]
Warrant related performance 2007 08

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