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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
The end of the MPA – an update from Dee Doocey
January 20, 2012 4:38 PM
• [Jan 13] THIS week saw the last full meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority. Dee Doocey, who has been a long standing member of the MPA, has produced a short briefing on the new arrangements which start from Monday:
The Government's legislation to reform the accountability of policing (Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill) received Royal Assent in September 2011. Nationally, all police authorities will be replaced with directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners in November next year, but because London already has an elected Mayor and the London Assembly, the new arrangements will be adopted in London on the 16th January 2012.
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) as we know it will be abolished and its strategic role will be undertaken by the newly created Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC). It will make the Mayor directly accountable to the public for policing performance in London and he has appointed his Deputy, Kit Malthouse, who is currently the Chair of the MPA and an elected London Assembly member, to act on his behalf.
The scrutiny role currently carried out by the MPA will pass to the London Assembly through a new Police and Crime Panel which will oversee the work of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. Many of the existing MPA staff will transfer to the MOPC in January and at that time the role of MPA members will cease to exist. Some Assembly Members who currently serve on the MPA will serve on the new Police and Crime Panel, although its membership has not yet been established. It will, though, have proportional representation from the political groups on the London Assembly.
Further information can be found here at the MPA and at the Mayorwatch website. Dee will continue to serve on the Home Office Olympic Security Board as the MOPC representative.
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