Met Police to stop attending mental health calls
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has proposed to respond to fewer mental health call-outs to relieve pressure on frontline officers. The new scheme would be introduced in September, said Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, above. It comes as reports suggest that from September the force will respond to fewer emergency calls related to mental health […]
Metropolitan Police course’s major endorsement
The Metropolitan Police Service have become the first ever police force to have a training course endorsed by the Police Crime Prevention Academy. The endorsement comes having been scrutinised by the academy and passed as fit and proper training providers in the delivery of the Drug Expert Witness training. The Met’s Drug Expert Witness (DEW) […]
Metropolitan Police access to ANPR camera data
The Metropolitan Police has been granted access to more data from Automated Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in the capital by Mayor Sadiq Khan. The UK uses a network of 13,000 devices to scan the roads for vehicles, capturing 55m ‘reads’ daily, according to figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The cameras are mostly tightly […]