Reports

All committee reports, agendas and minutes are published in the Committee section of this website.

Below are the reports produced by the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) and where stated jointly by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Annual reports

Joint Annual report of the MPS and MPA
Towards the Safest City
Policing Plans
MPA accounts
Statements of accounts, audit letters, budget submission and budget books.
Internal Audit annual reports

Equality schemes

Equality legislation place a statutory duty on public authorities to promote equality. The Acts also require public authorities to devise equality schemes, which outline their arrangements for tackling discrimination, and promoting equality of opportunity and good relations. The MPA equality schemes demonstrate it's commitment to equality.

Scrutinies

The MPA has a duty to monitor the performance of the MPS and secure continuous improvement in the service provided to the people of London. To help it carry out these responsibilities the Authority undertakes in-depth projects, or scrutinies, into specific aspects of MPS performance.

Youth scrutiny
Crime data recording scrutiny
Succession planning and career development scrutiny - October 2007
Drugs Scrutiny
Scrutiny of MPS media and communications - April 2007
Mental Health & policing - MPA/NHS joint review - October 2005
Stop and Search Scrutiny - May 2004
Gun Crime Scrutiny - February 2004
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships Scrutiny (CDRPs) - January 2003
Rape Investigation and Victim Care - April 2002

Other reports

Where stated some reports are available in PDF (Portable Document Format), which require Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from Adobe. More reports are available on the MPA publication scheme.

Date	Title	Description
2007
August	Beyond Visibility: Safer Neighbourhoods teams’ use of KIN [PDF]	Community engagement is at the heart of Safer Neighbourhoods policing and the Key Individual Network (KIN) is seen as a vital tool in engaging with individuals. This short qualitative study investigates how KINs are operating ‘on the ground’ and the contribution they are making to the work of Safer Neighbourhoods teams in the MPS.
April	Scrutiny of MPS media and communications	A short scrutiny into the approach taken by the MPS to managing media and communications.
April	Gender Equality Scheme	The MPA is committed to promoting gender equality and eliminating unlawful discrimination and harassment. In our role of scrutinising, overseeing and holding the MPS to account, this document will be one of the key standards by which we operate so that we achieve for women, men, girls and boys a confidence in the MPS and a good experience of policing, to meet their needs and aspirations.
April	Community engagement strategy 2006-09 [PDF]	The community engagement strategy demonstrates the commitment of the MPA and the MPS to develop a joint approach to community engagement. This approach, as detailed in the strategy, will provide maximum benefit not only to the MPA and MPS, but more importantly to Londoners.
March	Property for Policing - Providing the best estate for borough based policing [PDF]	The MPA, working in close collaboration with the MPS, is providing new facilities for our growing police service and making improvements to the existing estate.. Thos document explains the Authority's intentions for developing our facilities and provides case studies of successful projects. More information
February	Counter-Terrorism: The London debate [PDF]	The report makes 73 recommendations for the MPS, MI5, the IPCC, Police Authorities, local, regional and national government, businesses, the media, and communities themselves. More information
2006
December	Diversity of PCSO recruits compared to Police Officer recruits in the MPS [PDF]	This study focuses on why there is more diversity amongst Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) than police officer recruits. Summary report [PDF]
December	Disability Equality Scheme	This document shows the Authority’s continuing commitment to combat discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and promote good relations between all people.
November	Auditors report on the Best Value Performance Plan 2006/07 [PDF]	This study focuses on why there is more diversity amongst Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) than police officer recruits. Summary report [PDF]
October	Community Police Engagement in London [PDF]	From the Bottom up: Empowering Local Residents. Report of MPA conference on 28 Oct 06.
2005
October	Mental Health & policing - MPA/NHS joint review	Joint review with key partners in the NHS, containing 33 recommendations to ensure the police response to Londoners experiencing mental illness is appropriate.
May	The Race Equality Scheme 2005-2008 [PDF]	The key objective of the MPA race equality scheme is to demonstrate the MPA’s commitment to race equality.
2004
December	Corporate Equality Plan (CEP) [PDF]	Plan set out how the Authority proposed to fulfil its statutory and legislative duties according to anti-discrimination legislation. The actions contained in the CEP have been superseded by the actions within the MPA’s Equality Schemes.
December	The Morris Inquiry [PDF]	Independent inquiry into professional standards and employment matters in the Metropolitan Police Service. The Morris Inquiry was conducted independently of the MPA.
December	Disabled people and the police – a new relationship (GLAD report)	The MPA commissioned this background report on policing issues effecting disabled people from Greater London Action on Disability (GLAD), a pan-London community-based umbrella organisation of disabled people. The report served to inform a community conference for Disabled Londoners, resulting in this report and recommendations to the MPA.
May	Stop and Search Scrutiny	This scrutiny focus was on whether stop and search is being used effectively towards deterring and solving crime in London or whether bias in racial attitudes within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is largely to account for the disproportionality.
February	Gun Crime Scrutiny	The MPA has conducted a scrutiny of gun crime in London intended to improve the way the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) responds to armed criminality.
February	Initial Performance Assessment [PDF]	The MPA has published this self assessment document as a first step in the Audit Commission's Initial Performance Assessment process, to set out what we have achieved over the last three years and how we plan to improve in the period ahead.
2003
January	Scrutiny on CDRPs	Scrutiny on the contribution the MPS makes to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and the effectiveness of this contribution across London. More information
2002
May	Best Value Review	The report contains the findings and conclusions of the review, carried out between December 2001 and May 2002.
April	Rape Investigation and Victim Care - Scrutiny Report	This report made 38 recommendations aimed at improving rape investigation and victim care.
	Race Equality Scheme 2002-2005 [PDF]	The key objective of the MPA race equality scheme is to demonstrate the MPA’s commitment to race equality.
2001
	Best Value Audit Report - BVPP 2001/02	This report informs MPA Members and senior staff of the key issues arising from the audit of the BVPP, and the actions which are required.
2000
	Best Value Review of Consultation	This review was a joint project by the MPS and the MPA. The review has challenged the current consultation processes in the MPS, compared these with other public bodies, consulted widely inside and outside the service and considered the subject of fair competition.