welve panels comprised of local community members will review and feed back on police officers\u2019 use of force in every London borough on a regular basis, starting this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Police Encounter Panels (PEPs) \u2013 co-chaired by community leads and area police commanders \u2013 will meet to discuss encounters with the public that have occurred in their region of London, including those which may have caused community concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PEPs will review encounters including those where police officers have used force, with panel members being shown body worn video footage where appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To increase transparency to Londoners, panel members will be given access to more material than given to existing community groups \u2013 including police officers\u2019 written accounts of events and stop and search forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, the Met said: \u201cIntroducing PEPs is one of a number of actions the Met is taking to better understand the impact of our officers\u2019 interactions with the public – particularly those we know have lower levels of trust in us – and to learn and develop, always with the aim of improving the trust of the people we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe recently announced how our hard work to improve officers’ interactions with the public had resulted in an 11 per cent reduction in the use of force during regular encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe believe the Met is the world\u2019s most scrutinised police force, and these new PEPs will ensure there is another opportunity for us to listen to local communities and act on their feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe PEP members are volunteers drawn from local communities who reflect the diversity within the area. They will be joined by senior officers and representatives from the Met Federation or an appropriate staff association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe aim of the PEPs is to improve how the Met polices London. When things have not quite gone right in an encounter, community members will be able to make recommendations based on their own lived experiences and knowledge. They can also identify good practice that should be shared more widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearning from the meetings will be fed back to individuals, the local police teams and pan-London police teams like the Met\u2019s Taskforce, Specialist Firearms Command and Roads and Transport Policing Command, to ensure the organisation as a whole learns from local incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Helen Harper, Head of Profession for Met Crime Prevention, Inclusion and Engagement, said: \u201cWe have developed the Police Encounter Panels as another way to listen to Londoners and identify where we could do better in the areas of our work where we face most criticism. We also want to work out where we\u2019re\u202fgetting things right, so we can replicate that positive action across the Met.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe new panels will help us build stronger relationships with people in every London borough, particularly with those who have not previously been part of police review groups.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe depend on the trust of the people we serve and we know we are so much more effective if we are listening and engaging with them. We\u2019re here, we\u2019re changing, we\u2019re learning. We will not stop working to be the service Londoners need and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PEP meetings will take place in addition to existing and long-running local and pan-London review processes the Met already takes part in, such as local Independent Advisory Groups and Borough Community Monitoring Groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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