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Recommendation 1
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Acknowledged
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Lack of external review timetable threatens Casey Review implementation for Met
Conclusion
There are thousands of committed and ethical officers and staff working in the Met. They—like members of the public, victims, and survivors—have been let down for too long. We are concerned that without an explicit timetable for future external review of the Met, there will not be sufficient follow-through on Baroness Casey’s recommendations and that her Review will join a long list of those that have gone before without effective implementation. We understand that the new quarterly Policing Board convened by the Mayor of London can provide ongoing scrutiny, but it remains to be seen whether that will be enough to drive change at the scale and pace required or whether it will be sufficient to show Londoners that progress has been made. Baroness Casey was brought in precisely because previous efforts by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to drive cultural change in the Met had failed.
Government Response Summary
The government stated it would support the Mayor of London's commitment to independent progress reviews of the Met after two and five years, as recommended by the Casey report, and noted ongoing monitoring by other bodies.
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Government Response
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HM Government
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1. The Commissioner has demonstrated a genuine commitment to driving change and is in the early stages of implementing his “New Met for London” plan which sets out the work required by 2025, following the Casey report earlier this year. The London Policing Board remains a newly established forum for holding the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to account. Given the scale of the challenges, the force needs some time and space (as acknowledged by HMICFRS) to turn things around. 2. The MPS will also be subject to continuous monitoring from HMICFRS by virtue of their ‘Engage’ status, with their next PEEL inspection report due in Summer 2024. 3. The Casey report recommends the MPS and the Mayor of London should commission independent progress reviews after two years, and again after five years. We would support a commitment to that timetable from the Mayor. In the interim, we would expect HMICFRS to continue to review progress on force performance through the regular police performance oversight group and the next PEEL inspection.