London Assembly-First meeting to be held on public order policing.

A meeting is taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 9 October) at City Hall, that is the first of its kind to discuss public order policing in London.

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee is hosting the meeting in light of its investigation into public order and policing across the capital.

The meeting is set to look into how new legislation has made an impact on public order policing and as quoted by the London Assembly ‘Whether the right balance is being struck between preventing excessive disruption and the right to protests.

The panels include:

Panel 1: 10:00am – 11:30am

• Matt Parr, former Inspector, HMICFRS 
• Lord Walney, Government Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption
• Kirsty Brimelow KC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers 

Panel 2: 11:35am – 1:00pm

• Jodie Beck, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty 
• Professor Geoff Pearson, Professor of Law at the University of Manchester and Academic Director of the N8 Policing Research Partnership
• Tom Southerden, Programme Director, Law & Human Rights, Amnesty International 
• David Spencer, Head of Crime and Justice, Policy Exchange

The Metropolitan Police has faced unprecedented numbers of protests every week that has involved thousands of officers who have been removed from their normal set duties or even called back from rest days and holidays to cover the list of never ending protests.

This has cost the Met millions and has put a strain on the force and the officers themselves who are repeatedly called out to police the demonstrations. It is believed the force are below par for officers holding public order tickets as many are not keen to embark on these duties after repeated criticisms faced by the police for doing their job.

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