Stop and Search
To increase the trust and confidence of the people who live and work in London in how the MPS use stop and search.
The stops & searches team was formed, within the Territorial Policing Command to oversee the implementation of the recommendations that came from the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) scrutiny on MPS use of stop and search carried out in 2004. The team has had its remit widened to incorporate all MPS stop and search issues.
The five main areas of business around Stop and Account/Search to achieve the aims can be summarised as follows:
- Policy and Standard Operating Procedures
- Community Engagement
- Borough Operational Command Unit Performance
- Borough Command Support
- MPS Stops Database and Data Quality