Metropolitan Police Authority - What kind of police do Londoners want?

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21 November 2005

Right on the heels of Sir Ian Blair’s call for the public debate on the kind of police service Londoners want, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be meeting with partners from across the spectrum of community safety in London to share ideas, seek improvement and identify good practice in community engagement.

The conference - ‘Good Practice in Community Engagement’ - on Tuesday 22 November will showcase emerging models of local engagement, review the role of borough-wide Community Police Consultation Groups (CPCGs) and discuss the new Safer Neighbourhood Community Panels and how they will relate to existing consultation methods.

Speaking about the conference, Catherine Crawford, MPA Chief Executive, said:

“If Londoners are to truly engage in the future of policing, and if citizens are to be truly at the heart of everything that the police do, this conference is particularly timely in discussing how we can do this in a real, productive and ongoing fashion.

“The conference and integral workshops will examine exactly what we mean by ‘community engagement’ in the 21st century.

“While the Authority has a statutory duty to consult Londoners on their police service, our commitment goes deeper than this. We want to work with our partners to ensure we have the most effective means to sound out our communities and aim to move the agenda forward to engage in the most meaningful way.

“Significantly, the MPA and Metropolitan Police Service anticipate introducing Safer Neighbourhood teams across the whole of London by April 2007, a seismic shift in policing which will have an enormous effect on all those involved in engagement and community safety. Today we will also examine how we can integrate existing models of consultation with the evolving Safer Neighbourhood Community Panels to ensure a joined-up approach to engagement.”

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