MPS Professional strategy

Report: 13
Date: 13 June 2002
By: Commissioner

Summary

The MPS Professional Standards Strategy is a re-launched and re-focused MPS Corruption and Dishonesty Strategy. It has been produced following consultation within the MPS and with Members of the Professional Standards and Performance Monitoring Committee (PSPM) of the MPA. The new strategy will be launched on a date to be agreed within the next three months. Work on delivering the strategy has commenced.

A. Recommendation

Members are invited to note the content of the leaflet describing the MPS Professional Standards Strategy.

B. Supporting information

1. In 1998 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) launched the Corruption and Dishonesty Prevention Strategy which aimed to ‘engender pride and trust in the integrity of the Metropolitan Police Service by preventing and detecting corruption, dishonesty and unethical behaviour'.

2. This new five year strategy will see a significant shift of emphasis. The MPS will direct greater effort towards prevention and reducing the risks to our staff and the community. In short there will be a greater balance between prevention and detection, whilst at the same time maintaining the threat or fear of detection.

3. The work for the next five years will be organised under five new strands of activity:

• Leadership and supervision.
• Security of information and intelligence.
• Recognition of the diversity of our communities and staff.
• Identifying and reacting to organisational and individual learning.
• Maintaining the threat of detection, prevention and management of risk.

4. Each strand will have its own prioritised work plan and timescale.

5. Context of strategy

• This re-launched and re-focused Strategy is a high level statement of intention which supports the MPS Mission, Vision and Values; and the draft MPS 5 Year Corporate Plan - 'The Safest City', with particular reference to the organisational improvement goals.
• The MPS acknowledge that the vast majority of our staff are honest, professional and brave.
• The Strategy will focus activity over the next 5 years.
• It will be underpinned by more detailed specific work plans developed by the strand leads and their working groups. MPS priorities will be reflected therein.
• It is impossible to reconcile everyone's views, but the Strategy does reflect areas of feedback received.
• It is a dynamic document, the progress of which will be reported quarterly to the Professional Standards and Risk Management Committee, and onward to the MPA’s PSPM Committee.

6. A draft of the strategy was discussed at the PSPM meeting on 14 February 2002. This revised strategy reflects comments on the need to simplify the format and overtly reassure our staff that the MPS acknowledge that the vast majority of our staff are honest, professional and brave.

7. The strategy has now been produced in leaflet form. An early proof draft has been circulated to all Members of the Authority.

8. The Chair of the PSPM Committee has been personally involved in finalising the leaflet.

9. Arrangements are being put in hand to launch the strategy within the MPS and to the people of London on a date to be agreed within the next 3 months. The Strand Work Groups mentioned at Para 5 above are in the process of being set up and work on the elements will commence shortly.

C. Financial implications

Costs will be met within existing MPS budgets directed by the MPS Professional Standards Strategic Committee, which is chaired by DAC Hayman of the Directorate of Professional Standards.

D. Background papers

PSPM Report 12 of 14 February 2002. Professional Standards Strategy.

E. Contact details

Report authors: DAC Andy Hayman, MPS.

For information contact:

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

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