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MPA Stockwell scrutiny - Terms of reference agreed

64/07
6 December 2007

The Metropolitan Police Authority today agreed the terms of reference
for its scrutiny into how the Metropolitan Police and it responded to
the Independent Police Complaints Commission's Stockwell reports 1, 1b
and 2.

The three reports were written following the fatal shooting by police of
Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Underground station on 22 July
2005.

MPA Chair Len Duvall will lead the scrutiny, which will begin its work
in January and present its findings to a full meeting of the Authority
in February.

Mr Duvall said:

"Over the past two years there has been much said about the way in which
the Met and others acted following the tragic death of Jean Charles. The
IPCC reports looked at the police operation around the shooting itself,
and how the Met corporately and police officers individually responded
afterwards.

"We announced in September our intention to review the way in which the
Met has responded to the IPCC's recommendations and what changes and
improvements have been implemented or are still needed to learn lessons.

"The Authority as the oversight body for the Met also wants to explain
to Londoners how the organisation has moved on since July 2005. We are
now in a very different place organisationally and operationally than we
were back then. But our job is to ensure new practices are adopted,
procedures have changed and that everyone clearly understands what this
means for future operations.

"We will make recommendations as we consider necessary to the MPA, the
MPS and other agencies, and we will require regular updates on
progress."

As well as looking at how the MPS and the MPA have responded to the IPCC
Stockwell reports, it will also examine:

• The extent to which the recommendations made by the IPCC have been
  accepted and implemented;
• Whether all the lessons have been learnt from the fatal shooting and
  the subsequent handling of information, and whether they have been
  incorporated into procedures, practices and command structures by the
  MPS and other agencies;
• What changes, if any, are needed in relation to the MPA's practices
  for oversight of major critical incidents and their aftermath, including
  the MPA's role in public information and communications; and
• What further action is needed, by the MPS, the MPA or other agencies
  to secure sustainable improvements in policy and practice.

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