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AGIY meets with the Metropolitan Police Authority on Police Stops

25/01
1 May 2001

Action Group for Irish Youth (AGIY) is holding a consultation exercise on Friday 4 May in order to canvass the views of the Irish community on police stops. Representatives from the Irish community will speak about the Irish experience of policing in general, and police stops in particular.

This is just one of the policing issues AGIY has been following for the past year. The action group has also been meeting with the MPS on issues such as diversity training and the experience of Irish travellers.

Brian McCarthy, coordinator of AGIY, said he welcomed the opportunity of raising these issues with the MPA. He added that all members of the Irish community are encouraged to attend the meeting in order to express their views on policing in London.

Jenny Jones, a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) who will speak at the event, said:

"I'm really looking forward to speaking with members of the Irish community at the conference. It's so important to encourage all London's communities to have a say in the way their police service is conducted. This will help to build stronger working relationships."

The 4 May conference forms part of a wider consultation programme currently underway by the MPA to collate Londoner's views on the implementation of recommendation 61 of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report.

Other groups across London also taking part in the consultation include Police and Community Consultation Groups, local churches, the Office of Children's Rights Commissioner, local schools, LGBT Advisory Group, youth offending teams and youth clubs.

These contributions will inform the MPA's formal response to the Association of Police Authorities and the Home Office on recording stops.

A consultation questionnaire has been developed in conjunction with the GLA and is on the MPA website www.mpa.gov.uk. All Londoners are invited to visit the website and present their views.

The AGIY consultation will be held at Romney House, Friday 4 May from 1.30pm. Members of the community who would like to attend should contact Julia Shakespeare at the MPA.

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