MPA Safer London Panel – the second survey

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29 March 2005

The Metropolitan Police Authority’s Safer London Panel is undertaking a second survey on key crime, disorder and policing issues.

The 3000 strong MPA citizens panel was specifically chosen to reflect London’s diverse population and demographics and acts as a sounding board for policing policies in the capital.

Abdal Ullah, Chair of the MPA Community Engagement Committee, said:

“The Safer London Panel is an effective community engagement mechanism and enables the MPA to understand the real concerns of Londoners. We are committed to consulting with Londoners on a wide range of crime, disorder and policing issues to inform policing plans and strategies in the capital.

“This is the second survey the panel has undertaken. Following publication of the first survey results in December 2004, the MPA asked the Metropolitan Police to report back on several issues, including waiting times at police stations and the feeling that some incidents, especially those involving discrimination of some kind, were “not worth reporting” to the police.

“This clearly indicates the important role the panel has in drawing to the MPA’s attention people’s real concerns and enabling us to hold the police to account.”

The results from the second survey will be published in June 2005.

Notes to editors

1. The Safer London Panel is administered on behalf of the MPA by the Office for Public Management (OPM), an independent research organisation.

2. It is expected that in addition to informing MPS policing plans and strategies the MPA will use survey results as a source for future qualitative community engagement research with specific hard to reach communities.

3. The panel has been established to:

• provide quick time responses of public perceptions to particular and time sensitive police issues
• help the MPA understand better the policing needs of Londoners and the problems they experience
• assess Londoners knowledge about police services and the extent to which people know what is available and how to access it
• assist in ensuring policing services are designed to meet public needs and priorities
• identify public priorities for police spending
• monitor satisfaction and perceptions of police performance across the total population and with particular sub-groups as a means of identifying sources of dissatisfaction and measures of service improvement
• identify who uses police services and reasons for non-use
• help set police services standards and evaluate specific police initiatives

4. The panel consists of 3000 citizens chosen to reflect London’s demographic data, and is large enough to ensure statistically valid representative samples by

• gender
• age
• ethnicity
• disability
• geographical area (North / South / East / West)

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