Metropolitan Police Authority - June meeting

34/08
23 June 2008

A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 26 June 2008 at 10.00 a.m.

Members will consider in detail the findings and recommendations of the MPA Youth Scrutiny report which was originally presented to the full Authority meeting on 29 May 2008.

Len Duvall, chair of the MPA, said:

“All our communities are extremely concerned about the number of young victims of serious violence, particularly knife crime. The MPA with the Met, working with the mayor of London, are determined to tackle these horrific crimes. Building and maintaining links with young people is central to tackling youth crime and the MPA’s Youth Scrutiny was commissioned to gain a fuller understanding of how young how young people relate to the police and their experiences of crime and victimisation. Approximately 1000 young people and adults took part in a series of consultative events, resulting in lively and constructive debates.

“Together with the MPA youth scrutiny panel and the Met, we must now put in place an action plan to implement the report’s recommendations and devise appropriate communication and monitoring mechanisms. We will be asking the Met to report back at the October full Authority meeting on the progress made”.

Other items on the agenda include:

• Policing London joint annual report 2007/08;
• MPA accounts for the year ended 31 March 2008; and
• MPA independent member appointment panel

The Authority will hear a question from the Campaign to Make Wars History concerning alleged war crimes, and the status of the investigation of those crimes by Metropolitan Police officers. Catherine Crawford, chief executive of the MPA, will give the Authority’s response at the meeting.

Commissioner Sir Ian Blair will give an update on operational policing issues in London and present a written performance report. Please note: the Commissioner's update will take place as near to 12:00 as possible, discussion permitting.

Notes to Editors

1.The agenda and papers for the full Authority www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2008/080626/default.htm

2.The MPA youth scrutiny report: www.mpa.gov.uk/downloads/scrutinites/youth/youth-scrutiny.pdf

3. The report comprises 53 recommendations. The majority are directed at the MPS for response and consideration. The remaining recommendations are advice for governmental departments, including the Department of Health and the Department for Children, Families, and Schools; Local Authorities and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships.

4. The recommendations focus on 5 key issues:

• partnership working, including requirements to assess current information sharing protocols;
• early intervention and the role of prevention in tackling youth victimisation and youth offending;
• the importance of providing accessible community safety information to young people, including requirements to provide information on the youth justice system;
• the importance of providing appropriate support for young victims of crime in order to prevent further victimisation and retaliatory violence; and
• quality of contact, including stop and search.

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