Assembly Police Committee responds to London Policing Board announcement

In response to the London Policing Board announcement, Caroline Russell AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, said: 

“The Police and Crime Committee notes the announcement of the membership and first meeting date of the newly-established London Policing Board. 

“We have previously raised concerns with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime about the aims and recruitment process of the Board. We look forward to finding out more about how the Board will work in practice and, more specifically, how it plans to hold the Met to account. 

“We are keen to ensure that this increases overall accountability of the Met and does not impact the democratic scrutiny by this Committee and the wider Assembly, which is all the more important in light of Baroness Casey’s review. 

“We must all continue to work constructively to provide the scrutiny, oversight and support the Met needs to achieve its required reform to a service that Londoners deserve.”