MPA chair Len Duvall welcomes Operation Helios resolution

26/07
5 June 2007

Responding to the announcement that mutually acceptable terms have been agreed resolving all disputes arising out of Operation Helios, Len Duvall, chair of the MPA, said:

"The MPA welcomes the constructive resolution agreed by the National Black Police Association and the Met Black Police Association with the Metropolitan Police Service in relation to Operation Helios. We are very grateful for the hard work and commitment of all the parties involved."

He continued:

"It is part of the MPA's duty to promote equality and diversity within the MPS. The Authority hopes that everyone can now move on and that all those involved in Operation Helios and subsequent events can learn from the experience.

"Our responsibility is to hold the MPS rigorously to account and oversee continuous improvement. In 2004 the Authority set up the independent Morris Inquiry to examine professional standards and employment matters in the service and make recommendations for change.

"We are committed to working with all our partners to ensure fairness of treatment for our own staff, and to working with the MPS to achieve cultural change throughout the service to maintain confidence in policing."

Notes to editors

1. The Morris Inquiry was an independent inquiry into MPS professional standards and employment matters commissioned by the MPA in January 2004 and chaired by Sir Bill Morris, retired General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union. It was conducted independently of the MPA.

Full details can be found at: www.mpa.gov.uk/issues/morris/default.htm

2. Operation Helios was an internal investigation by the MPS Directorate of Professional Standards.

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